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Do we have a right to die?
History & The Arts

Do we have a right to die?

...simple question, such as the distinction between allowing someone to die (by withdrawing treatment) and enabling them to die (by intervening). Let us put that to one side and consider whether someone suffering from a terminal illness, with no chance of a cure, who is suffering, and who is of sound mind and who has expressed a wish to die, should be allowed to seek...
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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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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
Measure the Astronomical Unit and watch the Transit Of Venus
Science, Maths & Technology

Measure the Astronomical Unit and watch the Transit Of Venus

...simple. All you need to do it click on the link, measure the AU and straight away you’ll be able to enter our interactive astronomical unit calculator. First thing you need to say is are you working from the results coming from the TV, so that’s our feed from Egypt. But for the sake of argument let’s say that you’re at one of the events around the UK, enter your...
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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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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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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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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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