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Panic buying and how to stop it
Health, Sports & Psychology

Panic buying and how to stop it

...world. The term panic buying implies fear, namely the fear, based on the anticipation that important goods (food, water, toilet rolls) will run out. In many ways, this is a fear about losing control over our lives, and framed in these terms panic buying is a way of regaining control. A large part of fear is the physiological reaction to stress that can colour people’s...
Reducing the digital carbon footprint of the cloud
Nature & Environment

Reducing the digital carbon footprint of the cloud

...world it really isn’t. A single Windows laptop backup can be 200GB, and mobile backups can easily eclipse 10’s gigabytes each. Not to mention, the reams of presentations, documents and email backups that are kept and retained with only the infrequently enacted destruction steps of out-of-date data retention policies to keep it in check. Gerry McGovern, author of World...
Could President Trump do what Candidate Trump promises in the struggle against Islamic State?
Society, Politics & Law

Could President Trump do what Candidate Trump promises in the struggle against Islamic State?

...World Trade Center.“ Trump insisted that “the wife knew exactly what was happening.” Assuming for purposes of discussion that this rendition of the facts is accurate (and there is real disagreement about that), the legal issues can get convoluted. Contrary to what some people seem to think, the law of war does not limit its protections to just “innocent”...
Erzberger: Negotiating the Armistice for Germany
History & The Arts

Erzberger: Negotiating the Armistice for Germany

...world. It seemed as if only a victory could justify the incredible losses Germany had suffered. Over two million soldiers had died and more than 700,000 civilians had perished as a result of hunger and malnutrition. Including victims of the Spanish flu epidemic, about three million dead were mourned. Now the country was being humiliated by vindictive victors, leading to...
Prison Abolition in Question(s): Part One
Education & Development

Prison Abolition in Question(s): Part One

...world that promote the interests of (Neo-liberal) capitalism above the needs of their people. The way we all think about dangerousness and the structures we put in place to protect ourselves from various dangers needs to be reconsidered. Prisons, and the harms that prisons respond to, distract us from thinking more carefully about a wider range of dangers that are more...
Cyfrifiannell Carbon Y Brifysgol Agored
Nature & Environment

Cyfrifiannell Carbon Y Brifysgol Agored

...world a'i nod yw mesur ôl troed carbon seiliedig ar ddefnydd personol rhywun sy'n byw yn y DU (os ydych chi'n byw y tu allan i'r DU, gweler adnoddau pellach). Mae'r gyfrifiannell hon yn dechrau â'r holl nwyon tŷ gwydr a gaiff eu hallyrru yn y broses o gyflenwi'r hyn y mae'r DU yn ei ddefnyddio, gan gynnwys yr allyriadau sydd wedi'u hymgorffori mewn mewnforion. Wedyn,...
Can we live harmoniously with wildlife?
Nature & Environment

Can we live harmoniously with wildlife?

...world, arguably even in India where tiger numbers have increased considerably since the inception of project tiger in 1973. But it comes with its own set of problems. India’s 380+ people per square km (compared to 34 in the U.S., 145 in China, 24 in Brazil) live alongside almost two-thirds of the world’s tigers and Asian elephants. So a western conservation model may...
The use of force in international law
Society, Politics & Law

The use of force in international law

...world by complex emergency situations and also by the growing participation of actors other than the states on the international scene, whose presence and acts pose a challenge to the application of international law. By engaging in online activities and considering the real scenarios presented in this course you will have a chance to experience for yourself how...