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Fake news during COVID-19
Science, Maths & Technology

Fake news during COVID-19

...humans and marine mammals for many years. Writing on her blog ScienceIntegrityDigest, Twitter, and PubPeer, she is an expert in detecting inappropriately duplicated or manipulated photographic images and plagiarised text in biomedical literature. Her investigative work has been featured in many international portals, including Nature News, the New York Times, and the...
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Who are we? A project about art, migration, politics and identity
History & The Arts

Who are we? A project about art, migration, politics and identity

...Humanities Research Council's Open World Research Initiative. The project aims to regenerate and transform modern language learning in the UK by foregrounding the power of language to shape how we live and make our worlds. It is led by King's College London in partnership with The Open University, Queen Mary University and the University of Westminster. The focus is on...
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What is Locus of Control?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What is Locus of Control?

...Human Factors, 9(1), pp. 24–30. Jones, J.W. and Wuebker, L.J. (1993) ‘Safety locus of control and employees' accidents’, Journal of Business and Psychology, 7, pp. 449–57. Kyriacou, C. and Sutcliffe, J. (1997) ‘A note on teacher stress and locus of control’, Journal of Occupational Psychology, 52 (3), pp. 227–8. Popova, S. (2012) ‘Locus of Control -...
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A history of child protection
Education & Development

A history of child protection

...human history, it is only in the last century or so that it has been recognized as a distinct phenomenon, something that children have a right to be protected from. In 1868, in rural Cheshire, John Bradley and his wife died within a few weeks of each other. They left a family of four young children under the age of eight. Several weeks later an aunt investigated, and...
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The Financial Five a Day Podcast Series
Money & Business

The Financial Five a Day Podcast Series

...humans to make quick decisions around money and how engrained habits influence spending. He explains how nudges invite us to move away from habits which might not be serving us and towards more purposeful spending. He uses his own experiences around money to acknowledge that change is difficult – but possible. Transcript Find out more about Professor John and his work...
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What did Voltaire think about Buddhism?
History & The Arts

What did Voltaire think about Buddhism?

...human affairs.” This leads him to lament that in all religions “such a holy and necessary morality” has been sullied by all manner of ridiculous and risible stories. “Why is there not a single religion whose precepts do not come from a sage and whose dogmas are not of a madman?” He lays the blame for this at the feet of the disciples, who fear that their founder...
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The struggle to save the seabirds after the Torrey Canyon disaster
Nature & Environment

The struggle to save the seabirds after the Torrey Canyon disaster

...humanely killed (Rook 1967). The 'Torrey Canyon’, carrying sour Kuwait crude oil, grounded on the Seven Stones reef off Land’s End on 18th March 1967 and within days numerous oiled birds, many of them migrants, were found on the Cornish beaches. By 17th April over 8,000 birds had been picked up alive and taken to centres run by the R.S.P.C.A. and R.S.P.B. Over 2,000...
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The Life of Saint Patrick
History & The Arts

The Life of Saint Patrick

...human prudence and industry, would be to tempt God. But sanctity of life and the union of the heart with God, are a qualification far more essential than science, eloquence, and human talents. Many almost kill themselves with studying to compose elegant sermons, which flatter the ear yet reap very little fruit. Their hearers applaud their parts, but very few are...
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