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How should we read Donald Trump's first Presidential speech?
Society, Politics & Law

How should we read Donald Trump's first Presidential speech?

...out factories” were “scattered like tombstones” across the country. And then, gaining momentum and forcefully shoving his hand down towards the podium he said “this American carnage stops right here and stops right now”. Stop the carnage So how, exactly, will it stop? Trump changed course again, ending up in an almost prophetic vein with a string of new...
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What can parasites on Arctic shrews tell us about climate change?
Nature & Environment

What can parasites on Arctic shrews tell us about climate change?

...out. But Hope says that what usually occurs is a more complicated combination of these options. “Species can compete with each other, potentially interbreed, and spread parasites and diseases between communities that haven’t always shared such close interactions,” he says. This is not the first time the climate has warmed and the barren ground shrew’s range has...
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How did United Airlines get their PR response so wrong?
Money & Business

How did United Airlines get their PR response so wrong?

...out of the plane, his face streaked with blood. Oscar Munoz, chief executive of United Airlines, issued a brief apology. He said: “This is an upsetting event to all of us here at United, I apologise for having to re-accommodate these customers.” But in a private email to staff – promptly leaked to the media – Munoz was more defensive. It said: “As you will read,...
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Did the economic outlook encourage a snap election?
Money & Business

Did the economic outlook encourage a snap election?

...out such a possibility. In her Easter message on April 16 she suggested that the country was uniting behind Brexit. Now she wants an election to resolve the issue after all. [The Conversation] But is that the real story behind this surprise announcement? Or has, as ever, economics got more to do with it? In her Downing Street address announcing the election, May said:...
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Methods in Motion: Politics is awash with large emotions... isn't it?
Society, Politics & Law

Methods in Motion: Politics is awash with large emotions... isn't it?

...out that this isn’t, in fact, all about me – and you’d be right. My point is not what an interesting range of emotions I have, but that I am not unique. Indeed, from talking to other people, I would expect that they, too, would have a rich and complicated variety of emotional reactions to things around them, rather than a binary distinction between angry or...
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What’s the big deal about virginity?
History & The Arts

What’s the big deal about virginity?

...out more about The Open University's Arts and Humanities courses and qualifications [Vesta ] Vesta, goddess of hearth (palace garden of Sanssouci, Potsdam) by Francois Gaspard Adam, 1758 Virginity, women’s lack of sexual experience before marriage in particular, has been highly valued in many different cultures. Some feminist critics have argued that the high value...
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Electrical Discharge Machining (EDM) and Grinding (EDG)
Science, Maths & Technology

Electrical Discharge Machining (EDM) and Grinding (EDG)

...out. The spark produces a small crater in the workpiece with a “recast” and “heat affected” zone. These craters produce a “surface roughness” which decreases with reduced current and increased frequency. Erosion also occurs on the tool. [Diagram to demonstrate 'Electrical Discharge Machining (EDM) and Grinding (EDG)' - see article ] Electrical discharge...
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Electron beam welding
Science, Maths & Technology

Electron beam welding

...out either under vacuum, or non-vacuum...[Images to demonstrate 'Electron beam welding' - see article ] The electron beam is generated in an "electron gun" consisting of a hot filament, which acts as a source of electrons. The filament is held at a negative potential, and the electrons are accelerated through a large potential to the anode. The electron beam converges to...
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