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Can rabies be eliminated from Asia by 2020?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Can rabies be eliminated from Asia by 2020?

...change rabies control. He says that he doesn’t blame the stray dogs for all the problems, however, and reiterates that 54 per cent of rabies is due to irresponsible pet ownership. So the dog catchers of Bangalore keep at it. They roll out once again, this time aiming to catch dogs they’ve already sterilised and vaccinated once in order to give them the booster shot...
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Alastair Fothergill - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Alastair Fothergill - Earth in Vision

...changes and people do understand global warming. And we just have to accept that’s probably the biggest challenge to humanity, certainly in the modern age, possibly ever, and at the same time I think, I hope, human ingenuity will solve that problem and I think we have the potential to do it. Clearly there’s massive political issues behind it, but you have to be an...
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Why are maggots making a comeback in hospitals?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why are maggots making a comeback in hospitals?

...have been dealing with their wounds for five years. “Compared to a large, weeping, infected wound, a bunch of baby flies aren’t that bad,” he says. Maggots should only be used to treat wounds under medical supervision, using sterile therapeutic maggots. * The patient’s name has been changed. This article was originally published by Mosaic under a CC-BY licence...
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General Election 2015 - 79Rewind
Society, Politics & Law

General Election 2015 - 79Rewind

...change as a nation. Read this article to see a comparison of 2004-2014. Learn about the Phillips' Curve in by watching this animation below - 60 Second Adventures in Economics - The Phillips Curve. You can download this entire series for free from iTunesU. 56 days: Thatcher pledged more defence spending during her speech at this point of '79 election countdown. 65 days:...
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Business ethics
History & The Arts

Business ethics

...change their behaviour. Nigel: So you believe that a corporation or a group of people can be together morally responsible for something and that’s not a metaphor? Alex: That’s right. It, the corporation, can be morally responsible; it can be held responsible for what it’s done. It can be praised and blamed. It’s accountable for what it’s done. It’s answerable....
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The Legacy of Nuclear Power: Part 1
Nature & Environment

The Legacy of Nuclear Power: Part 1

...changing relationships over time within these communities, and the way they got established and the way they are sustained. And the final thing I'd like to say is that all of this question of the power relationships leads us on to the ability to mobilise resources and to act politically. And it should never be forgotten that behind all of this is what I would call a moral...
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Inside the mind of a simultaneous translator
Languages

Inside the mind of a simultaneous translator

...changed, particularly parts of the right caudate, but not in the way you might expect – activity there lessened during the interpretation task. It is possible that the caudate had become a more efficient coordinator, or had learned how to farm out more of the task to other structures. “It could be that as people become more experienced in simultaneous interpretation...
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Afrodite: Untangling the Routes of Black Women’s Hair
Education & Development

Afrodite: Untangling the Routes of Black Women’s Hair

...change, Black women, as they gain power in business and professional settings still face pressure to ‘code-switch’ and abandon Black hairstyles and mask their Black identifications in other ways. While the movement towards natural Black hair and conscious consumerism has gained momentum over the last several decades, oppressive forces still remain. Black women spend...
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