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Wangari Maathai: standing up for women and the environment
Nature & Environment

Wangari Maathai: standing up for women and the environment

...children’s or environmental – are respected. The second leg symbolizes the sustainable and accountable management of natural resources both for those living today and for those in the future, in a manner that is just and fair, including for people on the margins of society. The third leg stands for what I term “cultures of peace”. These take the form of fairness,...
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Why Cilla Black was more than just a light entertainment star
History & The Arts

Why Cilla Black was more than just a light entertainment star

...centre stage had not diminished). Hers was a very showbiz life, lived in the spotlight for half a century. Her undimmed commitment to razzamatazz no doubt explains the parade of celebs lining up to pay tribute (what the reliably spiteful Katie Hopkins mocked on her Twitter account as the “rush to gush”). Cilla wasn’t quite the last of her kind, but her achievements...
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The Hunt: a natural history series that challenges us to side with the predators
Nature & Environment

The Hunt: a natural history series that challenges us to side with the predators

...centre of the image which is framed by dark green, waxy leaves that make the spider look as if it's in a circle in the middle of the picture. The spider has two big black eyes in the middle of its head and two pairs of smaller eyes vertically toward the side of its head, each framed by an orange ring. It's body looks like it has coarse beige hair on it and the legs are...
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Raymond Williams and Leonardo Sciascia: Intellectuals At the Margins
Society, Politics & Law

Raymond Williams and Leonardo Sciascia: Intellectuals At the Margins

...centres of power. Their work brought them global reputations but the starting points, the essence of their writing to which they always returned, was life experience drawn from the margins and across the borders of different worlds. Their work brought them global reputations but the starting points, the essence of their writing to which they always returned, was life...
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Margaret Hamilton: Spaceship Programmer and Software Pioneer
Science, Maths & Technology

Margaret Hamilton: Spaceship Programmer and Software Pioneer

...evolve.” (Hamilton 2004). References Lincoln Lab, MIT: https://www.ll.mit.edu/ Lorenz Centre, MIT: http://lorenz.mit.edu/ Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, MIT: https://www.draper.com/ Cameron, Lori (2018) What to Know About the Scientist Who Invented the Term “Software Engineering” . IEEE Computer Society. Ref: https://www.computer....
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Exercising at 50
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exercising at 50

...Centre. Kohrt, W. M., Bloomfield, S. A., Little, K. D., Nelson, M. E., and Yingling, V. R. (2004). Physical activity and bone health, Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, vol. 36, no. 11, pp. 1985-1996. Penn, S. (2016) ‘Postural and core training’, in Hough, P. & Penn, S. (eds) Advanced personal training: Science to practice, Abingdon, Oxon, Routledge, pp....
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Could a progressive alliance remake UK politics?
Society, Politics & Law

Could a progressive alliance remake UK politics?

...centre of political life. Bravery To make all of this happen, however, a further ingredient is necessary – and that’s bravery. This may sound gallant and overblown, but far from it. To call for some of the things above is to go against the political advice from strategists that has held sway for at least the past 40 years. All of the above have consistently been sold...
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Planetary Protection of Mars
Science, Maths & Technology

Planetary Protection of Mars

...centre of a relatively empty room. Four people dressed in blue all-in-one suits, hoods, masks, goggles and gloves are looking at the spacecraft. Special Regions on Mars Category IVc missions are a special case because they are likely to visit Special Regions on Mars. These have been defined as areas where terrestrial organisms carried by a spacecraft might be able to...
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