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What can parasites on Arctic shrews tell us about climate change?
Nature & Environment

What can parasites on Arctic shrews tell us about climate change?

...world.” Small Animals, Big Changes Hope and his colleagues found that the forest-dwelling masked shrew (Sorex cinereus) is expanding its range, while its neighbor to the north, the tundra-dwelling barren ground shrew (Sorex ugyunak), is experiencing constriction and fragmentation of its habitat. The encroachment of the masked shrew into the barren ground shrew’s...
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How did United Airlines get their PR response so wrong?
Money & Business

How did United Airlines get their PR response so wrong?

...broadcast across the world. Yet it is also highly possible that United will get away with it. Standards of service across the US airline industry are already low, and it probably won’t be long before another scandal at another airline is splashed across social media, and the headlines. This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article....
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Even the homeless can have a 'home'
Society, Politics & Law

Even the homeless can have a 'home'

...world”; Sydney, in the run up to the 2000 Olympics; and Glasgow in its preparations for its own European Capital of Culture year in 1990 – Liverpool’s authorities turned their attention to the city centre. In Liverpool, rough sleepers, street drinkers and any other groups identified as “uncivilised” impediments to regeneration were singled out and subjected to a...
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Dying: what’s wellbeing got to do with it?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Dying: what’s wellbeing got to do with it?

...world wider than themselves. Offer time and space for people who are terminally ill to be with others. Social activities, relationships and connections to other people – whether they are families, friends, neighbours or part of a social group – can foster one’s resilience and help combat feelings of isolation and worthlessness. They can also provide opportunities...
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Is your wash day polluting the oceans?
Nature & Environment

Is your wash day polluting the oceans?

...world population grows, greater numbers of synthetic fibres will be produced and washed. The annual releases of plastic fibres will increase, and so will their impact on the environment. Animals which previously contained only a few fibres will be exposed to many many more, and those that suffered increased mortality or other negative impacts will be more dangerously...
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Emmy Noether: Bucking the historical trends
Science, Maths & Technology

Emmy Noether: Bucking the historical trends

...world’s most prestigious places to undertake study in mathematics, only six are women. At every stage of tertiary education, women are opting to work in sciences such as biology and medical sciences, rather than mathematics and physics. Historically, women have not enjoyed educational equality. Indeed, Oxford only began awarding degrees to women in the 1920s. Even today...
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Foreign interference?
Digital & Computing

Foreign interference?

...world’s second-largest maker of mobile phones and a major supplier of telecommunications products to companies such as BT. As part of its expansion in the UK, Huawei is obliged to work with government agencies and telecom operators to prove the security of its hardware and software at a specialised facility near Banbury in Oxfordshire. Are Huawei and ZTE spying on us?...
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Swearing today: have our attitudes changed?
Languages

Swearing today: have our attitudes changed?

...across cultures? Can swear words be created? Can they have benefits to the human psyche? In our documentary film (available on our YouTube platform) comedians Adam and Theo AKA Shuffle T and Marlo go on a search through the wonderful world of profanity. Due to the language explored, the film is age-restricted and only available to watch on the OpenLearn YouTube platform....
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