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Phobos – an asteroid masquerading as a moon of Mars?
Science, Maths & Technology

Phobos – an asteroid masquerading as a moon of Mars?

...source of evidence to inform us on the likely origin mechanism (since we haven’t sent landers or humans to Mars’ moons yet) have only made the story more unclear. This highlights the need for a future in-situ mission to analyse material on the surface to shed light on this conundrum. The Japanese Space Agency (JAXA), along with the space agencies of France and...
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Irish Women’s Poetry: Sinéad Morrissey
OpenLearn Ireland

Irish Women’s Poetry: Sinéad Morrissey

...source. She can ventriloquise convincingly and displays an extraordinary breadth of subject matter covering social history, science, music, history and politics in language that is always inventive, challenging and thought-provoking. References and further reading Sinéad Morrissey on The Poetry Foundation “The Millihelen”
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Is Anthropology of Religion Racist?
History & The Arts

Is Anthropology of Religion Racist?

...sources that can be used to advance a reflexive and decolonial anthropology and sociology of religion. In the late nineteenth century, white, European anthropologists and sociologists posed themselves the following question: what were the origins of religion? They assumed that the answer to the question lay in a long distant past and they chose to answer it using two...
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Understanding Female Genital Mutilation and its impact across the lifespan podcast
Health, Sports & Psychology

Understanding Female Genital Mutilation and its impact across the lifespan podcast

...source of concern globally, nationally and regionally, in terms of social justice, human rights, gender inequality, health and well-being and health inequalities. FGM is increasingly denounced through international and national legislation in many parts of the world, including in the UK and Ireland. It is a significant safeguarding and child protection issue. FGM inflicts...
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Deregistering from school: understanding experiences and rebuilding trust
Education & Development

Deregistering from school: understanding experiences and rebuilding trust

...to services is equitable and not interrupted. Families already understand the source of their conflict with schools, but they might use the framework to communicate and negotiate with schools and services. Key messages for policymakers At a four nations policy level, the study’s recommendations include: Specific, ongoing training in inclusive practice, working in partnership with children and their families for those ......
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Were most women overlooked from the Ascent of Woman?
Society, Politics & Law

Were most women overlooked from the Ascent of Woman?

...sources provide insight into the lives and struggles of non-elite women. This, too, is a part of women’s history which needs to be told. This implicit silencing of women who do not fit a narrative of exceptional effort in the cause of female equality limits our understanding of women’s history as rich and complex, intersected by questions of class and race. It also...
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Why are people upset about the Stonewall Movie?
History & The Arts

Why are people upset about the Stonewall Movie?

...sources, like New York Times reporters, who didn’t understand or prioritize complexities of identity and just called everyone “men” in articles that are now primary sources. Some came from within the LGBT community, which, dusting itself off and finding that it suddenly was a community, suffered from infighting — RadFems and Lesbian Liberation Movement members...
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Introduction to polymers
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to polymers

...Open power craft 120 000 20 Motor cruisers 67 000 10 TOTALS 610 000 100 Source: O'Connor, M., 1978, Management and Design in the British Small Boat Industry, Report to the Design Council. In terms of physical properties alone, GRP is an excellent boat-building material because of its high stiffness and high specific strength. Chopped strand mat (CSM), where randomly...
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