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Is the 2020 New Deal a Green New Deal?
Nature & Environment

Is the 2020 New Deal a Green New Deal?

...attention turned to the economy. In the UK, the government announced plans to ‘take back control’ of the economy. As part of this the, Prime Minister - Boris Johnson, (pictured right) announced an approach to ‘rebuild Britain’ by powering economic recovery. The headline was very definitely directed on ‘build, build, build’ with substantial infrastructure work...
How scientists found rare fireball meteorite pieces on a driveway – and what they could teach us
Science, Maths & Technology

How scientists found rare fireball meteorite pieces on a driveway – and what they could teach us

...attention: a small mound of dust and pebbles on a driveway in the small village of Winchcombe. King asked Open University researcher Richard Greenwood (who lived closest) to check out the sample. Greenwood was overwhelmed to find that not only was it a meteorite, it was a very rare species. The UK had got lucky – we had a new member to add to our meteorite collection....
Will players be fit to perform or ready to burnout at Euro 2020?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Will players be fit to perform or ready to burnout at Euro 2020?

...attention. All of these symptoms can affect performance, but losing focus could lead to making mistakes with devastating consequences to a team. The tap drips – drip, drip, drip [dripping limescale tap] It may be difficult to understand how footballers with huge support teams, who seem to spend time playing and training for an activity they love, experience burnout....
Read this before you fall for a personalised book
History & The Arts

Read this before you fall for a personalised book

...attention children pay during the reading, how engaged they are and how much they learn. We found that well-designed personalised books can enhance children’s vocabulary learning. However, we also found that in their talk about the book, children referred just to themselves. The story was about the children, so they talked about ‘me, me, me’, during the whole...
Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics – Welcome to the risk takers and the fearless
Health, Sports & Psychology

Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics – Welcome to the risk takers and the fearless

...attention and in these Games Greg Rutherford, the 2012 Olympic Long Jump champion, will be attempting to become the first Team GB athlete to become a medallist at both winter and summer Games. However, any medals are potentially more likely to come from the other British bobsleighs. At the recent World Cup in Latvia, Mica McNeill and Adele Nicholl won a silver medal in...
Averages
Science, Maths & Technology

Averages

...attention to two facts. First, statisticians do talk about averages rather a lot, and second, averages can be misleading. What is an average anyway? Well, here we have a difficulty already. There isn’t just one sort of average, there are several. When people talk about an average, they are very often referring to what’s called the mean value of something. You’ve...
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Two kings, two very different coronations
History & The Arts

Two kings, two very different coronations

...attention on the two princes led to the exposition of details of their private lives, blurring the traditional boundaries between the monarchy and the people. Given these challenges, the coronations of both kings hold special significance in establishing and asserting their new positions as sovereigns. For George IV, the coronation was an opportunity to declare his vision...
Why Study Philosophers?
History & The Arts

Why Study Philosophers?

...attention to the empirical sciences, and also what we can broadly call ‘the facts of experience’. With this wider approach comes an interest in the work of past philosophers who have, perhaps, not been given their due. This series of programmes exemplifies this in, at least, two ways. First, in the range of philosophers Jonathan considers; and second, in the breadth...