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Can Space Technologies solve the Sustainable Development Goals?
Science, Maths & Technology

Can Space Technologies solve the Sustainable Development Goals?

...changes in the orbit of satellites around planets. The FINDER device used the property of analysing weak signals to detect heartbeats trapped under wreckages. Another example of space technologies for sustainable development is the use of satellite imagery to map informal settlements in the Global South. Public services, such as sanitation and roads, have often been...
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A new mission to the icy moons of Jupiter
Science, Maths & Technology

A new mission to the icy moons of Jupiter

...changed? More data on that would be wonderful. Rachael: There’s so much we don’t know about the structures of these icy moons that I hope JUICE will give us the chance to understand. Grace is interested in surface processes and I’m interested in ocean floor processes but there are structures we just don’t understand yet – such as do they have rocky cores or...
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Does fiction make people more empathic and is that a good thing?
History & The Arts

Does fiction make people more empathic and is that a good thing?

...Changes in dispositional empathy in American college students over time: a meta-analysis’. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology Review, 15, pp. 180–98. Nettle, D. (2005) ‘What happens in Hamlet? Exploring the psychological foundations of drama’. In J. Gottschall and D. Sloan Wilson (eds), The Literary Animal (pp. 56–75). Evanston, Il: Northwestern...
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The women of the Gorbals’ Campaign for Social Justice, 1923
Society, Politics & Law

The women of the Gorbals’ Campaign for Social Justice, 1923

...Changes to the criminal law, brought in by the pioneering Infanticide Act 1922, meant that judges in England and Wales, no longer put other mothers in similar circumstances on trial for murder, sentencing them instead to around 4 months’ imprisonment. As for Lily, the father of her daughter was required by a court to contribute to the cost of her upbringing. In a...
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Europa: Jupiter’s ocean world
Science, Maths & Technology

Europa: Jupiter’s ocean world

...changed our understanding of the Solar System. Since Greek times, it had been assumed that the Earth was the centre of the Solar System, with other objects orbiting around it. Galileo’s observation, that these moons were orbiting Jupiter and not Earth, contradicted that long-held view and instead supported Copernicus’ proposal that the Earth and other bodies moved...
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Proper men, proper women: Gender roles in contemporary UK society
Health, Sports & Psychology

Proper men, proper women: Gender roles in contemporary UK society

...Change Angela McRobbie, published by Sage I discuss this book in a review published in Feminism & Psychology Reclassifying upward mobility: femininity and the neo-liberal subject Valerie Walkerdine writing in Gender and Education 2003 15, pages 237-248 Why more and more women are using pornography by Tanith Carey in The Guardian, April 7th 2011 You might also want to look...
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Neurodiversity: What is it and what does it look like across races?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Neurodiversity: What is it and what does it look like across races?

...change depending on ethnicity? Across the world, there are different views about how neurodiversity is understood and therefore defined. Some cultures are yet to accept the paradigm of neurodiversity and believe that experiences of ADHD, autism, etc are all forms of mental health disorders. Behaviours that are classed as different or a difficulty vary widely because of...
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Proud of nursing associates: who they are and why they are important
Health, Sports & Psychology

Proud of nursing associates: who they are and why they are important

...changes in the body if someone has diabetes, not simply knowing that the patient has diabetes. They deliver the essential components of hands-on nursing care. What examples do you have (either from the research report or your own practice) where the NA role has enhanced the healthcare team? Generic training allows NAs to care for patients from a biological, psychological...
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