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The Bottom Line Expert Opinion: The Volkswagen Scandal
Money & Business

The Bottom Line Expert Opinion: The Volkswagen Scandal

...become the largest automaker in the world by sales. Now commentators and the public alike wonder not only how it can stay on top but how it will survive. Yet the case also raises serious questions about the future of corporate social responsibility and governance. In this episode of Bottom Line, industry and finance leaders discuss the implications of this event. As the...
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Investigating environmental futures through speculative design
Society, Politics & Law

Investigating environmental futures through speculative design

...become receptive to haptic and sonic signals from the sensors. Some of these signals lend themselves to interpretation, while others are indecipherable, reminding wearers that there is always more to know and care about in the changing environment, requiring constant reattunement and empathic work. Our prototype serves as an example of research that draws on design and...
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The housing crash and the man who saw it coming
Money & Business

The housing crash and the man who saw it coming

...becoming toppy, new home sales were also flattening out and also the price increases were slowing down. So it was clear that that was the tipping point for this housing bubble. And once a bubble goes into reverse and demand falls below supply, then prices start to move downward and then there is the unravelling of a boom and bubble into a bust and a crash. On why no-one...
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Terminal illness and wellbeing: supporting people in the workplace
Health, Sports & Psychology

Terminal illness and wellbeing: supporting people in the workplace

...become more appropriate. An example we have encountered is employers offering reduced baseline hours or project-based work to enable staff to take on tasks they feel capable of doing whilst also keeping connected with colleagues and social networks. There are also other benefits of flexible working such as reduced burnout. Communication and uncertainty: welcome an honest...
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What have big meals got to do with Christmas?
History & The Arts

What have big meals got to do with Christmas?

...become competitive or that it can result in disappointment for those who get new mittens instead of a new TV. It is more that some people think that Christmas feasting is a distraction from the “glad tidings” they associate with Jesus’ birth. Some of these people question the association of big meals and glittery decorations with questions of salvation. This is not...
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Grief and the body: mourning in ancient Rome
History & The Arts

Grief and the body: mourning in ancient Rome

...including its active physical dimensions, can be a way of working through grief, venting the pain, even if it involves spectating rather than direct participation. Grief physically hurts, and although that awful pain may not always be visible to others, in some settings and cultures the human body becomes a vital tool for communicating, representing and sharing grief....
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Doctor Who and human history
History & The Arts

Doctor Who and human history

...become the prime motivators. Historical sources would still be consulted, but at the core of these episodes were stories of the period that had already been told. The Romans was a fairly close parody of the Hollywood epic Quo Vadis, to the point of lifting a couple of scenes; The Myth Makers (1965) took the viewers into the world of Homer’s Iliad. The other change in...
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Animal-Computer Interaction and dogs
Digital & Computing

Animal-Computer Interaction and dogs

...become ubiquitous and interacting with computers no longer means using keyboard and mouse. Embedded in the fabric of our cities, workplaces, homes, vehicles, clothes and even bodies, ‘smart’ systems now allow us to relate to the world around us, one another and even ourselves in unprecedented ways. Being directly or indirectly involved in every aspect of human life,...
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