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What chemical compounds might be present in drinking water?
Science, Maths & Technology

What chemical compounds might be present in drinking water?

...writing, in 2013, this remains the worst industrial accident in US history. In 2013 at Waco in Texas, a large explosion occurred at a fertiliser plant that stored ammonium nitrate. Today, ammonium nitrate is used extensively in industrial explosives and propellants. For instance, commercial blasting explosive contains ammonium nitrate, fuel oil and TNT. Video 4 shows that...
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Climate change: transitions to sustainability
Nature & Environment

Climate change: transitions to sustainability

...creative solutions to problems, and a capitalist economic system can offer the means of replicating them quickly. But such best practice won't be universalised without external pressure from government and civil society. There is no evidence of widespread preparedness for a shift to ‘intentional communities’, or a locally based alternative to economic globalisation,...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
What is a scientific model?
Science, Maths & Technology

What is a scientific model?

...write down some simple mathematics, and work with and generate some insights. So it’s this sort of stripped down mathematical description of the essence of things that you can then embody a computer code with. So you can put the system of simple equations or perhaps quite complex equations into a computer programme and you can then set the programme to go to watch the...
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Why are maggots making a comeback in hospitals?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why are maggots making a comeback in hospitals?

...writing on the role of maggots in helping wounds heal revolves around battlefield injuries. Although such wounds can and do kill outright, the majority of deaths from war injuries have been caused by infection. Festering wounds often attract blowflies looking for a spot to lay their eggs, which then hatch into larvae. Napoleon’s battlefield surgeon, Dominique Larrey,...
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General Election 2015 - 79Rewind
Society, Politics & Law

General Election 2015 - 79Rewind

...writes Alan Shipman in this Society Matters article. Each year, the Office of National Statistics tweaks the contents of the baskets used to track inflation. What gets added or dropped tells how our tastes and habits change as a nation. Read this article to see a comparison of 2004-2014. Learn about the Phillips' Curve in by watching this animation below - 60 Second...
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Human use of animals
History & The Arts

Human use of animals

...writing about the suffering of animals, speciesism and so on, that was a very radical position to take. Things have evolved since then. There are many more people who go along with your reasoning. Do you think there will be a time in the future when people will look back and say “I can’t believe they were eating meat, I can’t believe they did experiments on...
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The Legacy of Nuclear Power: Part 1
Nature & Environment

The Legacy of Nuclear Power: Part 1

...write it as a social scientist. I think if you wanted to categorise where it stands, it’s interdisciplinary. But it’s, I suppose one could describe it as a political geography in particular. And so as a result of all of that, I've integrated those experiences, all that – all the places that I've been to as well as my own academic interests, which have been...
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Afrodite: Untangling the Routes of Black Women’s Hair
Education & Development

Afrodite: Untangling the Routes of Black Women’s Hair

...writes: ‘If cultural theorists want to understand how Black women and girls view their worlds, it is essential to understand why hair matters to them’ (Bank, 2004). For the vast majority of Black women and girls, hair is not just hair; it contains emotive qualities that are linked to one’s lived experience and identification. Historically, hair has held significant...
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