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Knickerbocker glory: Explore healthy eating
Education & Development

Knickerbocker glory: Explore healthy eating

...artificial ingredients and sugar and have very little nutritional value. But children need some fat in their diet, and milk products also contain calcium which is great for growing bones and teeth — so real ice cream isn’t so bad! Fruit is good for you! Different fruits have different benefits, but most contain Vitamin C which helps you keep well. Our bodies cannot...
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Why is childbirth a medical procedure?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why is childbirth a medical procedure?

...artificial rupture of membranes caesarean section continuous electronic foetal monitoring epidural anaesthesia episiotomy recumbent birthing position Childbirth has become an increasingly medicalised phenomenon whereby the majority of women no longer experience or have knowledge of what it is to give birth to their baby without interference. Almost all women give birth in...
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What part did citizen science play in hurricane disaster relief?
Science, Maths & Technology

What part did citizen science play in hurricane disaster relief?

...intelligence that is accurate enough to inform targeted relief efforts. It allows the team to build impact “heat maps”, which highlight areas where features such as flooding and damaged buildings have been consistently identified by the crowd. These maps enable Rescue Global to better understand the situation on the ground. This is crucial when it comes to drawing up...
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Live long and prosper?
Science, Maths & Technology

Live long and prosper?

...intelligent life to develop on its surface. Many of the first Exoplanets detected around other stars are referred to as ‘hot Jupiters’ – they are of similar size and mass to Jupiter, but in very close orbits, taking just a few days to orbit their parent star. They are certainly not in their stars’ habitable zones, but were the easiest ones to detect. However, in...
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Past-Time Lover: Albert Einstein
History & The Arts

Past-Time Lover: Albert Einstein

...intelligent, motivated and logical A bit about me: I have always been an inquisitive person – I remember when my father gifted me a compass as a boy, and I marvelled at what must be moving the needle – I did not just simply see the empty space others gazed upon. This enquiring mind has led me to many an achievement over my lifetime. I am a highly regarded theoretical...
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Past-Time Lover: Cleopatra
History & The Arts

Past-Time Lover: Cleopatra

...intelligent, manipulative, charming A bit about me: I am the true ruler of Ancient Egypt. My charms have influenced the most powerful men in the Western world. I take action to get what is rightfully mine. I have brought demise to a total of three siblings who stood in my way – why share what you can take for yourself? I have been married a total of three times, two of...
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Charity begins at Homeland: The screen spies the CIA should love
Society, Politics & Law

Charity begins at Homeland: The screen spies the CIA should love

...intelligence community has been heavily criticised over the last few years, Hollywood appears remarkably willing to come to their aid with films and television series such as Homeland, Zero Dark Thirty and Argo – the latter two made with the CIA’s cooperation. Perhaps it’s just a matter of time until Supreme Court Justices and US intelligence officials cite Homeland...
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Half man, half circuit: Who are the people who are choosing to become cyborgs?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Half man, half circuit: Who are the people who are choosing to become cyborgs?

...artificial devices, such as computer screens or iPhones. Others prefer to narrow it. As early as 2003, in an article entitled ‘Cyborg morals, cyborg values, cyborg ethics’, Kevin Warwick, the professor who pioneered the cyborg movement in the academic sphere, described ‘cyborgs’ as being only those entities formed by a “human, machine brain/nervous system...
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