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The role sustainable chemistry plays in shaping the planet's future
Science, Maths & Technology

The role sustainable chemistry plays in shaping the planet's future

...changing the formulation of the material to use more renewable and biodegradable resources, or to include an active function to the material that extends the shelf-life of foodstuffs. Traditional packaging seeks to provide a barrier to the external environment, whereas active materials delay food spoilage by reducing harmful agents such as microbes and oxygen....
Thrill seeking and risk taking - what has made extreme sports into a worldwide phenomenon?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Thrill seeking and risk taking - what has made extreme sports into a worldwide phenomenon?

...changing.” These findings present a different interpretation to participation which perhaps relates more closely to a desire to escape the confines and restriction of current society. Participation can facilitate more positive psychological experiences and allow people to experience freedom and re-connect with nature (Brymer and Schweitzer, 2013). This need for freedom...
Closing the awarding gap: practical actions to support Black and minority ethnic students
Education & Development

Closing the awarding gap: practical actions to support Black and minority ethnic students

...changes made by tutors, module teams (and departmental and faculty management teams) can make a huge difference. Practical actions from recent research Below is an accessible, thematic summary of recommendations from selected studies. Each theme contains the core steps research shows can help close awarding gaps. 1. Make expectations clear – especially for unfamiliar...
An introduction to artificial intelligence
Education & Development

An introduction to artificial intelligence

...climate emergencies to supporting sustainable population increases across the world, but also as a means to radically improving health and educational outcomes, addressing long-standing challenges in medicine, science and engineering, and protecting political freedoms and promoting economic stability. On the other hand, there are as many – if not more – voices warning...
Taxes and privacy: A tech business reading list
Science, Maths & Technology

Taxes and privacy: A tech business reading list

...change trending topics after investigation into bias claims It appears that the solution to potential human bias has been to dump the human input altogether, and leave the picking of trending to computers. All hail the mighty algorithm. Only trouble is... the machine turns out to not be anywhere near as good as people at curating. NiemanLab's Jospeh Lichterman is...
A journey through two Englands
History & The Arts

A journey through two Englands

...changed since they used to see the pack-horses and hear the tinkling of their bells on this very highway. In those days there were pocket boroughs, a Birmingham unrepresented in Parliament and compelled to make strong representations out of it, unrepealed corn-laws, three-and-sixpenny letters, a brawny and many-breeding pauperism, and other departed evils; but there were...
Question Time for Yanis Varoufakis
Society, Politics & Law

Question Time for Yanis Varoufakis

...change their motivation vis-à-vis Greece. I represented a small, suffering nation in its sixth straight year of deep recession. Bluffing with our people’s fate would be irresponsible. So I did not. Instead, we outlined that which we thought was a reasonable position, consistent with our creditors’ own interests. And then we stood our ground. When the troika pushed us...
Straen a phryder yn yr oes ddigidol: Ochr dywyll technoleg
Health, Sports & Psychology

Straen a phryder yn yr oes ddigidol: Ochr dywyll technoleg

...Chang, A. M., Aeschbach, D., Duffy, J. F., & Czeisler, C. A. (2015). Evening use of light-emitting eReaders negatively affects sleep, circadian timing, and next-morning alertness. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 112(4), 1232-1237. Cheever, N. A., Rosen, L. D., Carrier, L. M., & Chavez, A. (2014). Out of sight is not out of mind: The impact of restricting...