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Post-Brexit: we need a new vision for Europe
Nature & Environment

Post-Brexit: we need a new vision for Europe

...centred politics that also puts the environment and social justice at its core. This means creating a positive vision of global solidarity in Europe, where people are engaged towards building a society that adheres to its ecological limits and ensures that standards of fairness and equity are applied, while keeping vested corporate interests at bay. However, Rome wasn’t...
Dirt, waste and revulsion: How cultures cope with leftovers and mess
Health, Sports & Psychology

Dirt, waste and revulsion: How cultures cope with leftovers and mess

...researchers seem to have said that there is a universal disgust response when you see faeces, but particularly when you smell it. But can you imagine having to do that research? That made me smile, the thought of how you carry out your research project? But nevertheless, in the early modern past you had status the higher up the royal chain of command you were, and the...
First steps in innovation and entrepreneurship
Money & Business

First steps in innovation and entrepreneurship

...children. The first word you hear is ‘Wow!’ [TURBINE SPINNING] ADAM TWINE So here, out west, we’re on the farm on the Oxford and Wiltshire border. I farm here. This is our crop of barley at the back here – golden, blowing brightly in the breeze. LIZ ROTHSCHILD So I’m called Liz. This is Sue. Well, I’m sort of inevitably involved with the wind farm because my...
Sniffing out signs of life
Science, Maths & Technology

Sniffing out signs of life

...research on VOCs? First, we must first capture the VOCs. They are found either in the air or produced by a solid or liquid. Air samples are easy to collect; we simply use a pump to collect them either into a bag or on to special materials (called sorbents) that hold on to the VOCs until they can be analysed. Solid or liquid samples are sealed into special bags and the...
Between humanity and space
Science, Maths & Technology

Between humanity and space

...researcher in space ethics. Her research considers the future of space exploration and the relationship of humans and space. She reflected on how she came to AstrobiologyOU and her plans for future work, in conversation with Ann Grand, a fellow member of AstrobiologyOU...What’s been your journey to astrobiology? If you were to ask my mother, she’d say it was because...
The science behind why we drink alcohol
Health, Sports & Psychology

The science behind why we drink alcohol

...research suggests that some individuals have a predisposition to prefer sugar and this can make them more prone to developing alcohol addiction. Alcohol also seems to act on some of the same brain areas activated by sweet tastes . Yet ethanol is not always perceived as pleasant; it can be quite bitter . If ethanol is given over time rats show increasing “tasty”...
Why Design Education needs Black and Women of Colour Feminist Thinking
Education & Development

Why Design Education needs Black and Women of Colour Feminist Thinking

...research many lessons can be learned from the seminal 1971 book Design for the Real World by designer and educator Victor Papanek, which argues that designers must think about their moral responsibilities and the ‘real world’ to design in more equitable ways. Exactly fifty years later, such issues are as urgent as ever in the context of climate change, increasing...
Belfast: Racing to the top for the Grande Partenza
Health, Sports & Psychology

Belfast: Racing to the top for the Grande Partenza

...centre. By sheer coincidence, the ‘Big Start’ route passes close to Cherryvale Sports Ground where the tyre was tested on a bicycle, before Dunlop patented his invention in 1888. Belfast is ahead of the pack in terms of cycling as a form of commuting. Census data from 2001-2011 reports that Belfast saw a 60% rise in the number of people cycling to work, while this...