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Infographic: 12 things to know about Einstein's Theory of Relativity
Science, Maths & Technology

Infographic: 12 things to know about Einstein's Theory of Relativity

...becomes infinite when it reaches light speed. An infinite mass would require infinite energy to move, so this is impossible. Space and time are part of one continuum, called space-time. In Einstein’s mathematics, space has three dimensions, and the fourth dimension is time. More recent theories presume extra dimensions that we do not perceive. Spacetime can be thought...
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Year of the Rabbit: Chinese New Year
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Year of the Rabbit: Chinese New Year

...become popular on Chinese social media recently: ‘兔’飞猛进 tú fēi měng jìn Lit. rabbit fly fiece advance This pun is created by two words sharing similar pronunciation as both the first character 兔 (4th tone, rabbit) above and the first character 突 tū (1st tone, sudden, out of nowhere) as in the following well-known four-character proverb which is used to...
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The Z Files: Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock
Health, Sports & Psychology

The Z Files: Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock

...become a reality. Benjamin Zephaniah Are you, what I grew up to know as a typical scientist, what did people around you think? Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock I kept it a secret, because I didn’t think I was going to make it, I thought people would just laugh at me. If you have a dream, it could be really hard work, but if you work hard enough you can make it. I love my work....
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Improving the everyday lives of carers
Health, Sports & Psychology

Improving the everyday lives of carers

...become a carer initially as often this is in response to a sudden crisis in the life of a relative or friend and people report feeling very unprepared. Some carers are able to attend carers’ meetings but for those with intense caring roles this is generally impossible and such carers would welcome alternative ways of talking with other carers in similar situations to...
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5 benefits of giving up alcohol
Health, Sports & Psychology

5 benefits of giving up alcohol

...become a bit of a crutch and potentially inhibit you from being your natural-born self. To understand the reasons people drink alcohol, head over to 'The science behind why we drink alcohol'. To find out more about #GoSober for October, head over to Macmillan Cancer Support's website and see what you can do to support this event - https://www.gosober.org.uk References...
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The science of making musical instruments
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The science of making musical instruments

...become alternately more dense and less dense. The variation in pressure in the medium is sensed by a receiver such as the human ear or recording device and is called a sound wave. [sound source] [longitudinal sound waves] Flow of longitudinal sound waves Sound travels in the same way whether it is music or noise. The difference between music and noise is that musical...
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Electroplating
Science, Maths & Technology

Electroplating

...become filled. Thicker layers of chromium by itself can be applied to components to increase the wear resistance of the part. This is known as hard chrome-plating, with deposit thicknesses of 10–500 μm achieving hardnesses of 950–1000 VPN. Tin is electrodeposited to 5–12 μm thicknesses for steel cans for non-toxic use with foodstuffs. Silver (5–50 μm) is plated...
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Aquatic mammals
Nature & Environment

Aquatic mammals

...become adapted to spending part or all of their lives in water and it is these mammals that you are going to concentrate on in this course. You will meet some aquatic mammals, find out how we can study them, consider their evolutionary history and read about human impacts on one iconic group....Aquatic mammals: Introduction - [Described image] Figure 1 Bottlenose dolphins...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs