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What missing lander means for Europe’s quest to find life on Mars
Society, Politics & Law

What missing lander means for Europe’s quest to find life on Mars

...world through space, its evolutionary career forever ended. We can only hope that measurements made by the the Trace Gas Orbiter over the next few years vindicate Lowell’s belief in the presence of Martian life, but contradict his pessimistic view of its survival potential. [The Conversation]This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original...
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Trump - an appeal for enlightenment
Society, Politics & Law

Trump - an appeal for enlightenment

...world history as a result. As far as the first few weeks of Trump’s presidency are concerned, they suggest that the level of untrustworthiness in the political establishment is going to reach a new level, when there seems to be a lack of political will to enforce constitutional controls (for example the emoluments clause requiring presidents to discharge all of their...
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Think entertainment is violent today? The Victorians were much, much worse
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Think entertainment is violent today? The Victorians were much, much worse

...world of Victorian showbiz, and the growth of mass audiences. All good fun and relatively harmless. Or is it? There is another story about Victorian entertainment that lies behind these jolly posters and harmless pantomimes, one which I would argue is as important for understanding modern British culture: that of the seemingly insatiable appetite for representations of...
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Derry Air: the new local history
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Derry Air: the new local history

...World War, plagued by the ‘troubles’ of internecine religions for the long post-war years, now relatively at peace. All that, and much more, is true, and necessary to know. But I need to add more. Reading a novel about the siege – Derry, famous as ‘the maiden city’ was never in the end taken – added more to my understanding, shared with others who had read A...
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Is public spending a drain on the economy or the mark of a civilised society?
Society, Politics & Law

Is public spending a drain on the economy or the mark of a civilised society?

...world’s medicines have been invented through partnerships between government and business. Former Open University economics professor Mariana Mazzucato (2013) suggests that most of the technology in smart phones started, not with private business, but with the government (mainly through research for the defence industry). The private sector has a role to play in...
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Collective Creativity
Money & Business

Collective Creativity

...worlds, other (better) products and services, and even being other (better)people. It could also be that creatives are already more in touch with the potential of social creativity to bring about reconciliation than others. This is because creation itself requires that creatives give of themselves freely to others. The primary commerce of creativity, after all, is a gift...
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Netball Super League 2025: the Nottingham Forest rise to success!
Health, Sports & Psychology

Netball Super League 2025: the Nottingham Forest rise to success!

...world. Currently, there are four key England players (Fran Williams, Helen Housby, Imogen Allison and Eleanor Cardwell) playing in the SSN. This raises the issue that if the sport in England was at the same level as it is in Australia, players might be more inclined to play their club sport in England. Former Loughborough Lightning shooting superstar Mary Cholhok is...
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Is your social media use impacting your future?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Is your social media use impacting your future?

...world of social media is constantly changing with new sites and apps being added to the offering. In 2019, the most popular social networks worldwide were Facebook, YouTube, WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger and WeChat (Statista, 2019). You might have heard of the following types of platform: Wikis such as Wikipedia. Blogs such as WordPress and Tumblr. Microblogs such as...
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