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Never trust a pirate: Christiaan Huygens’s Longitude Clocks
History & The Arts

Never trust a pirate: Christiaan Huygens’s Longitude Clocks

...writing, which he promised me when we last parted. However, I have spoken to another officer of one of the ships which were with him, who was himself on the Major’s ship until they reached the island of Saint Thomas, and is indeed the person who had care of the Clocks, and from whom we had the first report on them 14 or 15 months ago [during an earlier voyage]. ‘I do...
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Article 10 mins
Rio 2016: Green pools, drug cheats, sexism and nationality - A short reading list
Health, Sports & Psychology

Rio 2016: Green pools, drug cheats, sexism and nationality - A short reading list

...Writing at Sapiens.org, they ponder what the flag being marched behind actually means in a modern sporting context: In the last few years, well-heeled Persian Gulf states have attracted athletes from other countries by offering them money, training facilities, and the possibility of qualifying for the Olympics more easily than in their home countries. The diminutive but...
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Article 5 mins
Golden Globe Ocean Race: Global Biodiversity
Nature & Environment

Golden Globe Ocean Race: Global Biodiversity

...write up the results of what he had seen and collected during his voyages the first text he produced was entitled Essay on the Geography of Plants (Humboldt 1807). In this book Humboldt set out his vision of a world in which the Earth surface, the oceans, the atmosphere, and the creatures living in them, were intimately connected in what he called a “general physics of...
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Article 20 mins
A brief history of evolution
History & The Arts

A brief history of evolution

...writings, for example, in the work of Anaximander and Empedocles. Anaximander proposed that animals could be transformed from one kind to another, and Empedocles speculated that they could be made up of various combinations of pre-existing parts. However, evolutionary theories were subsequently prevented from developing and challenging the belief of special creation for...
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Article 30 mins
Studying medicine bilingually
Health, Sports & Psychology

Studying medicine bilingually

...write reflective pieces through the medium of Welsh and I find this really useful, actually, because on such a busy course as medicine you don’t often get the chance to reflect at all so to be able to do that in my own language, it just feels more personal and I get much more out of doing so. And also, when it comes to exams, I’m always given a Welsh copy of the...
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Level 1: Introductory 1 hr
The global pursuit of equitable football coaching legacies from Africa and The Caribbean to the UK
Health, Sports & Psychology

The global pursuit of equitable football coaching legacies from Africa and The Caribbean to the UK

...writing, in 2025, Morocco’s Regragui remains at the helm, building on his 2022 achievement. Nigeria, previously criticised for appointing Portuguese journeyman José Peseiro, entrusted Finidi George, a Super Eagles legend, with the national team reins after Peseiro’s departure post-AFCON 2023. Nevertheless, George was sacked and replaced in 2025 by Eric Chelle who was...
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Article 10 mins
Can comedy change your life?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Can comedy change your life?

...writes in Personality and Sense of Humor, “comedy and satire possess a common denominator in that both try to change or reform society by means of humor. The two forms together constitute the best illustration there is of the social function of humor.” You don’t have to look hard for examples of comics placing social justice at the centre of their work. New...
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Organisations and the financial system
Money & Business

Organisations and the financial system

...Write down your answer in the box below. Part 2 A safe bet in answering this kind of question is to ask well-renowned experts on the topic, for example the research team of the Bank of England. Watch the following video on money creation in the modern economy. Once you have finished watching the video, use the box below to write notes on how money is created in the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs