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How Volkswagen got caught cheating emissions tests by a clean air NGO
Science, Maths & Technology

How Volkswagen got caught cheating emissions tests by a clean air NGO

...out to prove modern diesels were genuinely clean and would therefore be able to make a significant contribution to improving both CO2 emissions and air quality. The US has higher emissions standards than Europe, which were regularly passed by VW’s diesel-fuelled cars. The ICCT decided to test why this was the case – and had some surprising results. Partnering with a...
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What is aquaponics - and how can fish poo help feed the world?
Nature & Environment

What is aquaponics - and how can fish poo help feed the world?

...out. We’re both part of an EU Aquaponics Hub that will try to better understand how fish and veg can work together, and will facilitate innovative ways to produce high-density, high quality and more sustainable food locally. We currently rely on shipping large amounts of food across the world, leaving us remarkably vulnerable to disruption from wars, climate chaos, or...
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What is the zika virus?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What is the zika virus?

...out of its established range, appearing first in the isolated Micronesian island of Yap in the Pacific Ocean some 1,800km east of the Philippines. The Yap outbreak had 180 cases and was the first time Zika cases had been seen in any kind of cluster. Things went quiet again until 2013. During the interval, a study of the evolution of Zika virus concluded that it had...
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Intergenerational perceptions: Busting age-related stereotypes
Education & Development

Intergenerational perceptions: Busting age-related stereotypes

...out more about intergenerational practice, and the huge range of different projects, visit the website Generations Working Together. What potential settings and benefits can you identify for projects that embrace intergenerational practice in your comminuity? Have your say in our discussion hub. For intergenerational practice to be safe and effective it need to take place...
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Is the first step in beating superbugs to defeat poverty?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Is the first step in beating superbugs to defeat poverty?

...out of pocket payments were the most significant correlate of antimicrobial resistance across countries,” Alsan told me. “But when we looked more deeply into the data, we found that that entire correlation was driven by countries that had in place a policy by which copayments were imposed in the public sector.” That means some of the poorest of the poor need to fork...
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How did the referendum polls get it wrong - again?
Science, Maths & Technology

How did the referendum polls get it wrong - again?

...out their final estimates of the eventual outcome, many of them made different decisions from those that they had made previously about how to deal with the possible impact of turnout and the eventual choice made by the “don’t knows”. In the event those decisions did not improve their polls’ accuracy. On average the eight polls between them anticipated that Remain...
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Poverty in Scotland 2016: Tools for Transformation
Society, Politics & Law

Poverty in Scotland 2016: Tools for Transformation

...out the ways in which key tools, including social security, fair work, education and local government, can be used over the next Scottish Parliament to transform Scotland toward a poverty free, much fairer and socially just society. Poverty in Scotland 2016 is published by the Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) in Scotland; The Open University in Scotland, Glasgow...
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Methods in Motion: Introducing Methods in Motion
Society, Politics & Law

Methods in Motion: Introducing Methods in Motion

...out of methods. So we look to question the consequences of different methods’ application, and the reconfigurations required to apply them in different situations. Secondly, mirroring changes in wider society, many new methods use new information technology to investigate situations which were previously inaccessible. Beyond gaining access to the physically...
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