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Why are nonhuman animals victims of harm?
Society, Politics & Law

Why are nonhuman animals victims of harm?

...2: (holding a placard with the word ‘Animals’ written on it): laughs. (Cole and Stewart, 2016) This extract is from an article for the BSA (British Sociological Society) online magazine, Discover Society. The ‘confusion’ it highlights invites social scientific investigation, because social science has historically been preoccupied with humans, but not other...
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Compassion and care: staff experiences of death, the role of bereavement policies in higher education
Health, Sports & Psychology

Compassion and care: staff experiences of death, the role of bereavement policies in higher education

...2 May 2018). Further resources: If you would like some resources of bereavement support beyond your workplace, there are several organisations who provide information and support including: The Good Grief Trust provides information and links to other organisations Cruse Bereavement Support provides web resources, a helpline and 1-1 bereavement support. Get help with grief...
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Why has Antonin Scalia's death set off a battle for the US Supreme Court?
Society, Politics & Law

Why has Antonin Scalia's death set off a battle for the US Supreme Court?

...2 the court will hear arguments for Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt, which considers state restrictions on performing abortions. Four weeks later, the court will hear Zubik v. Burwell, a challenge to President Obama’s universal health care mandate. With only eight justices, there is a good possibility these and other cases will end with tie votes. In the 1868...
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10 things that ended in 2006 (when OpenLearn was born)
History & The Arts

10 things that ended in 2006 (when OpenLearn was born)

...2: The Western black rhino species [Black rhinos in crater] The western black rhino (a sub-species of the black rhino) emerged about 8 million years ago. While its population was once the highest out of all the rhino species, there was a 96% population decline between 1970 and 1992 because of widespread poaching. While the western black rhino was declared officially...
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Becoming a superhero: what are the limits of human performance?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Becoming a superhero: what are the limits of human performance?

...2 hour marathon. Whilst our imagination may wonder at the potential for the future, it has to be acknowledged that a range of physiological regulators including, VO2max, running economy, threshold running pace and thermoregulation will limit the ultimate potential of human performance. Frequently we hear of athletes challenging these limits through altering what the body...
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Who was Mary Magdalene?
History & The Arts

Who was Mary Magdalene?

...2. Was Mary a reformed prostitute? [Conversion of the Magdalene (The Penitent Mary Magdalene) by Artemisia Gentileschi] Luke, one of the Gospel writers, tells a story about a sex worker. She – or her reputation – was known to a certain Pharisee who had Jesus over for a dinner. The woman enters, and begins to wash Jesus’ feet with her tears, kisses his feet, and...
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Is Obama's Iran legacy under threat?
Society, Politics & Law

Is Obama's Iran legacy under threat?

...2 billion in Iranian assets, which it will use to compensate the families of victims of the 1983 Beirut Marine barracks bombings. This case alleges Iranian complicity in the bombings which killed 241 US service personnel – a claim Tehran has long denied. In his much-publicised “New Beginning” speech addressing the Muslim world in Cairo at the beginning of his...
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Despite sanctions, North Korea's nuclear programme is enjoying success. How?
Society, Politics & Law

Despite sanctions, North Korea's nuclear programme is enjoying success. How?

...2 allegedly had an intercontinental range, although it was never successfully tested. Since taking power in 2011, Kim Jong-Un has accelerated North Korea’s missile program. In the past year alone, the country has tested four seemingly new missiles for the first time – including a submarine launched ballistic missile (SLBM) and an intermediate range ballistic missile,...
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