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Stephen Hawking: The tributes
Science, Maths & Technology

Stephen Hawking: The tributes

...course, brilliant. — errolmorris (@errolmorris) March 14, 2018 Australian reaction There have been reactions too from the world of Astronomy in Australia. Alan Duffy, Associate Professor and Research Fellow, Swinburne University of Technology Professor Stephen Hawking was an inspiration to me to become not just a scientist but a communicator of that science. His work as...
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Homo Economicus, the East India Company and industrial espionage
Society, Politics & Law

Homo Economicus, the East India Company and industrial espionage

...course). The [Honorable] East India Company started with £72,000 and a group of merchants set to exploit the ‘Indian subcontinent’. Its history is significant and bears certain parallels to the now in terms of how powerful a corporation can become to the extent of imposing legislation and influencing military actions. One discovery I made was that of the figure of...
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Chinese education: How do things work?
Society, Politics & Law

Chinese education: How do things work?

...courses and qualifications. [Market street in China displaying Chinese flags.] The People's Republic of China was founded in 1949. It has an area of 9.6 million square kilometres with two thirds of the country covered in highlands or hill regions. A nation of geographical and cultural diversity, China’s population in 2005 was 1.314 billion. Over the last decade China...
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Pushing through the speed barrier: trailblazing women in motorsport
Health, Sports & Psychology

Pushing through the speed barrier: trailblazing women in motorsport

...course. As a rider who has ridden round the mountain course, I can only imagine the speed at which these women flew! In the world of the British Superbike Championships (BSB), Jenny Tinmouth firmly established herself as the most accomplished female racer to date. In 2011, she became the first woman to compete in the BSB. She also holds the record as the fastest female...
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Voters might not love Europe - but that doesn't mean they'll leave
Society, Politics & Law

Voters might not love Europe - but that doesn't mean they'll leave

...course, is precisely the sentiment to which Cameron has been trying to appeal through his renegotiation. Another 22% said that Britain should leave the EU. If we put the two groups together, this means that nearly two-thirds of voters (65%) can be regarded as at least to some extent sceptical about Europe. This scepticism expresses itself in a wish to curb much of the...
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World Environment Day 2016: Local engagement, global celebration
Nature & Environment

World Environment Day 2016: Local engagement, global celebration

...course on a rainy day, you could sit with your mobile/laptop/tablet and explore the environment virtually via the OU’s learning materials and engaging virtual lab such as The Open Science Laboratory. Further resources UNEP – Health Environment, Healthy People: Thematic report Ministerial policy review session Second session of the United Nations Environment Assembly...
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Is Brexit going to unseat English as the lingua franca?
Languages

Is Brexit going to unseat English as the lingua franca?

...course, this spectacular act of self-harming is more like a murder-suicide in that the damage done will not be contained to Britain and affect the rest of the world in ways that we cannot yet know but that look distinctly unpleasant for Europe and “the West”: With a single vote, England just screwed us all https://t.co/1RT6LjEAjp — Patrick Park (@patricktpark) June...
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Rio 2016: Aisuluu Tynybekova - not quite a medalist; still a national hero
Health, Sports & Psychology

Rio 2016: Aisuluu Tynybekova - not quite a medalist; still a national hero

...course they knew! The trainers just wanted to seize a win. At any cost! We are disgraced in front of the whole world! The head of the country's state sport agency, which says it will appeal Artykov's doping cherge, was one of the few public figures to criticize Tynybekova. He claimed that she “gave victory away” in her duel with Malik, a comment that caused anger on...
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