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Starting with psychology
Health, Sports & Psychology

Starting with psychology

...work was to gain him a Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1981. Sperry et al, devised a number of split brain experiments using people who had had split brain surgery as participants and comparing their responses to people who had not had this surgery. In one experiment the split brain participant was blindfolded and given objects to explore with their left hand. Information...
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Postcards from the doctor: Spreading health care messages in India
Health, Sports & Psychology

Postcards from the doctor: Spreading health care messages in India

...works...High-tech hospitals are now commonplace in Indian cities. But they’re also expensive, putting them out of the reach of the poor. So one Indian doctor found an ultra low-tech approach to delivering health care: writing postcards. [Doctor Aaraveeti Ramayogaiah] Doctor Aaraveeti Ramayogaiah Over the course of his career, Dr. Aaraveeti Ramayogaiah wrote about 27,000...
Why is the time right for Donald Trump's style of charismatic leadership?
Society, Politics & Law

Why is the time right for Donald Trump's style of charismatic leadership?

...works in his favor. Even his slogan, “Make American Great Again,” ominously implies that we are no longer great. Charismatic authority is also, paradoxically, unstable. While followers tend to believe their leader to be infallible, the moment they no longer believe so, his power has vanished. At that time, movements either fall apart or find a charismatic successor....
How are insect wings helping replace antibiotics?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How are insect wings helping replace antibiotics?

...work for dental implants and cardiovascular stents, though such applications “remain untested”. “Despite stringent surgical protocols for orthopaedic surgeries and advances in antibiotic drug development, infection remains the most common complication following surgery,” says Muralidhara Nagarjuna, a surgeon at the Mazumdar Shaw Medical Centre, Bangalore....
Why do we have a two minutes’ silence on 11th November?
History & The Arts

Why do we have a two minutes’ silence on 11th November?

...work, all talk and all movement were suspended for three minutes that we might concentrate as one in thinking of those – the living and the dead – who had pledged and given themselves for all that we believe in.” It seemed an ideal way to honour the dead, console the bereaved and recognise the sacrifices of servicemen and women. However, three minutes was deemed too...
"V" Process (Vacuum sealed moulding process)
Science, Maths & Technology

"V" Process (Vacuum sealed moulding process)

...working environment. Suitable for either “jobbing”, or fully automated production, although ideally the foundry should be specifically designed for the process. The foundry needs to be specially designed around this process, with special moulding boxes with integral cavities and vacuum lines to accompany moulds. The process is patented and licensed from Japan....
How has Teddy Kinyanjui taken plastic out of reforestation?
Nature & Environment

How has Teddy Kinyanjui taken plastic out of reforestation?

...working in partnership with Kenya Forestry Research Institute (KEFRI), which certifies seeds. This photo gallery shows Kinyanjui’s ingenuity in using the seed balls instead of the usual plastic bags. When tree seedlings are grown in plastic bags in a nursery, he explains, the roots get squeezed and this limits their ability to grow fast. The seed ball method enables...
Rotary Forging, General Forging Machine (GFM) and Swaging
Science, Maths & Technology

Rotary Forging, General Forging Machine (GFM) and Swaging

...working leads to heat generation to compensate for radiation losses, so that multiple passes can be used to produce a forging in a single heat. This leads to substantial energy and labour savings compared with conventional forging. [Diagram to demonstrate 'Rotary forging, General forging machine (GFM) and Swaging' see article] Materials: Can rotary forge or swage most...