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Public Health and Behaviour Change: from naïve sociology to naïve psychology
Society, Politics & Law

Public Health and Behaviour Change: from naïve sociology to naïve psychology

...history of success commonly known as marketing.Supermarkets knew that putting sweets along check out aisles would increase sales long before anyone thought of putting fruit at eye level in school canteens. Some nudge efforts have undoubtedly been more creative and more effectively reached target groups for public health efforts than traditional interventions. But...
10 billion dollar companies that didn't exist 10 years ago
Money & Business

10 billion dollar companies that didn't exist 10 years ago

...history. Dropbox is a file hosting service that allows users to send videos, transfer various documents and keep images safe online via cloud storage. It has been speculated that Dropbox's valuation could be up to $10 billion. It's estimated that 400 million people use the service. Do you know how Dropbox emerged out of a tech accelerator? But are these boys only...
Queen Victoria on William Shakespeare
History & The Arts

Queen Victoria on William Shakespeare

...History for it; he married her 8 years afterwards”. He added that Shakespeare constantly mixed up events, in his Historical plays, without minding when they happened, and how far assunder. Sunday 20th January 1839 I sat on the sofa with Lady Charlemont, Lord Melbourne sitting near me, and Ma. and several of the ladies being seated round the table. Lord Melbourne looked...
Studying Darwin
Nature & Environment

Studying Darwin

...History Museum All other material within this course originated at The Open University. Course image: Nishanth Joisin Flickr made available under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Licence. Don't miss out: If reading this text has inspired you to learn more, you may be interested in joining the millions of people who discover our free learning resources and qualifications...
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Why I believe 'yes' is only a matter of time
Society, Politics & Law

Why I believe 'yes' is only a matter of time

...histories. So, to give you a few examples, one of the areas that stood out as having voted no and this was a surprise to a lot of people was Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire. Now, it’s a surprise on one level, because Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland has for much of the last decade or so been an SNP heartland. What’s interesting is that even some of its heartlands, some...
A global dimension to science education in schools
Education & Development

A global dimension to science education in schools

...history: a case of attribution? - Much of the science we now take for granted was first done by scientists outside today's industrialised nations. For example, Arabic medicine was in advance of European medicine throughout the Middle Ages, and from Salerno (the first recorded medical school, founded in the 10th century), to Vesalius (the first person to publish a book of...
Inside the mind of a simultaneous translator
Languages

Inside the mind of a simultaneous translator

...history can have programmed Pinkney’s brain for a task so peculiar and demanding. Executing it required versatility and nuance beyond the reach of the most powerful computers. It is a wonder that her brain, indeed any human brain, can do it at all. Neuroscientists have explored language for decades and produced scores of studies on multilingual speakers. Yet...
Do tax breaks work well for promoting creative industries?
History & The Arts

Do tax breaks work well for promoting creative industries?

...family. Yes, cultural differences can be a sticking point for direct subsidies. What good does it do to local talent if the work all day on something they may not necessarily relate to? Would it not perhaps be better to have them work on something they identify with culturally and socially? Perhaps even something that could improve their cultural identity? Working on...