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Explainer: how hostile is space?
Science, Maths & Technology

Explainer: how hostile is space?

...human tasks reduces risk, but it doesn’t eliminate all risk. Every active device in space is dealing with such risks right now – be it Rosetta the comet chaser or the satellite responsible for streaming live sports. These cause many problem for designers of space instruments, on which millions of taxpayer’s money is spent and which are out there to collect important...
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About the stroop test
Education & Development

About the stroop test

...human skill. For example, it is this capacity, known as inhibitory control, that enables us to be polite when we're given an unwanted present, or to avoid taking the usual route to work to avoid a burst water main. Occasionally, this skill of inhibitory control fails us and we act automatically, without thinking. We might lose our inhibitory control after a glass of wine,...
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What makes people happy at work?
Money & Business

What makes people happy at work?

...human being, all are enlarged by being wealthier rather than poorer. Secondly I think that the engagement that comes at work spills over into civil life; into political life. You get people who are more engaged in their local community, in their neighbourhood, in the political process, more willing to give to charity, more willing to participate in associations in their...
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The Silver Bridge Disaster: Eyebars in suspension
Science, Maths & Technology

The Silver Bridge Disaster: Eyebars in suspension

...human tragedy - 46 people died - and an engineering mystery: why did a bridge built to last a century not make 40 years? Part 1: Eyebars in suspension...Video Transcript Narrator It’s 1928 and suspension bridges are being built all across America. New designs and new materials make for rapid construction. This is the Silver Bridge, crossing the Ohio River at Point...
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The origins of Welsh male voice choirs
History & The Arts

The origins of Welsh male voice choirs

...human voice. When some choirs inevitably folded in the face of acute economic hardship, others took their place, like Cwmbach from the Cynon valley formed in 1921, and Pendyrus in 1924. Both, like the older Treorchy choir (1885) survive to this day, though in the depths of the inter-war Depression 80% of Pendyrus’ hundred and fifty choristers were unemployed. They...
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Legacy of the Romantics
History & The Arts

Legacy of the Romantics

...Human League relied heavily on the use of synthesizers to produce their slick music, which some detractors felt was narcissistic and indulgent. Glamorous, flamboyant clothes were the order of the day, as the performers strove to achieve a personal look. The impact of Romanticism upon the arts has been immense and ongoing. Romantic painters aimed for emotional intensity....
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How gender equality can help fix the construction industry
Society, Politics & Law

How gender equality can help fix the construction industry

...Human Rights Commission, for the UK Construction Sector [2] Architects Registration Board includes equality and diversity questions for new admissions [3] 25% female representation on UK FTSE 100 boards. Dillon and Moncaster The blame is repeatedly levied on parents, teachers and careers advisers, and women having children. While the data is simply unavailable for women...
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Will the next Secretary-General of the United Nations be a woman?
Society, Politics & Law

Will the next Secretary-General of the United Nations be a woman?

...human rights and climate action to implementing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and instituting reform within the UN. At the end of 2026, Guterres will step down and hand over the baton to a new Secretary-General who will lead the UN until 2032 – or 2037 if they are elected for a second term. While this may seem a long way off, the selection process is already...
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