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Safer battery could spark investment in renewables
Nature & Environment

Safer battery could spark investment in renewables

...Paradoxically, another group of researchers from the same university have, in the same week, argued that the storage shortfall might be a non-problem. Hossein Safaei and David Keith, of the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Harvard, report in the Energy & Environmental Science journal that the supply of wind and solar power could be increased tenfold without...
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It's a run-off: Argentina's presidential election goes to a second round
Society, Politics & Law

It's a run-off: Argentina's presidential election goes to a second round

...paradoxically enough, have actually recovered and improved under the Kirchners' employment-focused macroeconomic policies. The first round vote was conducted in an atmosphere of general sense of normality, with Argentina’s Pumas playing in the Rugby World Cup semi-finals on the same day. But the tight result at last stirred things up. Everyone is now on notice:...
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Under the covers: The emerging critical sleep studies
History & The Arts

Under the covers: The emerging critical sleep studies

...paradox of sleep science, as Greaney demonstrates, is that sleep scientists try to treat and cure sleep disorders, while seemingly working towards “eliminating sleep altogether”. Thus, not only does the ever-represented “sleep gone wrong” in the form of insomnia, sleepwalking or narcolepsy gain the status of an “unhealthy disorder,” but also sleep itself...
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Machiavelli and Political power
Society, Politics & Law

Machiavelli and Political power

...paradox of The Prince. If you would like to learn more about Machiavelli and other political philosophers then have a look at course AA311 Reading Political Philosophy: Machiavelli to Mill If you would like to learn more about the history of the 19th Century then have a look at course A221 State, Economy and Nation in the Nineteenth-Century Europe If you would like to...
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Why I'd say yes, yes, yes to the Bad Sex award
History & The Arts

Why I'd say yes, yes, yes to the Bad Sex award

...Paradoxically, the sex in contemporary bad sex writing usually attempts to depict very good sex indeed. It’s as if the couplings described must emulate how we imagine the pretty writhings of Hollywood’s finest. So where does this leave my future relationship with the sexual paragraph? Will my characters get down and dirty again? I’m not sure. If I can find a way to...
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How Elvish has had greater impact than Esperanto
Languages

How Elvish has had greater impact than Esperanto

...Paradoxically, Tolkien’s concept is closer to how languages actually work in the real world. His Elvish languages as they are depicted throughout his work are living, changing things, which evolve to reflect the culture of the communities who speak them. The idea of an international auxiliary language, on the other hand, is to provide a stable, unchanging code, which...
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Warming winters: How will the Winter Olympics adapt?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Warming winters: How will the Winter Olympics adapt?

...paradox regarding the sustainability of such practices. Producing artificial snow generates carbon emissions and sits uneasily with the sustainability strategy of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) which aims to ensure that both the Summer and Winter Games work towards becoming carbon neutral and are aligned with the targets set by the Paris Agreement to keep...
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Stay in control and hide the fear: The psychology of skydivers and climbers
Health, Sports & Psychology

Stay in control and hide the fear: The psychology of skydivers and climbers

...paradox of extreme sportspeople seeking the buzz , but not wanting to show the fear...This content is associated with The Open University's Sport and Fitness courses and qualifications. [A sky diver's eye view] Laurie Taylor: As a teenager I had a few goes on the Grand National at Blackpool, but my most daring fairground ride was always Wallis’s Wonder Waltzer. Do you...
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