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Even Brexit backers can’t make the sums work for UK to quit EU
Society, Politics & Law

Even Brexit backers can’t make the sums work for UK to quit EU

...making: sausages and econometric estimates. Our challenge is to deliver econometric estimates about Britain’s membership of the EU that are not only palatable, but which are scientific, rigorous, replicable and transparent. Have we seen much of this in the debate so far? Not a sausage. This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article....
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Who was Mary Magdalene?
History & The Arts

Who was Mary Magdalene?

...Instead he is portrayed as both asexual and a spiritual teacher: in stories when women touch and kiss him, the gospel writers turn our attention to spiritual things, his sacrificial death, and forgiveness of our sins. Mary, however, will continue to haunt the story.[The Conversation] This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article....
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What can Chinese students in Southampton teach us about going green?
Nature & Environment

What can Chinese students in Southampton teach us about going green?

...the future Chinese Elite, the potential is obvious. The internationalisation of higher education, and global environmental degradation are two big contemporary social themes. By linking them in academic research, we might find that the former can help us learn how to deal with the latter. This article was originally published at Sociology Lens under a CC-BY licence...
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What effect does increasing noise pollution have on mammals?
Nature & Environment

What effect does increasing noise pollution have on mammals?

...prairie. At the end of the day, every species has a finite attention span and, depending upon the source of disturbance and the task at hand, can get distracted. In an increasingly noisy world, this will no doubt have implications for other animals as well as humans.[The Conversation] This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article....
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Can the way research is reported play into sexist assumptions?
Society, Politics & Law

Can the way research is reported play into sexist assumptions?

...article did not report any behavioural data, within it the authors speculated that their neuroimaging results underpinned a host of gender differences in cognition and behaviour (for instance, explaining men’s supposedly superior sensorimotor skills and women’s ‘intuition’). The press release and subsequent media coverage went further in explicitly describing the...
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Throwing light on research by South & Central American scientists
Science, Maths & Technology

Throwing light on research by South & Central American scientists

...of national authorities, insisting on better research in state projects, and better data in state development plans. The network and its news can also be followed at RedLBC‘s Twitter account and the hashtag #CienciaLatina. This article was translated for Global Voices Online by Hazina Cain-Houston, and originally published on Global Voices Online under a CC-BY licence...
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What is happening in Brazil?
Society, Politics & Law

What is happening in Brazil?

...article was written before the vote on impeachment [Dilma Rousseff] Dilma Rouseff Brazil has gone into a freefall in the past three weeks, with events unfolding so quickly that spending so much as a moment offline risks missing out the latest explosive news. What's Happened Most Recently? The turbulence started earlier this month when federal police brought in Luiz...
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Would Donald Trump's wall work to reduce migration from Mexico?
Society, Politics & Law

Would Donald Trump's wall work to reduce migration from Mexico?

...for almost a decade, the flow of undocumented migrants has been zero or even negative (more leaving than coming). So, Trump would be building a wall at exactly the moment that undocumented Mexican immigration has slowed. To put it in his terms, a wall would be a bad investment. This article was originally published by Sociological Images under a CC-BY-NC-SA licence...
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