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How a centuries-old poem hints at Shakespeare’s herbal ‘muse’
History & The Arts

How a centuries-old poem hints at Shakespeare’s herbal ‘muse’

...Author’s note: I am most grateful to Chris Bennett for directing my attention to the “The Praise of Hemp-seed” by John Taylor (1620). [The Conversation] Francis Thackeray, Phillip Tobias Chair in Palaeoanthropology, Evolutionary Studies Institute, University of the Witwatersrand This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article....
Exploring comets: A short introduction
Science, Maths & Technology

Exploring comets: A short introduction

...studied Halley’s comet in 1986. ESA’s mission, Giotto, was the best equipped. It got to within nearly 600km, and sent back the first close-up pictures of a comet’s nucleus. The most spectacular mission before Rosetta was NASA’s Deep Impact, which in 2005 dropped an impactor into the nucleus of comet Tempel 1, while the mother-ship watched. The impact excavated...
Infographic: 12 things to know about Einstein's Theory of Relativity
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Infographic: 12 things to know about Einstein's Theory of Relativity

...studies, I would not have arrived at the solution,’ Einstein wrote. In 1905, Albert Einstein based a new theory on two principles. First, the laws of physics appear the same to all observers. Second, he calculated that the speed of light – 186,000 miles per second (299,338 kilometers per second) – is unchanging. Prior to Einstein, scientists believe that space was...
Jediism: Will the Real Religion Please Stand Up
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Jediism: Will the Real Religion Please Stand Up

...are conducted on-line. No surprise then, that Jediism is moving with the times and using new technology. In short, Jediism is a symptom of our changing relationships with big institutions and their narratives, with technology and with the neighbourhoods and localities in which we live. Welcome to the world of new religions. Transcript Learn more about Religious Studies...
How technology can challenge our understanding of Frankenstein
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How technology can challenge our understanding of Frankenstein

...studying its output, it is worth remembering that by default Voyant excludes “stopwords”, the most common words in the English language, such as articles, pronouns and prepositions. This simple wordlist can act as a springboard for our analysis of the novel. We can, for example, compare the high frequency of man (137 occurrences) and father (134) with the only 24...
Afterword to Representing Religions: Race, Rationality, Colonialism and Anthropology
History & The Arts

Afterword to Representing Religions: Race, Rationality, Colonialism and Anthropology

...Study in Public Anthropology’, Anthropology Today, 36(5): pp. 1-2. Harvey, G. (2020) ‘Trans-Indigenous Festivals: Democracy and Emplacement’ in Pike, S.M., Salomonsen, J. and Tremlett, P.-F. (eds) Ritual and Democracy: Protests, Publics and Performances, Sheffield: Equinox. Nye, M. (2020) ‘A Discussion of the ‘Religion and Worldviews in Religious Education’...
The Z Files: Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock
Health, Sports & Psychology

The Z Files: Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock

...study this and look into it? Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock So I think that was sort of my GCSEs, sort of where I’m 14, 15, because until then I hated school. Because of my dyslexia it meant I wasn’t progressing and I wasn’t reading as well as I should for my age. And also I didn’t like reading, because reading was sort of a bit of a struggle. But then I started finding...
The science of making musical instruments
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The science of making musical instruments

...study that with The Open University What is the science of music? Music is generally thought to be an art rather than a science but what is the science behind the production of music? And can three 'tone-deaf' scientists use these principles to make musical instruments and maybe even play a tune? Let's face it, if we can master this challenge anyone can. [musical...