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Is a technological solution always the best? The politics of toilets
Health, Sports & Psychology

Is a technological solution always the best? The politics of toilets

...system called capitalism. Other systems have been unfair too (Feudal peasants had to poop in buckets while their lords relieved themselves on resplendent wood-carved thrones.) but that doesn’t make present inequalities any more excusable. What is more important than just blaming capitalism though, is looking at how inequalities persist even in the face of well-resourced...
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Life in immigration limbo: Befriending the women of Yarl's Wood
Society, Politics & Law

Life in immigration limbo: Befriending the women of Yarl's Wood

...system. But those who are detained, or re-detained, experience the most damage to their mental health from the lack of knowledge and understanding of when and how they will leave the centre, either released in the community or removed from the UK. And although the government changed the name of “immigration detention centres” to “removal centres” in 2002 –...
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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

...System, preserving the composition of this original material. In contrast, processed samples have been altered by heat. They are from larger bodies and contain information about planetary surfaces and interiors. [Meteorite piece weighing about 4g] Meteorite piece weighing about 4g The stones that fell over Winchcombe are from the former group – and not only that, they...
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How juror bias can be tackled to ensure fairer trials
Society, Politics & Law

How juror bias can be tackled to ensure fairer trials

...system fails to rehabilitate, deter or incarcerate guilty individuals). Part of the fascination of juror decision-making relates to human fallibility, and the prejudices and biases that can have an impact on a verdict. Films such as 1957’s Twelve Angry Men – where one man systematically dismantles the biases and assumptions of his fellow jurors – dramatically...
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Why is snow so hard to predict?
Nature & Environment

Why is snow so hard to predict?

...system. What New York got was “snowperbole”. Yes, it snowed, but not as badly as predicted, and many people have been left wondering why the city was effectively shut down for what was, in New York terms, a light dusting. So what happened? The blame game began immediately. Some meteorologists have already put their hands up. “My deepest apologies to many key...
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As Cassini reaches the end, we should prepare the next mission
Science, Maths & Technology

As Cassini reaches the end, we should prepare the next mission

...system, or are they frozen ice and mud? Does Titan have a rocky core overlain directly by an icy mantle, or does it have an ocean below the surface? If so, is it made up of water? This all matters because what we have learnt about Titan from Cassini and Huygens has confirmed that it has an active chemistry, based on methane and ammonia. We know that these substances, when...
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Teaching equality: unconscious bias in education
Education & Development

Teaching equality: unconscious bias in education

...systemic racism in the classroom? Christina Collins reflects on her experiences as a teacher and what needs to change...Let me introduce you to a mentoring vignette. It is 2010. I am an eye-poppingly keen Newly Qualified Teacher. I have recently been observed by my mentor Brian with my favourite class. We smashed it, I love them and this meeting is going well. Until....
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Planetary Protection of Icy Worlds
Science, Maths & Technology

Planetary Protection of Icy Worlds

...System. But how can we strike a balance between exploring these new worlds and ensuring they remain unspoilt?...In the late 1970s, NASA’s Voyager mission provided the first tantalising clues that Europa, one of Jupiter’s moons, might have an ocean beneath its thick icy shell. Since then, missions such as NASA’s Galileo and Cassini-Huygens spacecraft have provided...
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