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Bob Dylan as Nobel Laureate: Two reactions
History & The Arts

Bob Dylan as Nobel Laureate: Two reactions

...think he should get the prize at some point). For some, the pathos of what seems to be an annual exercise in disappointment has become darkly comical: 「今年こそ村上春樹がノーベル文学賞か!?」と一応煽ってからの落選という一連の様式美は、もはや伝統芸の域に達していると言ってもは過言ではあるまい。家に帰る...
Evolutionary tree of mammals
Nature & Environment

Evolutionary tree of mammals

...think is the ‘odd one out’? To help you to think about the differences, try answering the following two questions. Note to facilitators if using this as a hands-on activity. This activity is more popular if model animals can be used. SAQ 1 Question 1: Which one is most different from the others in its appearance? Answer The whale is the most different in outward...
Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Children and violence: an introductory, international and interdisciplinary approach
Society, Politics & Law

Children and violence: an introductory, international and interdisciplinary approach

...think about the effects of bullying. Make two lists – one of the possible physical effects and one of the psychological effects. In his article, Olweus concentrates largely on boys, but think back to the previous section where the differences between girls' and boys' experiences and ways of showing aggression were mentioned. Do you think that there would be any...
Innovation in health and social care: social and historical
Health, Sports & Psychology

Innovation in health and social care: social and historical

...think, what might have caused some of his sample to die and the rest to live? After a lot of time and effort in his lab, Fleming worked out that some of his sample had been contaminated by a particular fungus, which he then managed to grow himself. As an ex-soldier in World War I, he'd seen hundreds of soldiers die due to bacterial infection. And he figured that if the...
Art in Renaissance Venice
History & The Arts

Art in Renaissance Venice

...system of the arts detached it. 4 The hierarchical distinctions of the canon have come to seem out of tune with our own cultural hybridity in an epoch of globalisation. That said, no one could sensibly argue with claims for the relevance of an understanding of Renaissance art to the subsequent western tradition. 5 What stands at issue are the terms of that understanding....
Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
White dwarfs and neutron stars
Science, Maths & Technology

White dwarfs and neutron stars

...system on the Very Large Telescope (VLT) show that many of the asymmetries in planetary nebulae derive from structures that first formed while the star was on the AGB. They appear to be the result of orbiting companions, either a binary companion star or a massive planet (see Figure 2c). These can either transfer angular momentum to the ejecta and form a constraining...
Janis Joplin and the Sexual Revolution
History & The Arts

Janis Joplin and the Sexual Revolution

...thinking Something's bound to go wrong But she looks in my eyes And makes me realize [Chorus] And she says (Don't worry baby) “Don't worry baby (Don't worry baby) Everything will turn out alright” (Don't worry baby) Don’t worry baby (Don't worry baby) [Verse 2] I guess I should’ve kept my mouth shut When I started to brag about my car But I can't back down now...
The power of infographics in research dissemination
Education & Development

The power of infographics in research dissemination

...think might be taken up by the debt that Africa owes to the West? Let's take a look. So there it is, 227 billion is what Africa owes. And the recent financial crisis, how much of this diagram might that figure take up? What did that cost the world? Let's take a look at that. Doosh, I think is the appropriate sound effect from that much money. 11,900 billion. So, by...