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Explore the baking and culture of Europe: Hungary
Languages

Explore the baking and culture of Europe: Hungary

...open fire, using lots of sugar to create a delicious crispy surface. These tasty sweet pastries are most often flavoured with cinnamon, walnuts or coconut, and they’re especially popular at winter fairs. Image: © iStockphoto Pogácsa Pogácsa is a savoury scone that is very popular as an everyday snack in Hungary. It’s made of dough, sometimes through a long process...
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What is a password manager - and should I be using one?
Digital & Computing

What is a password manager - and should I be using one?

...open the password manager. How can I protect my password manager? Most modern web browsers offer to remember passwords when you enter them into web forms, providing password management for websites you visit using the browser. This can be very convenient for frequently visited sites where you regularly have to enter details. The security of this password storage is strong...
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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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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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Learning from the past with historic buildings
History & The Arts

Learning from the past with historic buildings

...open market, rather than for one client at a time. Traditional building styles (uniting location, culture and climate) were generally ignored, in favour of cheaper versions of the classical style that was in fashion. One-off buildings higher up the social scale could afford to ignore the need to use as little material and heating fuel as possible. Developer buildings...
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The why and how of green social prescribing in aid of health ageing
Health, Sports & Psychology

The why and how of green social prescribing in aid of health ageing

...open water swimming or arts and cultural activities which take place outdoors. Green Social Prescribing can be useful for anyone regardless of age, although it can be particularly useful for those who are older because it can help them meet the Five Pillars of Ageing Well: nutrition, hydration, physical activity, social and cognitive stimulation. This is because Green...
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Explore the range of migrant experiences: Play Uneven Journeys
Society, Politics & Law

Explore the range of migrant experiences: Play Uneven Journeys

...Open University. Nele and Agnes first met on another project – the Who Are We? project, hosted by the Tate Modern as part of its Tate Exchange initiative. There, Nele showcased The Cizenshop, an interactive installation designed to educate participants about a relatively unknow phenomenon: citizenship-by-investment programmes, whereby the wealthy could effectively...
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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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