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Bill Hare - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Bill Hare - Stories of Change

...become fair within the range of scientific literature. RH: And what’s your assessment so far? BH: Well what we see is that most of the major emitters, developed and developing, are very far away from doing their fair share, whether you’re the United States or China, whether you’re the European Union or India, more can be done by all of those big emitters to close...
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Doug Allan - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Doug Allan - Earth in Vision

...become one of the world’s best known and respected cameramen. He specialises in natural history, expeditions and science documentaries in some of the wildest and most remote places on our planet, particularly the polar zones working for the BBC, Discovery, National Geographic and many others, filming for series like The Blue Planet, Planet Earth, Human Planet, Frozen...
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Can we get to a world without suicide?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Can we get to a world without suicide?

...become painfully aware that something appalling has happened,” he recalls. “You go through the description, they offer commiserations and a booklet, and then they leave. And that’s it. Suddenly you are staring into the most appalling abyss you can ever imagine.” The next time Mallen heard his son play the piano, the music filled Holy Trinity Parish Church, a mile...
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Evolution through natural selection
Nature & Environment

Evolution through natural selection

...become an Anglican clergyman. Soon after the voyage of the Beagle (1831-1836), during which he was gentleman companion to Captain FitzRoy, Darwin became convinced that biological evolution had occurred and saw how it could have been brought about by natural selection. Despite having gathered massive amounts of supporting evidence, Darwin refrained from publishing his...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Thomas Stocker - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Thomas Stocker - Stories of Change

...becomes more intensive which means those areas that are dry today already will become dryer, and therefore the risk of drought and water scarcity will increase; whereas on the other side, where you are in zones of already abundant precipitation, we will experience more rainfall and a higher risk of flooding. So that's the first resource to which humankind and ecosystems...
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Crimes of the powerful
Society, Politics & Law

Crimes of the powerful

...become more concerned with increasing their research funding revenues, academic pursuits may be channelled solely into avenues that seek to satisfy the interests of particular research funders. This may call into question the extent to which academic freedom is able to flourish. 2. In relation to the specific issue of researching corporate crime, it is difficult to secure...
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Level 3: Advanced 2 hrs
The world's busiest railway station - Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, Mumbai
Science, Maths & Technology

The world's busiest railway station - Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, Mumbai

...become the most important transport hub in the world's busiest commuter rail network. As well as being a UNESCO World Heritage Site, every day over 1,250 local and long-distance trains pull in and out of its 18 platforms. Together, they carry around three million passengers – that’s more people than travel on the entire British railway network per day. The station...
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What can we learn from Pokemon Go?
Education & Development

What can we learn from Pokemon Go?

...become an expert in every area. Many players therefore take every opportunity to learn from others and to pass on their knowledge. As they do so, they create new knowledge and new resources that enrich their surroundings. This is an approach to learning that engages people even when the novelty of a new game or technology has worn off. At a time when interest in learning...
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