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No Pause for Thought? Brexit, Bias and Political Manipulation
Health, Sports & Psychology

No Pause for Thought? Brexit, Bias and Political Manipulation

...skilled workers is becoming very difficult in areas that require them (such as the NHS and care work). And Britain hasn’t even left yet. Focusing on the people that will be doing the negotiating, there have been suggestions that the UK negotiating team and European negotiating team have widely different understandings of what Brexit will mean, and how the negotiations...
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Are there other responses to urban terror than just more bollards?
Society, Politics & Law

Are there other responses to urban terror than just more bollards?

...skills and experience to do it effectively. Appropriate training courses and public awareness campaigns will be vital. Third, a clear implementation gap is emerging in many countries in the prioritisation of locations that are protected. It is incredibly difficult to cost accurately for designed-in security. Hence a business case for measures that are solely associated...
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Science doesn't know how free divers do it
Health, Sports & Psychology

Science doesn't know how free divers do it

...skills and mental training basically. You need to let go of everything that you know and everything that makes you feel good or bad. And so it’s a very liberating process. But equally you need to stay completely aware of your body and where you are, entirely in the moment. At a depth of 10m we need more oxygen in our bloodstream than at 100m, because the pressure of the...
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Why Glasgow’s ‘Bolshevist Uprising’ in 1919 wasn’t quite the red threat to UK many believed
History & The Arts

Why Glasgow’s ‘Bolshevist Uprising’ in 1919 wasn’t quite the red threat to UK many believed

...skilled workers than any other British city. Built on imperial and colonial expansion, the city duly became one of the most important centres of weapons manufacturing for British forces. Across Clydeside and elsewhere, workers protested poor conditions again and again during the war years, striking in mines, factories and shipyards. They wanted the working week to be cut...
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What can we expect at the 2021 Tokyo Olympic Games?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What can we expect at the 2021 Tokyo Olympic Games?

...skills and catch as many waves as they can. They will be judged on five criteria including difficulty, innovation, and variety. Currently, the top surfers come from USA, Australia, and Brazil. Americans John John Florence and Carissa Moore are the top Americans while Australian, Stephanie Gilmore, is a seven time World Champion. [Player at Bouldering tournament in Doha...
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Synthesis as a way of understanding the changing uniqueness of rural Ireland
OpenLearn Ireland

Synthesis as a way of understanding the changing uniqueness of rural Ireland

...skills geared to modern tourism or new markets. Moreover, what happens in particular places also has an effect on the wider system. Not only does the existing character of an area influence the ways in which general social processes operate in and affect that local area - the outcome of that interaction can also affect the way those processes operate elsewhere, even at a...
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Iron from the sky: Meteors, meteorites and ancient culture
Science, Maths & Technology

Iron from the sky: Meteors, meteorites and ancient culture

...skills of iron production were relatively limited. Only further analytical testing can confirm if all of these artefacts are made from meteorite iron but they do appear to suggest that iron was a material used to indicate high status at the time of Tutankhamen’s death in approximately 1327 BC. [Gerzeh meteorite bead] Gerzeh meteorite bead Some written clues do exist...
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This is not a city: Milton Keynes
Society, Politics & Law

This is not a city: Milton Keynes

...skills are emphasised over physical goods, investment in digital technologies, applications and physical infrastructure has brought together knowledge and economic productivity. Capitalising on this trend, Milton Keynes has branded itself as a ‘smart city’. Across the globe, smart cities such as Songdo in South Korea and Barcelona in Spain are increasingly using...
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