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Dropping the population bomb - 50 years of BBC environmental broadcasting, part two
Society, Politics & Law

Dropping the population bomb - 50 years of BBC environmental broadcasting, part two

...work on as academics and popular broadcasting. It’s also interesting to tie together the networks of knowledge and skill that are being brought together to make difficult topics watchable. I think that environmental broadcasting matters now more than ever, and there is plenty that the BBC and other media storytellers can learn from their own past. The themes running...
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How can we say Bitcoin is overvalued when we don't know how to value it?
Money & Business

How can we say Bitcoin is overvalued when we don't know how to value it?

...work against the price of Bitcoin. Just like gamblers place bets on horse races rather than buying a horse, investors may simply buy and sell the futures contracts rather than Bitcoin itself (some contracts are even settled in cash, rather than Bitcoin). All of this could lead to less actual Bitcoin changing hands, leading to less demand. Although the rush to invest is...
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How are Snapchat filters allowing survivors of sexual assault tell their stories?
Digital & Computing

How are Snapchat filters allowing survivors of sexual assault tell their stories?

...work as well. Avani Parekh, Nida Sheriff and Rajshekar Patil from India have set up a domestic abuse advice account called lovedoctordotin on Snapchat for Indian teenagers who feel they may be in abusive relationships. Omar's offered advice to journalists who use digital tools for reporting extremely sensitive stories: Look beyond the gimmicks. Snapchat at face value is...
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Early reflections from Glasgow on COP26
Nature & Environment

Early reflections from Glasgow on COP26

...work together to directly change technologies wherever and whenever possible. Better late than never! Sustainable economies? Global finance is now starting to align in a way that we have never seen before. Public and private bonds, investments, pensions and insurance industries have a careful eye not just on divestment from fossil fuels but on investment in those...
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An uncomfortable truth: How Britain has criminalised rough sleepers
Society, Politics & Law

An uncomfortable truth: How Britain has criminalised rough sleepers

...work of successive governments. Civil orders introduced under Tony Blair to target “street-crime” effectively led to a clampdown on begging, which sanctioned homeless communities en masse. When the coalition government came to power in 2010, these civil orders were amended to give local authorities even greater powers over what people do in public spaces. In...
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How can digital books support children’s learning?
Education & Development

How can digital books support children’s learning?

...works in the classrooms and what creates enjoyable reading at home. Network-based efforts such as the one supported by the UNESCO Inclusive Policy Lab are important resources for facilitating the cross-sectoral dialogue necessary here. [Mum with kids using a laptop together] Upholding the principles of equality and diversity Confident and successful child readers thrive...
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I run mock trials to research the legal system. The bias shown in Channel 4’s The Jury: Murder Trial is a very real problem
Society, Politics & Law

I run mock trials to research the legal system. The bias shown in Channel 4’s The Jury: Murder Trial is a very real problem

...likely to reach. Those who favoured the prosecution were more likely to favour a guilty verdict and those who favoured the defence were more likely to reach an acquittal verdict. Other researchers have done similar work using rape-myth scales. If jurors were selected based on validated measures, it would help to filter negative and problematic beliefs out of the system....
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