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Electric bus was killed off 100 years ago
Nature & Environment

Electric bus was killed off 100 years ago

...worked for buses then other vehicles might have followed suit”, says Hamer. “In the grand scheme of things, the failure of an electric bus may seem trivial, but it led ultimately to the failure of electric delivery vehicles. The result was a resounding victory for the internal combustion engine, which in turn established acceptable levels of noise and pollution. We...
Fifty years of BBC broadcasting about environmental change issues
Society, Politics & Law

Fifty years of BBC broadcasting about environmental change issues

...working with a rare and precious resource. Our Earth in Vision project has allowed us to dive into an archive collection of a hundred environmental programmes from across fifty years of the BBC’s broadcasting about environmental issues. In this two part podcast I invite you to join me on my own journey through the archive, stopping off to discuss a few of the programmes...
The World Cup has already been won... by Karpatalja
Society, Politics & Law

The World Cup has already been won... by Karpatalja

...work examines how football has mobilised a shared regional narrative either side of the Canada–US border. Tamil Eelam V Cascadia - CONIFA World Cup #conifa #WFC2018 #conifaworldcup #documentaryphotography #cascadia #londonlife #editorialphotographer #londonphotography #tamileelam #reportage #reportagephotographer #football #sportsphotography #footballfans
The psychology of World Cup fans
Health, Sports & Psychology

The psychology of World Cup fans

...work for, or a club we are members of. People are usually nicer towards people that share their social identity (the “ingroup”), and tend to be meaner to those that don’t (the “outgroup”) even if they know nothing else about those people. This happens even if you split people up based on really trivial things such as which artist they prefer. We all have many...
LGBTQ youth and homelessness: We can all make a difference
Society, Politics & Law

LGBTQ youth and homelessness: We can all make a difference

...working with young people can also better assist LGBTQ youth and their families, particularly around the process of ‘coming out’ regarding their sexuality and/or gender identity, including when a young person is gender non-binary. But what we can all do is to strive towards creating a world where no child is rejected or thought of as lesser because they are LGBTQ,...
World Cup 2023: is it a case of USA or England?
Health, Sports & Psychology

World Cup 2023: is it a case of USA or England?

...Zealand, the kick-off times of the matches range from between 6 am and 11 am. It is time to take some holiday, arrange flexible hours of working, or avoid finding out the score until you watch the game later. If you’re an England fan, let’s hope that on 20 August you will be able to slap on the red and white face paint and support the Lionesses in the final!...
OpenLearn Champions Hub | Hafan Hyrwyddwyr OpenLearn old
Education & Development

OpenLearn Champions Hub | Hafan Hyrwyddwyr OpenLearn old

...worked on the programme so far. Cymraeg I gydnabod trydydd pen-blwydd ein Rhaglen Hyrwyddwyr, rydym wedi estyn allan at ein Hyrwyddwyr a’n dysgwyr i greu fideo i ddathlu eu cyflawniadau. Da iawn a llongyfarchiadau i bawb sydd wedi gweithio ar y rhaglen hyd yn hyn. The Open University in Wales | Y Brifysgol Agored yng Nghymru As Wales’ largest provider of part-time...
Citizen science and the data avalanche
Science, Maths & Technology

Citizen science and the data avalanche

...work out why clumpy galaxies have gradually disappeared, and Radio Galaxy Zoo LOFAR, which aims to sort through the state of the art radio data and identify supermassive black holes and starforming galaxies. We are also part of the new REINFORCE collaboration, who will be creating several more citizen science experiments in physics, astronomy and geoscience. In every...