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What sort of Victoria Sponge would Queen Victoria have eaten?
History & The Arts

What sort of Victoria Sponge would Queen Victoria have eaten?

...history has given this particular confection added value: a slice of the cake sold in September 2016 for £15,000 at auction along with a presentation box and the Queen’s signature. For comparision the two cakes served at Kate and Will’s wedding reportedly cost the taxpayer a reported $65,000. A slice of their elaborate eight-layer gateau recently sold for US$7,500...
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Uncanny valley: why we find human-like robots and dolls so creepy
Society, Politics & Law

Uncanny valley: why we find human-like robots and dolls so creepy

...was an artefact of this particular period in the history of artificial humans, when representations were clearly distinguishable from human. For some, not being able to distinguish between robots and humans, for example, may throw up problems beyond being creepy. Speaking as a researcher of the uncanny valley, I plan to enjoy its sense of subtle eeriness while it lasts....
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Is there life on Europa?
Science, Maths & Technology

Is there life on Europa?

...history, bringing with it deep philosophical and societal implications. It would help answer fundamental questions about our role in the universe, questions that have shaped human cultures and religions for millennia. The scientific output of life-seeking missions to Europa and other icy moons could revolutionise fields such as medicine. The search for extraterrestrial...
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D-Day, the Battle of Normandy, and the British Military Nursing Services
Health, Sports & Psychology

D-Day, the Battle of Normandy, and the British Military Nursing Services

...History Press. McBryde, B. (1979) A Nurse’s war, London, Hogarth Press. McBryde, B. (1986) Quiet Heroines. Nurses of the Second World War, Saffron Walden, Cakebreads Publications. Nicholson, V. (2011) Millions like us. Women’s lives in war and peace 1939-1949, London, Penguin. Taylor, E. (1997) Front-line Nurse. British Nurses in World War II, Bury St Edmunds, St...
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If Infinity Wars had peer review instead of script editors
Science, Maths & Technology

If Infinity Wars had peer review instead of script editors

...history. Other than that, I recommend publication. Reviewer #3 It took me nine weeks to finally submit my critique, but I am against the publication of this script. I feel that the end results are highly misleading, and I won’t be surprised if some (or all) of them are retracted in a couple of years. This article originally appeared on the PLOS SciComm blog under a...
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How to keep your kidneys healthy
Health, Sports & Psychology

How to keep your kidneys healthy

...history of diabetes or high blood pressure, common risk factors for kidney disease. If you smoke, try to stop. Get help from a local smoke-free service. Within the United Kingdom (UK), the National Health Service (NHS) smoke cessation service offers free advice and support. 4) Reduce alcohol consumption Excessive amounts of alcohol can reduce blood flow to the kidneys,...
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Club v Country: The psychology of switching support
Health, Sports & Psychology

Club v Country: The psychology of switching support

...history of interaction between the groups and even when the groups are randomly assigned according to meaningless categories. For example, a famous series of studies conducted by Henri Tajfel and colleagues in the 1970s found that teenage boys would favour their in-group over their out-group even when the group was ‘virtual’ (the boys never met and there was no...
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Earth from above, 18th Century style
History & The Arts

Earth from above, 18th Century style

...history of flight, ballooning had a profound effect on the epistemological model of being in the world and viewing landscape. That balloons are innately comic is undeniable, and their physical attributes were a gift to satirists of the late eighteenth century, who riffed delightedly on the graphic and semantic associations of this new and somewhat unlikely technology....
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