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Attacked but not hacked: How secure was the US election?
Society, Politics & Law

Attacked but not hacked: How secure was the US election?

...course, since votes are still being tallied, we’re not in the clear yet. But current indications are that this was a fairly uneventful election, from a cybersecurity perspective at least. So far, we’ve seen no public evidence of Russian hackers, 400-pound or otherwise, attacking individual voting machines from their bedrooms (to use a very tired old trope). There have...
Fake news, filter bubbles and Facebook
Science, Maths & Technology

Fake news, filter bubbles and Facebook

...course. The ‘Pizzagate’ incident, when a man with an assault rifle fired shots in a Washington DC pizzeria, apparently influenced by a fake news story about Hillary Clinton and other Democrats running a child sex ring at the address, unsurprisingly attracted a lot of press coverage. However, there is also evidence that many people take a more sceptical approach to...
The String Quartet
History & The Arts

The String Quartet

...course——" "But the tune, like all his tunes, makes one despair—I mean hope. What do I mean? That's the worst of music! I want to dance, laugh, eat pink cakes, yellow cakes, drink thin, sharp wine. Or an indecent story, now—I could relish that. The older one grows the more one likes indecency. Hah, hah! I'm laughing. What at? You said nothing, nor did the old...
The Rise and Fall of the Slave Trade
History & The Arts

The Rise and Fall of the Slave Trade

...courses and qualifications [Actors portray William of Somerly inspecting his plantation] In this still from the OU/BBC series The Slavery Business, William Beckford of Somerley (Richard Dillane, on horseback, left) inspects his sugar plantation in Jamaica Slavery – the ownership and control of one human being by another, to the point of total obedience – is one of the...
The Struggle For Pay Equality in Scotland’s Colleges
Society, Politics & Law

The Struggle For Pay Equality in Scotland’s Colleges

...courses Background The rather long-winded title for our union is Educational Institute of Scotland – Further Education Lecturers’ Association (EIS-FELA). Put more simply, we are the recognised union for college lecturers in Scotland. In May 2021 we won an important victory over the proposals for the replacement of lecturers by Assessor-Instructors, which would have...
England’s Historic Battlefields: the Wars of the Roses
History & The Arts

England’s Historic Battlefields: the Wars of the Roses

...course of English history. Battlefield Commemoration Battlefields have always been sites of commemoration. First, it was necessary to remember and honour the dead, on both sides, that had fallen there. Second, battlefields became sites of political and cultural importance where the legitimacy of the winning side, particularly during the Wars of the Roses, was established...
How to manage the digital-related stress of technology
Health, Sports & Psychology

How to manage the digital-related stress of technology

...Smartphones and cognition: A review of research exploring the links between mobile technology habits and cognitive functioning. Frontiers in psychology, 8, 605. This resource is part of the 'Wellbeing and Mental Health Collection' created by the Open University in Wales. You can learn more and find courses, articles and other activities on the collection's homepage....
Fossil evidence for evolution
History & The Arts

Fossil evidence for evolution

...course, organisms that yield robust hard-parts, such as shells, teeth and bones, are more likely to furnish suitable material for preservation in the first place, but even these will in time be destroyed by myriad chemical and physical assaults operating at the Earth's surface - unless protected by sedimentary burial. But you need only think, for example, of the...