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Mass surveillance will never be able to stop all known terrorists
Society, Politics & Law

Mass surveillance will never be able to stop all known terrorists

...world’s political leaders were out in force too, uncomfortably linking arms. A shame that this display of support for the notion that we will not walk in fear was marred by such dreadful hypocrisy. My own response to the wind-bagging on the Charlie Hebdo attacks and other murders was less than charitable, but it still must be said: the opportunism on display from the...
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Sylvia Plath and the linguistics of depression
Languages

Sylvia Plath and the linguistics of depression

...world view (e.g. always, never, everyone, nobody, all, nothing etc.). She seemed to see the world in stark contrasts more than others. At the same time, she also overused first-person pronouns like I, me, and my. She seemed to relate external events and goings on to herself and to view things mostly from her own inner perspective. This, to some extent, is expected in...
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The real reason clowns scare us
Health, Sports & Psychology

The real reason clowns scare us

...world over the past few months. I barely noticed it at first, even though I actually study what people find creepy and unsettling. As well as my recent studies of the uncanny valley (a disturbing region where things can be so close to human that they become frightening) I have been fascinated by ghost stories, horror novels and urban legends since I was young enough for...
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Is there life on Europa?
Science, Maths & Technology

Is there life on Europa?

...world offers an enormous diversity of alternatives which mean they can be found in environments on Earth where other organisms could not survive. On Europa, the thick ice layer (4–20 km) prevents any light from reaching the ocean and so, if life is present, it must be sustained by the energy released by chemical reactions such as those described above. Microorganisms...
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Irish Women’s Poetry: Sinéad Morrissey
OpenLearn Ireland

Irish Women’s Poetry: Sinéad Morrissey

...world. Poet and critic Gerard Smyth notes how in each of her volumes, Morrissey devises a strategy involved in developing a theme or set of themes in order to sustain a mood and seek out new territory (2014). Sinéad Morrissey frequently explores ideas of voice, history, visual media (photography and early cinema) and politics (with a particular interest in Russia and the...
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Welcome to nowhere special
Languages

Welcome to nowhere special

...world and particularly in countries that do not use the Latin script has become bilingual and largely follows the Vienna Convention on Road Signs and Signals. Article 14 stipulates that “The inscription of words on informative signs […] in countries not using the Latin alphabet shall be both in the national language and in the form of a transliteration into the Latin...
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How do we learn language?
Education & Development

How do we learn language?

...world over have mastered many of its intricacies by their fifth birthday. By calculating back from the average adolescence’s vocabulary, we estimate a child must be learning about one word every two waking hours from when they begin speaking. Contrast the apparent ease with which children learn language with the effort taken to learn an additional language as an adult...
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How to say no at work without guilt or conflict
Education & Development

How to say no at work without guilt or conflict

...world examples of how to say no professionally and constructively. Fauci’s constructive refusal In the early weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr Anthony Fauci, an American immunologist who was one of the lead members of the White House Coronavirus Task Force, received countless requests for his time. Here’s an example of how he managed expectations while maintaining...
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