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Should we educate prisoners?
Society, Politics & Law

Should we educate prisoners?

...change; it is an imperative in its own right.” (Munoz, 2009). However, like other civil, political, economic and social rights denied to prisoners, the right to education is inequitable to what is available to their peers in the community. Education as a public good According to the Ministry of Justice, "research evidence strongly suggests that education in prison can...
DIY: Generate your own electricity
Science, Maths & Technology

DIY: Generate your own electricity

...be fitted to control the current, so that the alternator’s output voltage continues to match the voltage of the vehicle’s battery as the engine speed changes. A dynamo on a bicycle, that produces electricity as you cycle, is another example of a generator. Its basic design is just the same as the home-made generator described above. [a bicycle dynamo] a bicycle dynamo...
Do I have mental health problems and should I get some help?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Do I have mental health problems and should I get some help?

...Change” in England, which has sought to reduce mental health-related stigma and discrimination since 2009. [Time to Talk] 2: Problems in the mild to moderate range Every individual is different, and it can be hard for us to recognise if what we are experiencing is ‘normal’ or not. As the saying goes, “normal is nothing more than a cycle on a washing machine” and...
Ageing Well Collection
Health, Sports & Psychology

Ageing Well Collection

...changes. Usually, the older we are, the more adversely dehydration can affect physical and mental performance and increase feelings of tiredness. Functions usually affected by dehydration include memory, attention, concentration and reaction time. These free resources look at the importance of hydration while ageing. Do you want to know if you’re taking in enough water...
Building a crystal radio set
Science, Maths & Technology

Building a crystal radio set

...changing taps on the coil. In which case, taps every five turns would be useful. Detector The purpose of the detector is to recover the audio signal (waveform) from the radio frequency signal. Early crystal sets used an adjustable ‘cats whisker’ detector, but a germanium or Schottky diode is now used, examples are OA90, OA91, BAT81, BAT85, 1N34, 1N5711. Any one of...
Food, shelter and re-designing home as a living system
Science, Maths & Technology

Food, shelter and re-designing home as a living system

...change as designers collaborate with ecologists and others creating green spaces and habitats for BND. [Brown wooden house for insects surrounded by green plants’]Brown wooden house for insects surrounded by green plants These are but a few ways that living systems design can help us think and act differently about food and shelter, and how we need to meet basic needs...
Why is discovering gravitational waves from a neutron star collision a big deal?
Science, Maths & Technology

Why is discovering gravitational waves from a neutron star collision a big deal?

...changes all that. That’s because the source of the waves this time was two “neutron stars” – incredibly dense stellar remnants the size of a city, each weighing more than the sun. These stars whizzed around each other at a sizeable fraction of the speed of light before merging in a cataclysmic collision that we’ve now seen shake the very fabric of space and...
Reflections on resilience for LGBTQ+ asylum seekers
Society, Politics & Law

Reflections on resilience for LGBTQ+ asylum seekers

...changing, or had mixed ability, nationalities and the challenges of singing outdoors. Sometimes people don’t see the value in specific group based activity, preferring a wider inclusive approach. I sometimes hear ‘why do you want to be all separate when we are all equal now?’ however, there is room for both experiences, I suggest. In my participatory music work with...