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The Silver Bridge Disaster: Eyebars in suspension
Science, Maths & Technology

The Silver Bridge Disaster: Eyebars in suspension

...public than did the fact that it was steel. Narrator But after barely 40 years, the design and materials used came to haunt them. On December the 15th, 1967, the bridge fell in less than one minute, with the loss of 46 lives. A 20 year-old eyewitness at the time, was Charlene Wood. Charlene Wood I was actually on the bridge when it fell that night. I was going home from...
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The Olympic torch: the truth
History & The Arts

The Olympic torch: the truth

...public imagination, that was ‘the carrying of the lighted torch from distant Olympia to the Stadium at Wembley’. Yes, it was a completely phony tradition and it was originally created as Nazi propaganda. But, these minor inconveniences aside, it had proven to be very popular, and that was precisely what the 1948 Olympic organising committee needed. On 17 July 1948,...
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How emoji are changing the shape of everyday English
Languages

How emoji are changing the shape of everyday English

...publicity stunt in reaction to the Unicode Consortium (the organisation who oversee all thing emoji) turning down their proposal for a condom emoji. And then there’s the company Eggplant Mail, which will anonymously send an actual aubergine, inscribed with a message of your choice, through the post to anyone you think might appreciate one. The purpose of this? For...
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The 2001 Glasgow NHS Medical Secretaries Grading Dispute
Society, Politics & Law

The 2001 Glasgow NHS Medical Secretaries Grading Dispute

...public. Internationally renowned Professor Imrie, who was based at Glasgow Royal Infirmary at the time, said: ''The feeling across the trust is running very high…I have not spoken to a single consultant who would not be behind the medical secretaries.'' (The Herald, April 14, 2001) The subsequent ballot result overwhelmingly supported industrial action and by August 8,...
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Why has reaching the Chinese internet audience just got a little harder?
Digital & Computing

Why has reaching the Chinese internet audience just got a little harder?

...Publication, Radio, Film and Television. The regulation not only bolsters the legality of the Great Firewall, a mechanism that blocks overseas websites, but also raises the threshold for foreign media companies that want to enter the Chinese market. Foreign tech companies under China's thumb This is just another measure of success that Chinese authorities have had in...
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How can you tell if a signal from space is an alien communication?
Science, Maths & Technology

How can you tell if a signal from space is an alien communication?

...public. Importantly, no response to the signal should be sent until international consultations have taken place. Whatever (if anything) is transmitted back in the direction the signal came from would indicate our presence, so we’d better be sure we want to announce our existence before doing so. [The Conversation]Maybe one day these protocols will be invoked, but until...
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Mo Mowlam and The Good Friday Agreement
Society, Politics & Law

Mo Mowlam and The Good Friday Agreement

...public facing celebrations of the 20 year anniversary by key figures and leaders and it would be wrong of me not to note now how much recognition she and many of the other women who were pivotal in bringing the violence to an end across Great Britain, Northern Ireland and Ireland in 1998 are now receiving. There have been many events in recent weeks taking place globally...
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Detecting fake images
Society, Politics & Law

Detecting fake images

...public and made so easy to be used that anyone can generate an image almost effortlessly. The real impact of these technologies on society is to be seen. For sure seeing is no longer believing. If you are interested in creating and editing digital images, check out the Open University’s Digital Photography module. References Kleinman, Z. (2018) Cambridge Analytica: The...
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