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Averages
Science, Maths & Technology

Averages

...world in the first place, and it never makes jokes funnier if you analyse them — but the joke does draw attention to two facts. First, statisticians do talk about averages rather a lot, and second, averages can be misleading. What is an average anyway? Well, here we have a difficulty already. There isn’t just one sort of average, there are several. When people talk...
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Tumble And Twirl: David Bowie and gender transgression
Society, Politics & Law

Tumble And Twirl: David Bowie and gender transgression

...World (1970) provocatively invites us into his game of gender play. Bowie’s pose and self-touching gestures on the cover of Hunky Dory (1971) are drawn from those of Garbo, Hepburn and Dietrich. For the Aladdin Sane (1973) album cover, Bowie mutates beyond gender. He is reborn as an exquisitely androgynous, carnal alien, who plays with the alienation of being...
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From a distance
Society, Politics & Law

From a distance

...world? Under the fear of war, as thousands of families fled their homelands, a mother of twin infants started her journey to seek a safer place. During the journey, a tragedy occurred. Behjat explores these events through a series of drawings in order to reflect on their meaning and make connections to a wider audience. From a Distance, was at the 5th floor of the Switch...
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30 years of SME research highlights impact of the ‘digital revolution’
Money & Business

30 years of SME research highlights impact of the ‘digital revolution’

...world was changing… the best thing about it was in the recession in 2008 when everything slowed down you came to realise that you weren’t on your own that what was happening to you was happening to everybody else.” “[The Quarterly Survey] has created a sense of community, a kind of ‘we are not alone.” The Open University is home to a thriving community of...
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Avoid being held to ransom by SamSam
Digital & Computing

Avoid being held to ransom by SamSam

...world is to security threats. SamSam demanded a ransom of $51,000; payable in seven days or the data would never be recoverable. Some reports say that the address needed to pay the ransom was made unavailable shortly after the attack; but in any case, there is no evidence that the city paid SamSam’s creators. The attack on Atlanta created a range of problems, it...
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How you can be more secure than the President
Digital & Computing

How you can be more secure than the President

...world protected, you don't need to build a border wall - just follow some good security housekeeping advice...[Donald Trump using his phone] This week, the press in the United States and UK reported that President Trump was refusing to hand his personal phone over to his security staff so that it could be checked and updated. Under rules established by President Obama,...
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Titty or Tatty: What's in a name?
Languages

Titty or Tatty: What's in a name?

...world views. After all, recent research in the field of translation suggests that the earlier a child is exposed to diversity and difference, the more open-minded and tolerant he becomes. So, BBC, take note: much can depend on the choice of a name. Perhaps in the 1960s we did not know any better, but this 2016 remake has no excuses. After all, we wouldn't want this...
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Why Study Philosophers?
History & The Arts

Why Study Philosophers?

...world have to be like for it to be true that I know that Tony Blair is Prime Minister? After a great deal of cogitation, philosophers returned the answer that three different things would have to be the case. First, it would have to be true that Tony Blair is Prime Minister. Second, I would have to believe Tony Blair to be Prime Minster. Third, the connection between the...
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