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How scientists found rare fireball meteorite pieces on a driveway – and what they could teach us
Science, Maths & Technology

How scientists found rare fireball meteorite pieces on a driveway – and what they could teach us

...changes. The UK government currently forbids citizens from travelling far from home, unless the travel is essential. Was it essential for a group of meteoriticists to travel to Winchcombe? Yes, it was. Each had completed fieldwork risk assessments and received permission to travel from their institutions. They were scrupulous about wearing masks and keeping a 2m distance...
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The Women and Scottish Railway History Collection
Society, Politics & Law

The Women and Scottish Railway History Collection

...changes over the last 120 years contribute to the discrimination that women have faced, and this continues right up to the present day when austerity polices and the Covid pandemic have impacted more on women. “The Women and Workplace Struggles collection provides vital social context as we continue to tackle discrimination. There is still today a significant gender pay...
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One Lump or Two? Understanding the Place of Sugar - Part One
Society, Politics & Law

One Lump or Two? Understanding the Place of Sugar - Part One

...changing geographies. For the second part in this series head over to Another spoonful? Understanding the Place of Sugar - Part Two​ Further Reading An encyclopaedic account of sugar can be found in Darra Goldstein's huge book, The Oxford Companion to Sugar and Sweets (2015). Current students may want to look at DTS206's block on food, affluent diets and their effects...
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Where do we get the help that really counts?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Where do we get the help that really counts?

...changed much since the time of that study and that only about a third of people with symptoms of mental health problems access formal channels of support and treatment (Savage et al, 2015). Those people that do get professional help still value other forms of support with informal sources being widely used. In a survey about support for mental health problems in the UK...
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A brief history of Science
History & The Arts

A brief history of Science

...changes in the position of the sun, moon and stars. [Astronomers statue outside the Griffith Observatory, Los Angeles] Astronomers statue outside the Griffith Observatory, Los Angeles In about 4000 BC, the Mesopotamians tried to explain their observations by suggesting that the Earth was at the centre of the Universe, and that the other heavenly bodies moved around it....
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The realities of rural life in the 1950s-1980s
OpenLearn Ireland

The realities of rural life in the 1950s-1980s

...changes in Glencolmcille between the early 1970s and 1980s. These are expressed by Charles and Gladys Fuller, but were exemplified in their children at the time of filming in 1983. William, the elder son was farming, but his approach was commercial rather than farming for subsistence. His younger brother Norman worked in a local factory, thereby avoiding emigration,...
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Astronomers think they’ve just spotted an ‘invisible’ black hole for the first time
Science, Maths & Technology

Astronomers think they’ve just spotted an ‘invisible’ black hole for the first time

...change on very short timescales. We’ll study things as varied as asteroids, exploding stars known as supernovas, and planets around other stars in new ways. When it comes to the search for invisible black holes, that means rather than celebrating finding just one, we could soon be finding so many that it becomes routine. That will let us fill in the gaps in our...
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Section 2: Red Clydeside and Glasgow 1919: Setting the Context
Society, Politics & Law

Section 2: Red Clydeside and Glasgow 1919: Setting the Context

...change, together with rising international tensions as the British Empire came under serious threat from Germany, leading to the First World War in 1914, which sets the scene for the emergence of Red Clydeside. Understanding Red Clydeside means, therefore, taking account of the following interconnected developments: The rapid industrialisation and urbanisation of Glasgow...
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