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The science of genetics
Nature & Environment

The science of genetics

...free with no restrictions on their use or distribution. Analysing sections of DNA Fragments of DNA have to be propagated, i.e., large numbers of copies made of individual DNA fragments, generally grown up as sections of DNA in bacteria, or in the test tube, by all the laboratory techniques such as a polymerase chain reaction. A polymerase chain reaction is a technique...
The Asian Single Parents Network (ASPN)
Education & Development

The Asian Single Parents Network (ASPN)

...free for members. [Mother and her baby] What our member's say about us Read what members say about ASPN: https://aspnetwork.org.uk/reviews Our achievements We were featured in various BBC media during the COVID-19 pandemic including being interviewed by Loose Woman Kaye Adams, on BBC Radio Scotland. Following this we were covered in Asian media such as Eastern Eye and...
Banks as utilities and the future of payments
Money & Business

Banks as utilities and the future of payments

...free, in any mobile phone you’re on. All of your mobile data, all of the times you use it, the payments, where you use the phone, and how you use it. That’s what’s going to these companies for free. They crunch that using AI and they come up with better ways to provide services. In the future, maybe we can charge them for taking that data of us. Charge Facebook for...
Voters might not love Europe - but that doesn't mean they'll leave
Society, Politics & Law

Voters might not love Europe - but that doesn't mean they'll leave

...course, is precisely the sentiment to which Cameron has been trying to appeal through his renegotiation. Another 22% said that Britain should leave the EU. If we put the two groups together, this means that nearly two-thirds of voters (65%) can be regarded as at least to some extent sceptical about Europe. This scepticism expresses itself in a wish to curb much of the...
World Environment Day 2016: Local engagement, global celebration
Nature & Environment

World Environment Day 2016: Local engagement, global celebration

...course on a rainy day, you could sit with your mobile/laptop/tablet and explore the environment virtually via the OU’s learning materials and engaging virtual lab such as The Open Science Laboratory. Further resources UNEP – Health Environment, Healthy People: Thematic report Ministerial policy review session Second session of the United Nations Environment Assembly...
Is Brexit going to unseat English as the lingua franca?
Languages

Is Brexit going to unseat English as the lingua franca?

...course, this spectacular act of self-harming is more like a murder-suicide in that the damage done will not be contained to Britain and affect the rest of the world in ways that we cannot yet know but that look distinctly unpleasant for Europe and “the West”: With a single vote, England just screwed us all https://t.co/1RT6LjEAjp — Patrick Park (@patricktpark) June...
Rio 2016: Aisuluu Tynybekova - not quite a medalist; still a national hero
Health, Sports & Psychology

Rio 2016: Aisuluu Tynybekova - not quite a medalist; still a national hero

...course they knew! The trainers just wanted to seize a win. At any cost! We are disgraced in front of the whole world! The head of the country's state sport agency, which says it will appeal Artykov's doping cherge, was one of the few public figures to criticize Tynybekova. He claimed that she “gave victory away” in her duel with Malik, a comment that caused anger on...
Methods in Motion: What does Open Methodologies mean?
Society, Politics & Law

Methods in Motion: What does Open Methodologies mean?

...course, interviews can also be properly done and lead to solid understandings of social matters. Ethnographic methods have been used to challenge stereotypes and prejudices but also to further colonial oppression. Similarly, statistical methods of investigation do not only create positivistic knowledge for regressive or conservative ends; they can be used to better...