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Will burnt food give you cancer?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Will burnt food give you cancer?

...think twice about eating it. It’s commonly thought that food that has been burnt could cause cancer. This is in part down to one particular molecule that forms when food is cooked at high temperatures, known as acrylamide. But while the chemical is a known potential toxin and carcinogen in its industrial form, the link between consuming it in food and developing cancer...
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Yes, we still need International Women's Day
Society, Politics & Law

Yes, we still need International Women's Day

...International Women’s Day, people ask whether feminism is redundant. Don’t the women of the Western world already have equal rights? Do we still have to protest this shit? When the most powerful man in the world thinks “you can do anything” to women, the answer can only be yes. This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article....
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Did the economic outlook encourage a snap election?
Money & Business

Did the economic outlook encourage a snap election?

...thinks, as I do, that they do not present a pretty picture for her prospects. Come 2020, if she lets this parliament run its prescribed course, she would face a difficult electorate, fractious at the cost of a Brexit that may well have delivered on little of its promises. Calling an election now then, when the going still looks good, is May’s best chance of ever...
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Even the homeless can have a 'home'
Society, Politics & Law

Even the homeless can have a 'home'

...thinking of the destruction of “home” as an act of killing, we recognise the its true value – home means so much more than simply a place or a building. And, although the meaning of home varies from person to person, those who lose their home – for whatever reason – almost universally experience shock, grief and bereavement. Justice Lloyd’s comments on handing...
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Do Christmas lights interfere with your wifi signal?
Science, Maths & Technology

Do Christmas lights interfere with your wifi signal?

...think about where you place your wireless router in your home. Hiding it under a tin can inside a cupboard insulated with tin foil will ruin your Facebook fun. As will decorating your wireless device with holly and fairy lights. There are domestic devices that will degrade the wireless signal – although it’s not often you’ll be running your microwave 24 hours a day...
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The dilemma of tourism and the Irish language, 1983
OpenLearn Ireland

The dilemma of tourism and the Irish language, 1983

...think having got a certain amount of development going industrial-wise and tourist-wise then you’ve got to work twice as hard then to try to restore the values that have been lost and especially the language that has been lost. In 1983, positive action was being taken to restore the Irish language and traditions such as described by Michael O'Donnell, ex-shop steward in...
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The Problem with Pink
History & The Arts

The Problem with Pink

...think it does. It confirms that pink is first and foremost the colour of love and sexuality and hence implies a view of women centred on these qualities. In other words, if you don’t want people to see you in those terms, it’s a colour best avoided. In fact, eighteenth-century women were already aware of this. In Fanny Burney’s novel, The Wanderer (1814), for...
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Solon upsets the wealthy Croesus
History & The Arts

Solon upsets the wealthy Croesus

...think about the fictitious meeting between Solon and Croesus described in the next extract. We are told by Herodotus that Solon visits Croesus at Sardis and is asked by him ‘Who is the most fortunate man you have seen?’ Read Solon’s responses, which did not please Croesus at all. What can we take from Solon’s observations about happiness and good fortune in the...
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