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Hat makers, Greek gods and the great poisoners
Science, Maths & Technology

Hat makers, Greek gods and the great poisoners

...World War which Sir Rudolph Peters developed British anti-Lewisite (BAL) or dimercaprol to counter. His design criteria for BAL were simply that it should be non-toxic itself and that it should form a stable and water-soluble compound with the arsenic that could then be readily excreted from the body. BAL is an example of chelation therapy and is also able to treat...
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The planet as the stakeholder
Money & Business

The planet as the stakeholder

...world is ruled from towns [cities] where men [and women] are cut off from any form of life other than human, the feeling of belonging to a (natural) ecosystem is not revived. - Fritz Schumacher, p.44 It is this disconnect that permeates through business management philosophy and in stakeholder identification. Although there is work ongoing in this area, there is not yet a...
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How does trauma influence identity and engagement with extremism?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How does trauma influence identity and engagement with extremism?

...world. How much it affects a person is dependent on what happened, how often it happened, how it affected them, how they made sense of it, its consequences, their personal history and vulnerabilities, their strengths, what support they had and what other stressful events were going on in their lives. [A brown wooden puzzle with the words 'who are you' written on it.] What...
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The rural dimension – after rundale
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The rural dimension – after rundale

...and enterprising choosing to emigrate, communities in the West of Ireland became isolated and depressed by the continuing losses of traditional rural society to urbanism and industrial capitalism. From the world outside, the West of Ireland looked either hopelessly backward or beautifully unspoiled, depending on the point of view. Explore the articles in this collection ....
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How can your accent put your life at risk?
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How can your accent put your life at risk?

...world, one junior doctor reported this conversation with a senior clinician to the researchers: And he said, ‘Oh, you know we see this, a lot of this Haitian chest pain.’ And I said, ‘What do you mean by that?’ And he said, ‘Well, they come in and the tests are negative, and they have a different perception of pain than other people.’ He kind of wrote it off...
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Hitching a ride on an asteroid to travel back to the birth of the Solar System
Science, Maths & Technology

Hitching a ride on an asteroid to travel back to the birth of the Solar System

...world to help piece together the story of our origins. When studying pieces of asteroids that have been collected from space and returned to Earth, scientists know exactly where the sample came from, and how it’s related to all the other rocks on the asteroid. Once back on Earth, scientists can also carefully control what happens to those samples, keeping them stored in...
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What can you do with leftover coffee grounds?
Science, Maths & Technology

What can you do with leftover coffee grounds?

...world and, once we brew it, an awful lot of waste is created. The vast majority ends up in landfill. [Coffee beans] There's gold in them there beans. Or polyhydroxyalkanoates, at least. Researchers in South Korea, however, have discovered a way of using waste coffee grounds as a fuel in a far more literal sense. In a study in Nanotechnology, they report using coffee waste...
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Seven myths of being a female engineer
Science, Maths & Technology

Seven myths of being a female engineer

...career, but with supportive employers and the right infrastructure, there is no reason why it should be harder within the world of engineering. Peggy Johnson is Microsoft's executive vice president of Business Development, after a 24-year stint working at Qualcomm – and she has three children, four dogs and a cat! More on engineering Kickstart a career in engineering...
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