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The selective breeding of dogs
Science, Maths & Technology

The selective breeding of dogs

...world and all are maintained as pure-bred stocks through selective breeding, which aims to maintain a closed genetic lineage. Most dog traits follow simple genetic rules. Traits are often referred to as being dominant or recessive. Just like humans, dogs have two copies of each gene (one inherited from mum and one from dad), but the letters making up each gene can be...
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Irish Women’s Poetry: Colette Bryce
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Irish Women’s Poetry: Colette Bryce

...world of cars and garages more often associated with heterosexual norms and ‘fathers’. We can see Colette Bryce’s ‘outsiderness’ in this poem: quietly and sensually, the lovers defy mainstream social codes. As with the rope trick, the car wash is a clear, everyday image. At the same time, it stands for complex ideas about public and private lives. [Photograph:...
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How can we design for resilience?
Science, Maths & Technology

How can we design for resilience?

...world. Ecodesign principles reflect the principles of organization that nature has evolved to sustain the web of life. (Capra, 2002, p. 203). What does this look like in practice? I will now outline how I’ve applied Capra’s six principles of ecology (2002, p. 202) at the ‘house that feeds’ (the home and lab I designed in 2011 for experimenting with ecological...
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EdTech Evidence: What works and why
Education & Development

EdTech Evidence: What works and why

...World Bank, which evaluates EdTech solutions based on their cost-effectiveness. Pedagogical fit is the focus of several EdTech certifications, where teachers’ reviews feed into a seal of approval for a given app or learning platform, for example, the Educational App Store certification. Equity: Equity evaluations focus on questions of inclusive design that include all...
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How India reacted to Sundar Pichai's new role at Google - and what will he do?
Science, Maths & Technology

How India reacted to Sundar Pichai's new role at Google - and what will he do?

...world's biggest technology company Google. Looking forward to interviews with neighbors of Sundar Pichai and scenes of sweet distribution at his native village. — greatbong (@greatbong) August 10, 2015 Sundar Pichai Became Google’s New CEO And The Indian Internet Could Think Of Only One Joke http://t.co/PLTbatyTbQ via @BuzzFeedIndia — Shivam Vij (@DilliDurAst)...
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Heathrow third runway: who and where will benefit?
Society, Politics & Law

Heathrow third runway: who and where will benefit?

...world. This makes it a globally important centre of travel. Secondly, physically, airports have huge effects on the areas around them, but are actually quite small. Unlike most airports, Heathrow is inside London's western suburbs, rather than in the nearby countryside. On the global scale, another runway will allow Heathrow to offer more flights. However, if you’re...
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Uncanny valley: why we find human-like robots and dolls so creepy
Society, Politics & Law

Uncanny valley: why we find human-like robots and dolls so creepy

...world robots and found a clear valley effect in how much people liked and were willing to trust them. Their data showed the classic rise-dip-rise that Mori originally predicted. This was found with the original robots and also with CGI images built to systematically vary in human likeness. The challenge now is to explain just why this might be happening. I have been...
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London housing protests echo Glasgow rent strikes of 100 years ago
Society, Politics & Law

London housing protests echo Glasgow rent strikes of 100 years ago

...World War I saw numerous rent strikes in different towns and cities around the UK including Leeds, Sheffield and Wolverhampton in 1913-14, but the Glasgow protests were the ones that transformed the country and ultimately brought forth state policies for working-class housing. Glasgow at war It is vital to appreciate the context of Clydeside at that time. Glasgow was an...
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