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Sniffing out signs of life
Science, Maths & Technology

Sniffing out signs of life

...think about the difference between the smell of rising dough and the smell of baking bread coming from a hot oven! Smells or odours aren’t always detectable by the human nose but they are present in much of the Earth and its atmosphere, forests, oceans and cities (Figure 2). VOCs can be produced by industrial processes and from all life found on Earth (for example...
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Pineapples and Pashto: building intercultural competence through Peace Education
Education & Development

Pineapples and Pashto: building intercultural competence through Peace Education

...thinking, empathy and adaptability (Barrett 2018). Such competencies can be developed through Peace Education activities that offer opportunities for groups to find areas of commonality in diverse communicative repertoires, enabling people to work effectively together, whatever their differences. [A group of children, some wearing hijabs, holding signs say no wars and...
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Building peace through teaching Remembrance Sunday
Education & Development

Building peace through teaching Remembrance Sunday

...think about the place those people took up in the world, the relationships they had and the spaces they left. The Imperial War Museums’ Lives of the First World War contains many personal stories about the lives of men and women from across the British Commonwealth that peace educators can use as a starting point for thinking about the effects of violent conflict. For...
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The People on the Notes: Jane Austen
History & The Arts

The People on the Notes: Jane Austen

...think about the image of Jane Austen as it appears on the new banknote, however, allows us to think about what Austen means in contemporary culture. The choice itself suggests, for instance, that her image has become generally recognisable, or that if it isn’t, then it should be. It suggests, moreover, that Austen, whether you consider her as a person, an author, or a...
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Can animals be courageous?
History & The Arts

Can animals be courageous?

...thinks that this is a fatal objection to Nicias’s suggestion. Laches is assuming that it is just obvious that boars, stags and lions can be courageous, even though they do not have the kind of knowledge Nicias is describing. Nicias, though, digs in his heels. Animals, he insists, cannot be courageous. And this is just because they do not have the ability to predict...
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How Do Jurors Decide When a Witness is Telling the Truth?
Society, Politics & Law

How Do Jurors Decide When a Witness is Telling the Truth?

...think you could fake those kinds of emotions when she is going through it like that”. Another said that he found her “convincing” because “she was emotional and upset right from the start”. That said, the complainant was sometimes seen as not emotional enough to be a credible rape victim. One juror said that they did not believe her story as “she didn't come...
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Decolonising the idea of culture in management studies
Money & Business

Decolonising the idea of culture in management studies

...thinking. Another aspect is that coloniality has survived decolonisation and still informs today’s globalised world, for example from the perspective of its economic organisation and division of labour: What is termed globalization is the culmination of a process that began with the constitution of America and colonial/modern Eurocentered capitalism as a new global...
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Traditional Ecological Knowledges: Learning from the past to inform the future
Nature & Environment

Traditional Ecological Knowledges: Learning from the past to inform the future

...thinking about the environment as instrumental and extractive, looking at traditional knowledge and indigenous perspectives could constitute a possible way to start acting differently. The World Indigenous Science Network sees balance and respect as fundamental features of ecological knowledge. Indigenous scientists have repeatedly spoken out about how their knowledge are...
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