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Seven projects that show we are in a golden age of engineering
Science, Maths & Technology

Seven projects that show we are in a golden age of engineering

...world – and the largest Scottish infrastructure project in a generation. The bridge spans 2.7 kilometres and reaches 210 metres above the water – that’s the height of roughly 48 London buses stacked on top of each other. The superstructure required 35,000 tonnes of steel and around 150,000 tonnes of concrete, with construction involving the largest ever continuous...
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Why is the iPhone X a thousand-dollar gamble?
Money & Business

Why is the iPhone X a thousand-dollar gamble?

...world’s huge and growing emerging markets; Apple clearly thinks it is a risk worth taking. And it’s not without reason. Apple has always targeted the higher end of the market worldwide rather than just aiming for a larger base of users. In fact, if anything, Apple tends to price phones higher outside the US. The UK has to stomach an inflated price for the iPhone X...
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Kant on trust
History & The Arts

Kant on trust

...world, in the everyday recognition of the moral importance of informed consent and of human dignity. The most important features of Kant’s ethical theory are his conceptions of human worth, and of the ideal moral community. Kant believes that all people have absolute value, or dignity, because they can be autonomous and rational, and that they should be treated in ways...
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SMEs and Net Zero – challenges and opportunities
Money & Business

SMEs and Net Zero – challenges and opportunities

...world’s carbon emissions, plus other environmental problems, such as air and water pollution. SMEs are also important in other ways, including the influence they can have on the environmental behaviours of staff, customers and local communities. [Two people on a motor scooter riding through a flooded urban street at night with illuminated shopfronts] Two people on a...
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The impact of Jacob Zuma on the ANC and South Africa
Society, Politics & Law

The impact of Jacob Zuma on the ANC and South Africa

...world. In 1994 the world, and particularly African countries, looked to South Africa to provide ethical leadership after the end of apartheid. This was boldly depicted in the “African Renaissance” – the cultural, scientific and economic renewal of the continent championed by former President Thabo Mbeki. For a short time, South Africa occupied the moral high ground...
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How can nature help us meet the climate challenge in towns and cities?
Nature & Environment

How can nature help us meet the climate challenge in towns and cities?

...world’s population lives in urban areas. Sustainable Development Goal 11 is devoted to sustainable cities and communities. It will therefore be in towns and cities that most of us experience, and have to respond to, climate change. Urban areas don’t just refer to megacities of many millions of people, but also towns of several hundred or thousand people. Towns and...
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Universities, empires and refugees
Society, Politics & Law

Universities, empires and refugees

...world distorted by violence and insecurity. However, as well as having the capacity to act as a place of safety for refugees, universities are complicit in oppression and exploitation. This matters particularly because this involvement is not historic. Colonialism – which can be thought of as control over power, identity and knowledge – is not a thing of the past....
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Are NHS-recommended mental health apps actually doing any good?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Are NHS-recommended mental health apps actually doing any good?

...world users. And just two make use of NHS-accredited ways of measuring the effectiveness of mental health treatments, such as the Generalised Anxiety Disorder 7 questionnaire. This leaves a question over the effectiveness of the remaining 12 out of 14 (85%) of NHS-accredited mental health apps. In 2013, there were 1,536 depression-related apps available for download but...
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