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Pluto comes into sharp focus – but it’s still not a planet
Science, Maths & Technology

Pluto comes into sharp focus – but it’s still not a planet

...works for ours and is a far neater approach than including every Kuiper belt object as a planet – thousands of them, which would be ridiculous. The alternative of defining a size or mass minimum at which an object ceases to be a planet would suffer from our variable and imperfect ability to measure their size or mass remotely. [Image of the Kuiper Belt. The background...
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Breaking bad: The science of flatulence
Health, Sports & Psychology

Breaking bad: The science of flatulence

...works by inhibiting an enzyme found in your intestine called alpha glucosidase. This slows the release of glucose from larger carbohydrates (e.g. starches), reducing the amount that is absorbed into the blood. It also means that more of the larger carbs end up sticking around in your guts, providing food for bacteria able to convert them into gas. What drugs can help...
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Honour thy vulnerable witnesses
Health, Sports & Psychology

Honour thy vulnerable witnesses

...Working with ASD eyewitnesses could be stressful to police officers as well, as they are the first to interact with witnesses that could require special assistance and therefore it is important to be able to recognise them. Dionysia's PhD My PhD is looking to: Better understand the issues that individuals with ASD have with face processing, the eyewitness identification...
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People make terrible eyewitnesses – but it turns out there’s an exception
Society, Politics & Law

People make terrible eyewitnesses – but it turns out there’s an exception

...work showed in the 1980s that eyewitnesses’ memories are affected if a weapon is used at the scene of the crime, for instance. They focus on the weapon and are poorer at recalling other details as a result. More recently Loftus co-authored research that showed that eyewitness testimony can be influenced by the wording of a question. Participants were shown a film of a...
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Demystifying Chronic Kidney Disease: what is it and who is at risk?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Demystifying Chronic Kidney Disease: what is it and who is at risk?

...work much harder to get blood to the kidneys high blood pressure, which is a risk factor for heart disease buildup of toxic waste in the body, because the kidneys are not removing waste effectively and this increases the risk of heart problems and sudden death. What are the common signs and symptoms of CKD? [A man, seated, leaning forward eyes closed, grimacing in pain...
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Explore the baking and culture of Europe: Hungary
Languages

Explore the baking and culture of Europe: Hungary

...work, while cheese, potato or pork crackling flavoured scones, pogácsa, are still often baked at home. Introduction: Hungarian A cukrászati hagyományok főként modernkoriak: a cukrászsütemények nagy részét az elmúlt 150 évben találták fel! Magyarország cukrászsüteményei világhírűek; a helyi cukrászdákba előszeretettel járnak az emberek. Itt...
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Climate Change, Coastal Erosion and Flooding: The Thames Gateway and London
Society, Politics & Law

Climate Change, Coastal Erosion and Flooding: The Thames Gateway and London

...working for the Environment Agency, Swale Borough Council and the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, as well citizens whose homes and livelihoods are at risk from coastal erosion. The film we made examines the measures that are being taken in the Thames Gateway to plan for the problems of flooding and coastal erosion as a result of climate change. Building...
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After Manchester: The strength of the city
Digital & Computing

After Manchester: The strength of the city

...work and children will go to school. As one head teacher put it in an email to parents today: Normality is a comfort in difficult times. But we must brace ourselves for what will inevitably emerge in the coming days. As the identities of the victims, some of them children, are revealed and we see their innocent faces, the true horror of this attack will hit us. And what...
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