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Why were David Bowie's eyes two different colours?
Science, Maths & Technology

Why were David Bowie's eyes two different colours?

...was ideal for a performer who embraced ideas of the alien, the outsider, the otherworldly and the occult. In an increasingly visual world seemingly preoccupied by perfection, Bowie’s damaged left pupil became an intrinsic and arresting part of his enigmatic identity.[The Conversation] This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article....
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How the stove changed the kitchen
Society, Politics & Law

How the stove changed the kitchen

...World War when the gas stove was installed in the scullery. The placing of the stove in the scullery, which was traditionally used for washing dishes, meant that what we called a kitchen or living-room/living-kitchen ceased to be a space for cooking. Instead, the scullery took on the attributes of what June Freeman refers to as the ‘modern’ kitchen. It became a space...
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Why are caves being used as hospitals in Syria?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why are caves being used as hospitals in Syria?

...no longer react when hospitals are bombed, doctors are killed,” Sahloul said in his keynote speech at the MSF Scientific Days on 20 May. “This should not be allowed. Not only in Syria, but [also] in the rest of the world.” The interview was recorded during the MSF Scientific Days. This article was originally published on SciDev.Net. Read the original...
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What is the Minamata Convention on Mercury and what does it mean?
Science, Maths & Technology

What is the Minamata Convention on Mercury and what does it mean?

...world’s worst mercury poisoning incident, which affected thousands of people who ate contaminated fish in Minamata Bay, Japan, in 1956. Its provisions include banning new mercury mines, phasing out existing ones, and regulating the use of mercury in artisanal and small-scale gold mining. Some15 million miners in 70 countries risk mercury poisoning. Countries with major...
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Jake Chapman On Using Systems Thinking In Practice
Society, Politics & Law

Jake Chapman On Using Systems Thinking In Practice

...worlds of academia, business and the civil service at the very highest levels. I have also had profound spiritual experiences that made me into a spiritual teacher for a period. I have worked on myself non-stop for the last 40 years and have understood most of what my unconscious is up to most of the time. Now I am a small-holder, which includes being a repair mechanic...
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Why school is bad for us - an inaugural lecture by Professor Jonathan Rix
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Why school is bad for us - an inaugural lecture by Professor Jonathan Rix

...world to show how a negative schooling experience still dominates the lives of many. "Education as we know it, is about dividing us up; the subjects we study, the classes we study with, the practices that teach us" Jonathan Rix, Professor of Participation and Learning Support Following his lecture, he will be joined by a panel of experts in education: Teresa Cremin, OU...
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The rural dimension – rundale in the West of Ireland
OpenLearn Ireland

The rural dimension – rundale in the West of Ireland

...world, and in many parts of Europe and Britain as well as all over Ireland. In that sense, what we see in the West of Ireland is part of a widespread distribution of this system of agriculture. It is the process of their establishment in the West of Ireland that is distinctive, representing a clash between the remnants of a particular small-scale peasant society and a...
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The Dog of Alcibiades
History & The Arts

The Dog of Alcibiades

...world; dogs used for hunting would often be raised by their owner from puppyhood, although they could be given as valuable gifts in later life. In the third century CE a Roman writer, Nemesianus, tells us how to pick the best puppy in the litter. You separate the puppies from their mother, surround them with a ring of fire, and see which puppy the mother saves first; this...
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