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It's a run-off: Argentina's presidential election goes to a second round
Society, Politics & Law

It's a run-off: Argentina's presidential election goes to a second round

...history, an Argentinian presidential election has gone to a second round of polling. How have things got so tight in Buenos Aires?...With the race to succeed Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner at a fever pitch, Argentina is suddenly facing its first ever presidential runoff. Against all predictions, the provisional results from the first round show the ruling Victory Front...
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What can parasites on Arctic shrews tell us about climate change?
Nature & Environment

What can parasites on Arctic shrews tell us about climate change?

...history museums to collect the same data from decades-old preserved shrews. Advances in genomics technology allowed the researchers to use the shrews’ DNA to understand past distributions, population sizes, and responses to environmental change. They also recreated the preserved shrews’ diets and parasite communities for comparison with those of modern shrews....
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How did Emmanuel Macron win the French Presidency?
Society, Politics & Law

How did Emmanuel Macron win the French Presidency?

...history of the Fifth Republic. So, now France has a president whose priorities are to tackle chronic unemployment by relaxing labour legislation and introducing a raft of measures to help young people into work, to reduce primary school class sizes to 12 pupils per teacher, to relaunch the European project in collaboration with France’s partners and to simplify the...
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Apollo 11’s ‘one small step’ sparked a new rush to reach the Moon
Science, Maths & Technology

Apollo 11’s ‘one small step’ sparked a new rush to reach the Moon

...history was made. Fifty years later, it stands as arguably the greatest achievement of the 20th century and a testament to human endeavour and perseverance...Astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin spent just under 24 hours on the Moon, including more than two hours of field work at the lunar surface. Meanwhile, Michael Collins circled the Moon in the ­command module,...
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Why has English taken over academia?
Languages

Why has English taken over academia?

...history, especially in the sciences. In 1880, only 36% of publications were in English. It had risen to 50% in 1940-50, 75% in 1980 and 91% in 1996, with the numbers for social sciences and humanities slightly lower. Today, the proportion of academic articles in the Nordic countries which are published in English is between 70% and 95%, and for doctoral dissertations...
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Messaging apps – managing relationships at a distance
Languages

Messaging apps – managing relationships at a distance

...history, specifically to their Skype chat the evening before when Hazel talked about a planned trip back to their home city. By paying close attention to Hazel’s wording and their earlier chat, Hannah is showing that she’s aligning with Hazel – she’s maintaining their connection even as she holds Hazel at an appropriate distance. This balance between connecting...
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Should human conditions be classed as illnesses?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Should human conditions be classed as illnesses?

...history of vigorous debate about the nature of mental health problems, their possible causes and suitable forms of treatment and support. The responses to the new version of the DSM show that this debate is far from over. Take your learning further with a free course References Bracken, P., Thomas, P., Timimi, S., Asen, E., Behr, G., Beuster, C. et al. (2012)...
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Solon upsets the wealthy Croesus
History & The Arts

Solon upsets the wealthy Croesus

...Histories’) looked back to Solon as the founding figure of their radical experiment with people power. Herodotus records that Solon made a ten-year journey, undertaken after implementing major reforms in Athens, to visit Cyprus and Egypt. The part of Herodotus' story where Solon meets Croesus is a fiction. The journey itself may or may not have happened. It’s both a...
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