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How can you tell if a signal from space is an alien communication?
Science, Maths & Technology

How can you tell if a signal from space is an alien communication?

...simple answer is that you have to rule out everything else first and only then can you think it may be aliens. As Sherlock Holmes said: “When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.” But eliminating all the other possibilities isn’t exactly easy. When radio pulsars were first detected in 1967, “little green...
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Can animals be courageous?
History & The Arts

Can animals be courageous?

...simple answer. For one thing, not all animals are the same. What is true of lions and stags might not be true of chimpanzees, for example. Arguably, too, Nicias’ distinction between fearlessness and courage is too simple: perhaps there are possibilities between merely being oblivious to a danger and understanding why it needs to be faced. In Laches, the characters do...
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Feeling Stuck in your Job or Career? The ACT Matrix may be the Tool you Need
Health, Sports & Psychology

Feeling Stuck in your Job or Career? The ACT Matrix may be the Tool you Need

...simple tools to help deal with everyday life challenges, and effectively handle difficult thoughts and feelings, accepting what is out of our personal control and committing to action that improves our lives...Becoming stuck Many people end up in jobs or careers that may have originally been satisfying, but now don’t fit with their current personal situation (such as...
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The role sustainable chemistry plays in shaping the planet's future
Science, Maths & Technology

The role sustainable chemistry plays in shaping the planet's future

...simple diagram to contrast the 'take, make, waste' linear approach to the circular economy.] Figure 1: A linear versus a circular economy (Catherine Weetman, ‘A simple diagram to contrast the 'take, make, waste' linear approach to the circular economy’, 4 January 2016, available here). [SDG12 Sustainable Consumption and Production] Figure 2: United Nations (UN)...
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Language and thought: introducing representation
History & The Arts

Language and thought: introducing representation

...simple theory intended to answer Locke's question: The simple theory of communication The successful communication of knowledge about the world is possible because speakers are able to produce utterances with a specific meaning, and recognition of that meaning by an audience enables them to appreciate what the speaker intends to communicate. The key phrase is ‘specific...
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Embodied Carbon: Three reasons we should care
Nature & Environment

Embodied Carbon: Three reasons we should care

...simple. There are several stages to consider, explained in this short animation. Transcript All of these processes take energy and this energy will have associated carbon emissions which together equals the embodied carbon. A home needs energy and carbon to heat, light and live in it, this is known as the operational carbon. The hope is that the new windows will reduce...
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My career goal: digital
Science, Maths & Technology

My career goal: digital

...coding Computing code is the building blocks of software systems and websites. There is an increasing demand for workers skilled in this area to design and develop software systems. The free courses below look at some of these finer skills. More Websites Websites have become essential for a successful modern business. The links below provide some useful advice and...
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Children are at risk from junk food advertisements on social media
Society, Politics & Law

Children are at risk from junk food advertisements on social media

...code adopted by Ireland’s Department of Health, even if it is voluntary, rather than mandatory. The code contains a potentially disruptive new provision stating that “marketing Communications for HFSS [high fat, salt and sugar] food by means of social media shall not target children under the age of 15”. This is a significant advance on recent UK online junk food...
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