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Why do we need free speech?
History & The Arts

Why do we need free speech?

...world today, like China, Russia and Turkey, governments are cracking down on free speech and protest through censorship, surveillance and mass detention. Meanwhile in the West, there have been worries that misinformation and disinformation spread through social media are undermining public trust in democracy. In January 2021, rioters stormed the US Capitol after false...
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The Curious Geography of Weetabix: A Cereal Tale for Our Times
Society, Politics & Law

The Curious Geography of Weetabix: A Cereal Tale for Our Times

...world market. Even though the wheat is harvested within 50 miles of the original Burton Latimer mill, because it is priced in dollars it now takes more pounds to buy it in the UK. It could have been worse. If it were not for the fact that wheat prices on the global market, benchmarked on Chicago Wheat Futures, had not fallen in recent years, the price rise would have been...
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Do people need Peeple?
Digital & Computing

Do people need Peeple?

...world views of Peeple’s creators who post about the supportive emails they claim to have received, and more or less everyone else commenting on their page. Comments include: This app is disgusting you have to be a sociopath to even consider wanting to do this. If you’ve ever been stalked online let alone bullied in real life you’ll know exactly how this is going to...
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The taste of love on different tongues: What language tells us about love
Languages

The taste of love on different tongues: What language tells us about love

...world's languages and discovered words for types of love with no English equivalent. He reckons there's at least fourteen flavours of love...[Peach shaped like a heart] No emotion, surely, is as cherished and sought after as love. Yet on occasions such as Valentine’s day, we can often be misled into thinking that it consists solely in the swooning, star-crossed romance...
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Perseus: what’s in a name?
History & The Arts

Perseus: what’s in a name?

...world. Unlike an Odysseus, Achilles, or Jason, Perseus was not the hero of a great epic poem, or a tragic play – or at least, not one that has survived – and you might struggle to recall the details of any of his adventures. Yet Perseus’ story has been told and retold countless times across the centuries, and it remains an important and influential part of the canon...
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Eid al-Adha
History & The Arts

Eid al-Adha

...world will join a special congregational prayer performed in a mosque or prayer ground and listen to a sermon. After that they may visit the graves of family members and then gather with friends and relatives to give each other gifts and to enjoy a meal together (and they may exchange special greetings cards). As well as an opportunity for prayer and rejoicing, Eid...
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History offers Britain an important lesson on shutting down immigration
Society, Politics & Law

History offers Britain an important lesson on shutting down immigration

...World War II and to bolster Britain’s depleted workforce. In 1948 the UK and Colonies citizenship was created. Accordingly, every citizen of the Commonwealth had the right to reside in the UK. Estimates suggest this could have meant as many as 800 million people. There were arrivals from all over the Commonwealth. But host communities were not offered enough by way of...
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Latitude and Longitude
History & The Arts

Latitude and Longitude

...world. The eclipses of Jupiter’s moons were timed in Paris using a pendulum clock. In 1681, Cassini travelled to the island of Goree in the West Indies to repeat his measurements. Absolute time was found on the island by observing the eclipses, and this was compared to local time (obtained using the sun), so enabling the island’s longitude to be calculated. The...
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