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Unsolved problems in cosmology
Science, Maths & Technology

Unsolved problems in cosmology

...researchers are investigating inflation...Unsolved problems in cosmology: 1 Cosmology today - Modern cosmology is based on the understanding that the Universe began in an event called the hot big bang, in which time and space were created, about 13.8 billion years ago. The Universe has cooled and space has expanded as time has progressed since then. The evidence for this...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
An introduction to electronics
Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to electronics

...centre of the galvanometer would deflect to one side or the other if any current was detected, but show no deflection in the absence of a current. [Described image] Figure 13 An early galvanometer showing magnet and rotating coil Figure 14(a) shows a circuit made of four resistors forming a Wheatstone bridge. Its purpose here is to show whether there is any current...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Heroes and villains: the presentation of the outlaw in early twentieth-century American folk music
Health, Sports & Psychology

Heroes and villains: the presentation of the outlaw in early twentieth-century American folk music

...children are hungry and cry, Wherever people ain’t free, Wherever men are fighting for their rights, That’s where I’m gonna be. This account of the presentation of criminals in twentieth-century American folk music has revealed a strong thread of imitation in the presentation of the outlaw figure. On other occasions, characters and narratives are transformed in...
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Article 5 mins
Gŵyl Seicoleg
Health, Sports & Psychology

Gŵyl Seicoleg

...children unable to read, The Guardian, 22.03.21). Yng ngoleuni'r effeithiau negyddol posibl hyn, mae ein rhaglen Cyfarwyddyd o Bell ar Iaith a Llythrennedd (RILL) yn cynnig ffordd effeithiol o helpu plant oed cynradd y DU i wneud (ail)gynnydd sylweddol yn eu sgiliau llythrennedd, tra'n gallu ymdopi â chau ysgolion ymhellach. Yn hollbwysig, mae RILL yn cymryd ymagweddau...
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Video 2 hrs
Scoring the Shoreline
History & The Arts

Scoring the Shoreline

...children playing; Punch and Judy, or the brash cacophony of amusement arcades. Whichever of these, and a host of other sounds, are brought to mind we clearly imagine the sounds of the seaside in a variety of ways. In turn this reflects our manifold uses and encounters with the coast and the ways in which these are invested with cultural meaning encapsulating our hopes,...
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Article 15 mins
The greatest composers you’ve never heard of
History & The Arts

The greatest composers you’ve never heard of

...children, composed, championed Robert’s works (which were relatively unknown at the time), and taught extensively. After the death of Robert in 1856, Clara Schumann spectacularly revived her career as a pianist and supported her family by pursuing one of the most celebrated concert careers of the nineteenth century. Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827) is arguably the...
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Article 10 mins
What are the security risks of living in a Smart City?
Science, Maths & Technology

What are the security risks of living in a Smart City?

...researchers like Conti, Cross, Raymond and Cerrudo, it is possible to begin to get a sense of the increasingly complex landscape of smart city cyber security. The national security concerns around the broader IoT – as opposed to the narrower world of smart cities – are potentially even more profound. In his recent testimony on the “Worldwide Threat Assessment of the...
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Article 10 mins
Unequal journeys: exploring the contradictions of citizenship and asylum regimes
Society, Politics & Law

Unequal journeys: exploring the contradictions of citizenship and asylum regimes

...research into the routes refugees take and the obstacles they face, and even talked to some of the people who facilitate their journey. Although we do use some documentary imagery and footage, we knew that we didn’t want to try to convey the harrowing nature of a refugee’s journey in a ‘game’ – it would have been impossible to try to, and we didn’t want to...
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Article 10 mins