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Should Houston prepare for more Hurricanes like Harvey?
Nature & Environment

Should Houston prepare for more Hurricanes like Harvey?

...to drain away, prolonging and intensifying the floods. [The Conversation]Hurricane Harvey is likely to end up being one of the most costly disasters in US history. It is also likely that climate change and population growth in the region have worsened the effects of this major storm. This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article....
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How does earthquake science help us track North Korea's nuclear tests?
Science, Maths & Technology

How does earthquake science help us track North Korea's nuclear tests?

...history of using seismic techniques to monitor nuclear tests? The use of what’s called “forensic seismology” to detect and identify nuclear tests dates back almost to the birth of nuclear weapons themselves. In 1946, the US conducted the first underwater test of a nuclear bomb at Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean. The shock waves created by the huge explosion were...
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One Lump or Two? Understanding the Place of Sugar - Part One
Society, Politics & Law

One Lump or Two? Understanding the Place of Sugar - Part One

...history and geography of sugar. To explain the puzzle, I will describe the Café advert in some detail. You can watch the advert yourself online: it is available on YouTube (and other websites). Alternatively, details of the campaign can be found here (and all the films). The Sky Mobile Café advert begins cryptically. The film camera angle is low, at table height. The...
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Dydd Gŵyl Dewi a rôl y dorf mewn canfyddiadau o hunaniaeth gerddorol Gymreig
History & The Arts

Dydd Gŵyl Dewi a rôl y dorf mewn canfyddiadau o hunaniaeth gerddorol Gymreig

...History of Welsh Music, sef yr astudiaeth academaidd fawr gyntaf ar hanes cerddoriaeth Gymreig. Gan ddwyn ynghyd gwaith deuddeg o ysgolheigion blaengar, bydd yn archwilio cerddoriaeth Gymreig a bywyd cerddorol o’r ffynonellau canoloesol cyntaf hyd at ffenomenon ‘Cool Cymru’ ac enw da Cymru’r unfed ganrif ar hugain fel canolfan gynhyrchu’r cyfryngau creadigol....
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Human impacts on the lives of animals
Nature & Environment

Human impacts on the lives of animals

...history of life on Earth, the generally slow pace of evolution has been punctuated by dramatic mass extinction events, during which, over a relatively short period of time, a very large number of species became extinct. There are thought to have been five such events, of which the most recent occurred at the end of the Cretaceous period, about 65 million years ago; it...
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The assassination of Franz Ferdinand
History & The Arts

The assassination of Franz Ferdinand

...History courses and qualifications [Franz Ferdinand approaching his Gräf & Stift car] On 28 June 1914, Gavrilo Princip, a Serbian nationalist, assassinated the Austrian heir to the throne, Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie in the Bosnian capital Sarajevo. To understand the importance of this event, imagine the Prince of Wales and his wife being assassinated...
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Latitude and Longitude
History & The Arts

Latitude and Longitude

...History of Navigation at Sea Secrets of Ancient Navigation The BBC and the Open University are not responsible for the content of external websites. Further reading Fisher D., Latitude Hooks and Azimuth Rings: How to build and use 18 traditional navigational instruments, International Marine Publishing Larijani L.C., GPS for Everyone: How the Global Positioning System can...
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Heart of a heartless world, soul of soulless conditions
History & The Arts

Heart of a heartless world, soul of soulless conditions

...history. Out of the unknown Witches, werewolves and spine tingling spectres were not foreign to the ancient world. Open University students of Greece and Rome get to read about dangerous spellbinding crones in the original Latin (for instance on the language module Continuing Classical Latin). The avid letter-writer Pliny (2nd century CE) relishes relating an episode...
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