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How Trump tweets
Society, Politics & Law

How Trump tweets

...centre on the pacific island of Nauru – Trump was harsh and abrupt, ending the call suddenly after less than half the allotted hour. As is his wont, he later used Twitter to relay his thoughts: Do you believe it? The Obama Administration agreed to take thousands of illegal immigrants from Australia. Why? I will study this dumb deal! — Donald J. Trump
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The dark side of American populism in the Trump era
Society, Politics & Law

The dark side of American populism in the Trump era

...Centre has spent decades documenting and mapping their prevalence, discourses and actions across the US.) To this day, there are strong social elements in the south and elsewhere that resent the the outcome of the Civil War and the consequences of reconstruction. To them, those consequences include the enfranchisement of women, the Civil Rights movement, Supreme Court...
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How does earthquake science help us track North Korea's nuclear tests?
Science, Maths & Technology

How does earthquake science help us track North Korea's nuclear tests?

...centre, NORSAR, estimates an explosion equivalent to 120 kilotons of TNT. For comparison, the bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 yielded 15 and 20 kiloton blasts respectively. How reliable is the technology? Despite the caveats above, the improved sensitivity of the available instruments and the increased number of monitoring stations means there is now a...
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Section 5: Legacies: Does Red Clydeside still matter today?
Society, Politics & Law

Section 5: Legacies: Does Red Clydeside still matter today?

...centred on the struggle among women workers employed by Glasgow Council for equal-pay. The role of women in the struggles during the Red Clyde period, notably during the 1915 rent strike which was largely led by working-class women, was a theme picked-up by some of the speakers as they considered the role of women in protest in Glasgow, then and now. That the centenary of...
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Is the 2020 New Deal a Green New Deal?
Nature & Environment

Is the 2020 New Deal a Green New Deal?

...opportunity for Boris Johnson to make the ‘New Deal’ a much ‘Greener New Deal’, this probably wouldn’t have been enough for many. It was probably too much to hope that thinking more creatively about the post-COVID recovery would include exploring different models, bringing together environmental, health and social elements without the economy at the centre....
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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

...centre of the scene, a man's hand is stacking sugar cubes. They're not neat, straight-lined sugar cubes, but the rough-hewn cubes that tell you the sugar is unrefined. As sugar goes, the less physically refined it is, the more culturally refined it becomes. It's not easy to stack the rough unrefined cubes, but a steady hand is doing just that. A white cube is placed...
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A brief history of Science
History & The Arts

A brief history of Science

...centre of the Universe, and that the other heavenly bodies moved around it. Humans have always been interested in the nature and origins of this Universe. METALLURGY But they weren't only interested in astronomy. The extraction of iron, which led to the Iron Age, is a chemical process which early metallurgists developed without understanding any of the science involved....
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Two kings, two very different coronations
History & The Arts

Two kings, two very different coronations

...centre of public fascination with the monarchy. The constant press attention on the two princes led to the exposition of details of their private lives, blurring the traditional boundaries between the monarchy and the people. Given these challenges, the coronations of both kings hold special significance in establishing and asserting their new positions as sovereigns. For...
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