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How many different types of smile are there?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How many different types of smile are there?

...System, written with Wallace V Friesen, seeks to create an atlas of nearly all possible human expressions. Ekman says, in his book Telling Lies, that their technique for measuring the face can distinguish over 50 different smiles. Confused? You’re not the only one. Perhaps the best approach is to just grin and bear it… This article was originally published by Mosaic...
Golden Globe Ocean Race: The landscape above and below the sea
Science, Maths & Technology

Golden Globe Ocean Race: The landscape above and below the sea

...system of our planet. The oceans also contain very deep valleys, known as trenches, where ocean crust is being destroyed. You may have heard of the famous Mariana Trench, about 11 km (nearly 7 miles!) deep in the ocean. The famous film maker James Cameron travelled to the deepest place on Earth! Transcript The average swimming pool deep end is about 5m deep. How many...
What is Talk Factory?
Education & Development

What is Talk Factory?

...system. [A screenshot from the app shows a bar graph with green. orange, yellow and blue bars against a grey background. The vertical axis shows the number of occurrences and the horizontal axis shows the kind of behaviour, ranging from "explain reasons" to "interrupt".] What do teachers say about Talk Factory? Feedback from teachers is overwhelmingly positive: “The...
Prospecting for water on the Moon
Science, Maths & Technology

Prospecting for water on the Moon

...System. These areas act as vast ‘cold traps’: many chemical substances such as water, other ices and organic compounds delivered to the Moon by asteroid and comet impacts would migrate to the poles and accumulate there in a permanent deep freeze. Our Moon may therefore be witness to billions of years of history of water and other important molecules in the vicinity of...
Educational leadership at local and community level: Supporting ‘Quality Education’ even in times of adversity
Education & Development

Educational leadership at local and community level: Supporting ‘Quality Education’ even in times of adversity

...system. Local leaders’ responses to the uncertainty about when children will return to school have meant looking for creative ways to keep learning going. For many in low-income countries the solutions have focused on low-tech approaches (e.g. radio broadcast in local communities). A recent blog post by Power (2020) on Activating local study-groups for children’s...
Osprey process
Science, Maths & Technology

Osprey process

...system before entry into the atomiser. The gases also act as a protective atmosphere to prevent oxidation of the spray droplets. An integral part of the preforming unit is the preforming mechanism to which the preform collector is attached. This is driven by means of a hydraulic power pack, which is programmed to perform a sequence of movements under the spray so as to...
Business Bursts: Supply chain
Health, Sports & Psychology

Business Bursts: Supply chain

...system. And in the case of automobile manufacturers or car manufacturers they seek to shorten those lean supply chains so that the cost at each stage of production from buying the steel, to part manufacturer supplying them with steering wheels or wheels, creates a greater value for them at less cost. Nick Spencer, Supply Chain Director: MINI Oxford Our customers value the...
Introducing environment
Nature & Environment

Introducing environment

...systems? It's no secret that climate change is caused by our over-dependence on fossil fuels...so what can we do about it? This is an album with a difference; YOU get the chance to find out how YOUR personal shopping choices are affecting the climate. How addicted to fossil fuels are you? Using the interactive video feature, start off on track 2 and follow the easy...