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Under the covers: The emerging critical sleep studies
History & The Arts

Under the covers: The emerging critical sleep studies

...working towards “eliminating sleep altogether”. Thus, not only does the ever-represented “sleep gone wrong” in the form of insomnia, sleepwalking or narcolepsy gain the status of an “unhealthy disorder,” but also sleep itself becomes an undesirable human activity. Secondly, regarding the generic emergence of sleep-science fiction, Greaney addresses the...
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What was The Schlieffen Plan?
History & The Arts

What was The Schlieffen Plan?

...work? There were a number of shortcomings associated with the plan. It imposed severe restrictions on the possibility of finding a diplomatic solution to the July Crisis, because of its narrow time-frame for the initial deployment of troops. The escalation of the crisis to full-scale war was in no small measure due to Germany’s war plans. But more importantly, it...
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International Jazz Day
Miscellaneous

International Jazz Day

...work of musicians from outside the USA, and recognition of the history of the music in different locations. The organisers of International Jazz Day state that they want to use the day to ‘highlight jazz and its diplomatic role of uniting people in all corners of the globe’. This is a laudable aim, but it potentially over-simplifies the role that jazz has played in...
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Interdisciplinary study: disciples of disciplines?
Education & Development

Interdisciplinary study: disciples of disciplines?

...work, still discussed and debated fifty years later. Snow’s thesis concerned the ‘gulf of mutual incomprehension ’ (Snow, 1965) between those who followed the sciences and those who saw the arts and humanities as their natural home. Each ‘sect’ saw their own disciplines as being superior in their contribution to humanity and believed that disciples of the other...
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Sand casting
Science, Maths & Technology

Sand casting

...work inaccuracies. The sand is not easily recycled. Materials: Most metals and alloys (except the reactive and refractory metals such as titanium and tungsten), can be sand cast in air. Cast irons (Fe/1.5–4.5%C) are cast at 1200–1480 ˚C. Grey cast irons contain flake graphite particles, which give good vibration properties. This is to the detriment of strength and...
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What does scientific evidence tell us about making our homes energy efficient?
Money & Business

What does scientific evidence tell us about making our homes energy efficient?

...work by my colleagues and I found older thermostats can easily vary by up to 2°C, meaning we could actually be heating our homes to anything between 19°C and 23°C. If we consider the Energy Savings Trust’s advice that reducing home temperature by 1°C could save 10% on heating bills, then this discrepancy has implications. Often, when a home is made more energy...
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Twin Town and Welsh cinema in the late 1990s
History & The Arts

Twin Town and Welsh cinema in the late 1990s

...Planet 126, December–January. Perrins, D. (2000) ‘This town ain’t big enough for the both of us’ in Blandford, S. (ed.) Wales on Screen, Bridgend, Seren. Evans, M (2002) 'Looking Forward, Looking Back' in Thomas, E. Selected Work, ’95 – ’98, Cardigan, Parthian. French, P. (1999) ‘Something for the weekend’, The Observer, 6 June. Learn more with OpenLearn...
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Why Rosetta is the greatest space mission of our lifetime
Science, Maths & Technology

Why Rosetta is the greatest space mission of our lifetime

...work is coming to fruition. Rosetta has now reached the bizarrely shaped rubber-duck comet and it has spent three months mapping its surface in the hope of finding a suitable spot to place its Philae lander. This is a huge feat in itself. It is the first time a spacecraft has entered into orbit around a comet, which is a celestial body with almost no gravity. The images...
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