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Influential women scientists in chemistry
Science, Maths & Technology

Influential women scientists in chemistry

...Open University in 1979. 4: Rachel Carson [Rachel Carson] Rachel Carson (1907–1964) majored in biology and obtained an MSc in zoology before she become famous as both an author and researcher. Her later work, for which she is most famous, focussed on environmental issues in particular the overuse of artificial pesticides, such as DDT (dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane)....
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Strange job: being Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest reigning monarch
Society, Politics & Law

Strange job: being Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest reigning monarch

...openings, memorials and other ceremonials, not only in the UK, but in all corners of the world. Part of the power in working so hard, is that the Queen has served notice that she is not like the rest of us. She has no need to engage in pecuniary labour. Her regal position has been enhanced by devoting herself to a perpetual round of ceremonial labour. Arguably, the Queen...
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Can a space rock from Costa Rica reveal the origin of water on Earth?
Science, Maths & Technology

Can a space rock from Costa Rica reveal the origin of water on Earth?

...opening a sample in the laboratory is quite the experience. It has a pungent smell comparable to soot, or compost, and a dark friable texture that must be handled with great care (think extra-terrestrial shortbread biscuit). It is certainly a very ‘fresh’ sample of a 4.5-billion-year-old rock, containing all the ingredients it takes to form a planet. [A small fragment...
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Walking the walk: improving death and dying spaces
Health, Sports & Psychology

Walking the walk: improving death and dying spaces

...Open University's Health and Social Care courses and qualifications. While feedback can inform service improvement, many sites do not have the processes in place to engage bereaved carers in how to improve such spaces. Claire Henry MBE, and Marie Cooper, both nurses with extensive experience and expertise in end-of-life care, and Roberta Lovick, national campaigner for...
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Milano Cortino Winter Olympics 2026 – let the slipping and sliding commence!
Health, Sports & Psychology

Milano Cortino Winter Olympics 2026 – let the slipping and sliding commence!

...opening ceremony. Across 17 days there will be 116 medals to be won in 16 disciplines. The Paralympics will be held concurrently and run from 6 February to 15 February. Athletes from 92 Olympic Committees will compete, including Benin, Guinea-Bissau and UAE for the first time, while athletes from Russia and Belarus remain under a ban. There are some Russian and Belarus...
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What does Brexit mean for imports and exports?
Money & Business

What does Brexit mean for imports and exports?

...resourcing issues for HMRC. According to the World Customs Organisation’s Annual Report, the UK has about 5,000 customs staff. But the actual figure of staff with experience in the administration of international trade related customs procedures is likely to be significantly less. This compares poorly with similar-sized countries, such as France (16,500 customs staff)....
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What is climate psychology?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What is climate psychology?

...resources to be exploited for human comfort and wealth. Climate psychology includes an understanding of this history and the challenges involved in reshaping human individuals so as to live differently, within planetary boundaries, in a new historical period defined by the ending of fossil fuel Modernity (Hollway, Hoggett, Robertson and Weintrobe 2022). It recognises the...
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Did Waterloo prevent a fresh Anglo-American war?
History & The Arts

Did Waterloo prevent a fresh Anglo-American war?

...resources of England were so far exhausted by fighting the battles of Europe, that it was impossible for her successfully to sustain a new war. On the first conquest of France, the American Government found it impossible to continue the contest with a hope of gaining any advantages, much less such as were absolutely necessary to console the people for the sacrifices to...
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