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Is public spending a drain on the economy or the mark of a civilised society?
Society, Politics & Law

Is public spending a drain on the economy or the mark of a civilised society?

...energy, such as wind, solar and tidal. In 30 years’ time, many businesses will no doubt be involved in the business of climate change mitigation, but for now the market signals are weak and businesses are either not responding to climate change, or not responding quickly enough. Large scale government expenditure is required now if we are to fulfil this part of our...
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Exploring comets: A short introduction
Science, Maths & Technology

Exploring comets: A short introduction

...solar wind and the comet’s atmosphere. ICE subsequently joined a fleet of two Soviet, two Japanese and one European Space Agency probe that studied Halley’s comet in 1986. ESA’s mission, Giotto, was the best equipped. It got to within nearly 600km, and sent back the first close-up pictures of a comet’s nucleus. The most spectacular mission before Rosetta was...
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Joe Smith - Overview of Projects
Nature & Environment

Joe Smith - Overview of Projects

...energy. Our goal is to try to remind society of the fact that humanity’s relationship with energy has always been changing, it’s always been very dynamic, and so we’re just trying to loosen up the public imagination about energy in the present, which has got rather static around the theme of fossil fuels. And then of course I am keeping going some of my work with...
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The science of chocolate
Health, Sports & Psychology

The science of chocolate

...energy food. For this reason, it is a ration of choice for many polar explorers – it can pack a lot of energy in a small space, which is ideal if you have to pull your own sled over miles in sub-freezing conditions. Early polar explorers weren’t aware that chocolate would have been suitable – they thought a high protein diet was more important. In fact, one reason...
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The Peace Dividend: why Good Friday Agreement matters to us and Earth
Society, Politics & Law

The Peace Dividend: why Good Friday Agreement matters to us and Earth

...energy and matter to produce the things we need (and, more unsustainably, want). The earth can only sustainably reproduce about 7 tonnes of material per person per year – the Northern Ireland economy consumes more than twice that (16.6 tonnes per person). Over 90% of this material is freshly extracted from the earth and will not be reused. Energy consumption continues...
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Learning from the past with historic buildings
History & The Arts

Learning from the past with historic buildings

...Energy Historic buildings are the product of three factors: location, culture and climate. These relationships were eroded during the twentieth century: construction industries changed, architecture and design practices embraced global modernism, but also, and this has been slow to be recognised, from changing energy sources. Changes that started with the Industrial...
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Dr Benny Peiser - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Dr Benny Peiser - Stories of Change

...energy? BP: Well, that’s a historical question! Thinking back, the first concern about energy really start in my family’s home in the early seventies, my father read The Club of Rome, Limits to Growth, and the fear that we are going to run out of energy was one of the big features of that report and in ’73 it then became almost a reality in Germany and I...
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Winchcombe Meteorite: Insights from the First Scientist on the Scene
Science, Maths & Technology

Winchcombe Meteorite: Insights from the First Scientist on the Scene

...Solar System fingerprinting’ to help inform scientists about where meteorites originated in space. These analyses have shown that the Winchcombe rocks are a member of an important group of meteorites known as carbonaceous chondrites. These are very primitive materials and very old, containing objects known as calcium aluminium-rich inclusions that are used to date the...
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