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This is not a city: Milton Keynes
Society, Politics & Law

This is not a city: Milton Keynes

...technologies, applications and physical infrastructure has brought together knowledge and economic productivity. Capitalising on this trend, Milton Keynes has branded itself as a ‘smart city’. Across the globe, smart cities such as Songdo in South Korea and Barcelona in Spain are increasingly using networks of sensors, databases and IT systems to find efficient,...
The Silver Bridge Disaster: Eyebars in suspension
Science, Maths & Technology

The Silver Bridge Disaster: Eyebars in suspension

...technology with many contemporary examples. The city of Pittsburgh has three suspension bridges spanning the Allegheny River. Known collectively as the Three Sister bridges, all employ eyebars in their suspension chains. They were constructed at much the same time as the Silver Bridge and are clearly still standing. They do, however, have a marked difference in their...
How emoji are changing the shape of everyday English
Languages

How emoji are changing the shape of everyday English

...technological limitations of early mobile messaging – which led to a spike in its popularity. And although it started as written shorthand, it has since crossed over into everyday language where it’s used as both a noun and verb (‘doing it for the lols’; ‘she lol’d’). Since emoji have replaced textspeak as the current focus for linguistic innovation (not to...
Outdoor Therapy: The Benefits of Walking and Talking
Health, Sports & Psychology

Outdoor Therapy: The Benefits of Walking and Talking

...technology, do not have a private space at home or struggle with communicating due to a physical or psychological condition. Outdoor therapy brings a different angle. You can draw on the experiences of being in nature to complement the therapy process, such as using the changing weather to mirror experiences of changing times such as grieving or recovery or using sensory...
Supporting sustainable and responsible space exploration
Science, Maths & Technology

Supporting sustainable and responsible space exploration

...technologies so that stakeholders involved in planning space exploration missions can make informed decisions. This will be an international effort, with contributions from researchers, industry, commercial businesses, space agencies and more. My current work at Astrobiology OU aims to strike the right balance between industry’s need for agile and cost-effective...
How does COVID-19 affect cancer treatment?
Science, Maths & Technology

How does COVID-19 affect cancer treatment?

...technologies for cancers. For this reason, we are regularly in contact with cancer charities and patient support groups. In the past few weeks, we have been in conversation with many of them and we have collected a series of cancer-related questions about the new coronavirus. We thought that it would be useful to publish evidence-based answers to these questions, to help...
Managing Relationships and Work
Health, Sports & Psychology

Managing Relationships and Work

...distributed, virtual teams; as a result, a much greater reliance has been placed on using technology and keeping up to date with rapidly developing IT. New ways of working and different patterns had to be established, often in conjunction with home schooling or sharing internet resources and space with others also working from home, and often quite quickly. Induction and training may have been particularly difficult to ......
Thrill seeking and risk taking - what has made extreme sports into a worldwide phenomenon?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Thrill seeking and risk taking - what has made extreme sports into a worldwide phenomenon?

...technology, with recent statistics even reporting that children are spending as little as 16 minutes a day outside (Hurst, 2018). [Rock climbing at night] This quest for freedom can also be viewed in juxtaposition to the formal restrictions that we have seen imposed over the last 50 years with health and safety regulations taking away all risk within society, but it seems...