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How did Aretha Franklin inspire the civil rights movement?
History & The Arts

How did Aretha Franklin inspire the civil rights movement?

...techniques, as she did with Respect, lyrics could be repositioned to reflect the black female perspective. Another later example of this can be found in her interpretation of the Rolling Stones’ Jumpin’ Jack Flash in 1986, which was used as the theme tune for the Whoopi Goldberg film of the same name. Music culture owes Franklin a debt for bringing ecstatic...
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How Bitcoin works
Digital & Computing

How Bitcoin works

...technique called hashing that produces a unique identifier for the block (like a fingerprint) known as the hash. The hash and the block are then added to the block chain. Crucially, the new hash incorporates the hash of the previous block, which, in turn, used the hash of the block before that, and so on and on and on right back to the very first transaction. If I want to...
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Dealing with Change
Health, Sports & Psychology

Dealing with Change

...techniques. Need to learn to do something new: doing something new, or something in a different way, can be uncomfortable and requires effort. Individuals may have spent a long time building up their skills and knowledge and are not happy with the potential impact that this could become redundant and may also be a loss of identity to some extent (i.e., Jo was the expert...
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Can yoga help us achieve sustainable development goals?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Can yoga help us achieve sustainable development goals?

...techniques have proven beneficial in reducing stress in Australian schools; promoting well-being and employment of young people in Africa; helping to alleviate childhood trauma for girls in the US juvenile justice system. The benefits of yoga for personal health and wellbeing have been observed in different settings and among different social groups. But can yoga make...
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A focus on misogynoir – the anti-Black forms of misogyny that Black women experience
Education & Development

A focus on misogynoir – the anti-Black forms of misogyny that Black women experience

...techniques to aid platforms in reducing the quantity of hatred aimed against Black women. In our initial investigation of this phenomenon, we presented a mix of computational and socio-linguistic methodologies for analysing the public response on Twitter to the self-reported misogynoir experiences of four Black women in technology. Dr Timnit Gebru, April Christiana...
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The healing power of nature writing
Health, Sports & Psychology

The healing power of nature writing

...Techniques may also emerge. However, the freewrite or first draft holds its own value, existing in the private space of a notebook – a secret garden – where we can reflect on insights about our life or inner world. In some of my poems a garden serves as a lens through which I write. In other words, rather than write directly about grief, my experience is mediated...
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Bioinformatics: a new asset in the Disease Detectives toolkit
Science, Maths & Technology

Bioinformatics: a new asset in the Disease Detectives toolkit

...technique called metagenomics where more than species genome is analysed at the same time. What is bioinformatics? Bioinformatics is the use of information technology to solve biological problems. One important branch focuses on analysing DNA sequences to understand which organisms are present in a sample and what they might be doing. What is DNA and why does it matter?...
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Mastering systems thinking in practice Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Mastering systems thinking in practice

...technique, so you should do them as conscientiously as possible. Their role in developing your skills will become more evident as you work through the course and will also be useful after you have completed it. Your notes should capture as many elements of your responses as possible. So do please keep a record in a journal – whether a physical notebook or a digital one...
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