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The Bottom Line Expert Opinion: Renewable Energy
Money & Business

The Bottom Line Expert Opinion: Renewable Energy

...research into innovation and technology as well as build infrastructure. To this end, while market based policies such as carbon trading my reduce carbon emissions, massive government intervention is needed to positively fight climate change. Naomi Oreskes examines this issue in her article “Without Government, the Marketplace Will Not Solve Climate Change”. Is...
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Investigating environmental futures through speculative design
Society, Politics & Law

Investigating environmental futures through speculative design

...research that draws on design and geography to enquire into environmental futures. Such ‘thinking through making’ can be demanding, because the method of finding out about a thing, the thing itself and the concepts employed to interpret the thing emerge at the same time. This introduces a strong sense of fragility and unpredictability into the process, but also...
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Understanding interstrand crosslink repair in Drosophila
Science, Maths & Technology

Understanding interstrand crosslink repair in Drosophila

...research into ICL repair mechanism enhances the understanding of cancer therapies that rely on ICL induction, such as genotoxic chemotherapy where ICL induction is used to kill highly proliferative cancer cells and could provide novel insights into drug resistance. Alternatively WRN and EXDL2 inhibitor can be explored as a possible therapeutic agents, resulting in a...
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Can dogs read their owners' emotions?
Science, Maths & Technology

Can dogs read their owners' emotions?

...research...Can dogs tell when we are happy, sad or angry? As a dog owner, I feel confident not only that I can tell what kind of emotional state my pets are in, but also that they respond to my emotions. Yet as a hard-headed scientist, I try to take a more rational and pragmatic view. These personal observations seem more likely to result from my desire for a good...
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Nine top tips on talking about sex… for young people with a life-limiting or life-threatening condition
Health, Sports & Psychology

Nine top tips on talking about sex… for young people with a life-limiting or life-threatening condition

...research and be prepared to be assertive about your right to explore sex, sexuality, intimacy and relationships. 8: Be you [Disability Pride ] You are you, a unique individual. You need to ensure you are comfortable with who you are and are able to advocate and be assertive around your needs, and your rights. This is especially true if you identify as LGBTQ+ and may...
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What is Religion - and the Growth of Religious Toleration
History & The Arts

What is Religion - and the Growth of Religious Toleration

...Research the relationship between religion and the state in some other countries with very different cultures than your own, for example you might want to consider Malaysia, India, Japan. Contemporary scholars often use metaphors to describe religion – for an example of this, you may want to read the article "Metaphor and Religion" by Paul-François Tremlett. How does...
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Butterflies tell us more than you might think about our natural world
Nature & Environment

Butterflies tell us more than you might think about our natural world

...research on butterfly conservation at The Open University but there are things you can do in your own garden to provide food and shelter for butterflies at all stages of their life cycles. There are also charities doing great work that we scientists find absolutely essential, using data collected by anyone – perhaps even you! If you are interested, check out the...
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Hybrid working: wellbeing and inclusion
Money & Business

Hybrid working: wellbeing and inclusion

...Centre for Miscarriage Research works with universities and hospitals and is dedicated to understanding more about the reasons for, impact of and prevention of miscarriages. Research by Tommy’s has suggested that both women and their partners have experienced post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) around miscarriage: At nine months, none of the women with healthy...
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