2,818 search results
Does it snow on Mars?
Science, Maths & Technology

Does it snow on Mars?

...become unstable, because it becomes less dense below than above. This leads to rapid downdrafts of air, travelling at about 10 metres per second, which could carry ice crystals to the surface too quickly for them to “evaporate”. However, the snow layer would probably be thin and not last too long before it sublimes back into the atmosphere – where it could form new...
View video Does it snow on Mars?
Video 5 mins
Why is Donald Trump a challenge for translators?
Languages

Why is Donald Trump a challenge for translators?

...becomes extremely problematic: As an interpreter, your job is to translate the words of a speaker exactly as they are, no matter how heinous and what an outrageous liar you find the speaker to be … You set aside all your personal emotions and become the speaker yourself. It’s a really tough thing, not being allowed to demonstrate your own judgement about what is right...
View article Why is Donald Trump a challenge for translators?
Article 5 mins
Protecting Landscapes and Creating the Right Tools for the Job
Society, Politics & Law

Protecting Landscapes and Creating the Right Tools for the Job

...becoming a National Park. In addition to skiing and snowboarding, the increasing popularity of activities such as hill walking, wildlife tourism and mountain biking has meant annual visitor numbers now reach around 1.5 million a year. The National Park features prominently in the advertising campaigns of the former Scottish Tourist Board ‘Visit Scotland’ and its...
View audio Protecting Landscapes and Creating the Right Tools for the Job
Audio 10 mins
Why mothers post about their children on social media
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why mothers post about their children on social media

...becomes one way parents can visually demonstrate how they are meeting these parenting demands. [Children at Jujutsu competition] Only 32% of parents feel they overshare on social media A cause of conflict Digital demonstrations of good parenting become increasingly complicated as children grow older. One example of this from our research focused on a family argument...
View article Why mothers post about their children on social media
Article 5 mins
Harry Potter and Parenting
Education & Development

Harry Potter and Parenting

...become Harry’s real second home, the place where he can become his true self. In the final scene of the first book, when Harry and his friends are about to catch the train home at the end of term, Harry says ‘I’m not going home, not really’. If the Harry Potter series embodies its hero’s search for home and family, there is a particular focus on his quest for a...
View video Harry Potter and Parenting
Video 15 mins
Methods in Motion: Inside Outsiders and Outside Insiders
Languages

Methods in Motion: Inside Outsiders and Outside Insiders

...becomes increasingly implicated in normative migration and integration regimes. I dreaded the first interviews that I conducted in German, shortly after arriving from the Netherlands as a researcher in Austria. Each interview started with apologies about my language mistakes. Going through the already painful process of transcribing on a German keyboard, I always skipped...
View article Methods in Motion: Inside Outsiders and Outside Insiders
Article 5 mins
What was The Schlieffen Plan?
History & The Arts

What was The Schlieffen Plan?

...become invincible. This was a fear shared by other governments, but in Britain and France it had led to the decision to seek friendlier relations with Russia. The new Entente between Britain and France was only just being shown to be effective following the First Moroccan Crisis. As a result of the Crisis Germany began to feel the full effects of her own expansionist...
View article What was The Schlieffen Plan?
Article 5 mins
How to build a real lightsaber
Science, Maths & Technology

How to build a real lightsaber

...become incandescent and to melt your hand. Besides these more practical points, the amazing effects of lightsaber fights would be unfeasible. Two laser-based lightsabers would never clash against each other. They would simply pass through one another with no effect. What’s more, a laser focuses light in one direction so sharply that you can’t see it unless you look...
View article How to build a real lightsaber
Article 10 mins