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Oil majors told to adapt or die
Nature & Environment

Oil majors told to adapt or die

...sources severely diminished the IOCs’ power. “There can be little doubt that, from an investor’s point of view, the international oil companies have been failing to perform” Starting in the 1990s, the IOCs embarked on a high-risk strategy: they invested in increasingly higher-cost and more technologically-challenging projects. This was built on a
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Is New Day a false dawn for the print industry?
History & The Arts

Is New Day a false dawn for the print industry?

...sources for free? Why listen to one voice when you can hear a whole choir for free? And nearly all news is broken now on social media. Hands up who went to a newspaper site and stuck with it throughout the day when news of David Bowie’s death broke. No one, right? Everyone was on Twitter and Facebook where the news first emerged. In an era when even the web is starting...
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TOTEM LATAMAT: an Indigenous reminder we are all part of the ecosystem
Nature & Environment

TOTEM LATAMAT: an Indigenous reminder we are all part of the ecosystem

...sources and increasing investment in nuclear power, as well as geothermal and tidal energy. Technology, he claims, will get us out of this. However, in common with Patricia Fara’s review, I believe that scientific enquiry and its technological consequences are not necessarily “progressive” at all. “Progress” is a huge contributor to the crisis we face: it is the...
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Back to the Future: Is time travel possible?
Science, Maths & Technology

Back to the Future: Is time travel possible?

...source of muons is from cosmic rays (high energy nuclei originating from the depths of space) that strike atoms in the Earth’s upper atmosphere. If the number of muons liberated in the upper atmosphere is measured at the top of a mountain, then knowing the lifetime of a muon and the fact that they are travelling close to the speed of light, it’s possible to calculate...
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Public health communication during a pandemic
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Public health communication during a pandemic

...source and audience (from whom, to whom?), which are discussed in more detail below. What? In any public health messaging, content selection is driven by a need for accuracy, reflecting up-to-date and reliable medical and scientific evidence. Given that early in the pandemic information is limited, while demand for information is high and pressing, a phased approach to...
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Bumblebees
Nature & Environment

Bumblebees

...source of nectar and pollen. 3: Somewhere to nest The queen bumblebee will also be searching for a place to nest. You can provide a suitable, secure place. Nesting sites for bumblebees – the DIY solution Bumblebees find nest sites that are warm, dry and dark. Often they choose burrows made by small rodents, but different species have different preferences and only...
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Section 3: Red Clydeside: Key Issues and Key Events
Society, Politics & Law

Section 3: Red Clydeside: Key Issues and Key Events

...sources and publications, the following events and developments are usually taken as key episodes during the period of the Red Clyde: The Glasgow Rent Strike, 1915 The anti-war movement The formation of the Clyde Workers Committee (the world’s first workplace shop steward’s organisation), in 1915 The 40 Hours Strike and the Battle of George Square, 1919 Election of...
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What does it mean to be a South Asian young adult carer?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What does it mean to be a South Asian young adult carer?

...sources of support such as bursaries, benefits, respite, counselling, educational support and financial advice. You can find out more about young adult carers services via the Carers Trust website. If you are a parent of a young adult carer, talk to them about the caring they are doing. Encourage them to seek support from social care services, including those mentioned...
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