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What actually happens if Britain leaves the EU?
Society, Politics & Law

What actually happens if Britain leaves the EU?

...studies organisations for a living, I believe that it is strongly in Britain’s interests to remain in; it is why I am a member of the European Movement. Now, you may disagree with that view, but it is surely vital that when it comes to the Brexit referendum, voters know what happens next if Britain chooses to leave. One possibility is direct single market access via...
Can being part of a team help break the pain barrier?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Can being part of a team help break the pain barrier?

...study with members of Oxford University’s rowing squad looked at whether pain and fatigue thresholds are higher when the athletes are rowing with their teammates, or on their own. The athletes rowed either alone or with their teammates on separate stationary ergometers, or rowing machines. We measured their pain thresholds using a blood pressure cuff, applied to the arm...
How Trump tweets
Society, Politics & Law

How Trump tweets

...study this dumb deal! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 2, 2017 The phrasing, punctuation, word choices and tone evident in this one tweet are indicative of an overall style of communication now familiar to Trump followers. First, there are the factual inaccuracies – these are asylum seekers not illegal immigrants. Then there is the mode of address –...
Why did millions march against Trump?
Society, Politics & Law

Why did millions march against Trump?

...study: people who do not participate in marches on January 21 (there are exceptions to this of course). As social movement scholars know, mobilization is actually a rare occurrence when we consider the range of grievances present in any society at any given moment. For a second phase of the project, we will conduct interviews with select survey participants. Understanding...
Has Donald Trump improved the US economy in fifty days?
Money & Business

Has Donald Trump improved the US economy in fifty days?

...study by British economist Andrew Mountford and US economist Harald Uhlig in 2009, which was based on data on the US economy, found that the maximum impact is estimated to occur only after five years. So while it’s difficult to disentangle the effect of economic policies put in place under the Obama’s administration from the possible effect on business confidence...
How does earthquake science help us track North Korea's nuclear tests?
Science, Maths & Technology

How does earthquake science help us track North Korea's nuclear tests?

...Studies of the numerous nuclear tests that took place during the Cold War show that explosions generate larger P waves than S waves when compared with earthquakes. Explosions also generate proportionally smaller Surface waves than P waves. Seismologists can therefore compare the size of the different types of wave to try to determine whether the waves came from an...
Christmas at war: 1916 - Festivities at the front
History & The Arts

Christmas at war: 1916 - Festivities at the front

...study in the safe retreats underneath the stricken town. No people have less cause to look forward to a merry Christmas than these penniless refugees who are hunted out of the light of day the shells of their enemies. And yet, if they cannot be merry, they are full of hope and courage. If you would know what the people of France think of Germany's peace cry, talk with the...
Canada & UK launch coal phaseout plan
Nature & Environment

Canada & UK launch coal phaseout plan

...study in The Lancet that cited climate change as the century’s biggest global health threat. Biggest opportunity “I had been taught to treat heart attacks and strokes, and I wasn’t sure how an emergency physician was supposed to treat climate change,” she said. But six years later, in 2015, The Lancet also identified the response to climate change as the...