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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

...institutions formed teams to systematically search the countryside surrounding Winchcombe. The results of their labours are several stones weighing around 500g, plus a lot of dust and fragments. The specimens are now at the Natural History Museum. Precious rocks Why is this such a big deal? Meteorites are divided into two main groups: primitive and processed. The...
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Article 10 mins
Can natural infrastructure help Brazil beat its water crisis?
Nature & Environment

Can natural infrastructure help Brazil beat its water crisis?

...Institute believes careful management of forests and wetlands could ease the problem...[Ilha Grande, near Angra dos Reis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil] The Ilha Grande, near Rio Serious water crises have plagued Brazil’s major cities in recent years.Severe pollution in Rio de Janeiro’s Guanabara Bay is jeopardizing sailing and other water sports at the upcoming Olympic...
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Asa Briggs and new maps of learning
History & The Arts

Asa Briggs and new maps of learning

...institutions. The idea of a university in Brighton had been discussed in the town for almost half a century before, in 1958, Brighton Corporation’s scheme for a university was approved. It received a Royal Charter and sought to cater to the ‘bulge’ in demand due to the large number of babies born in 1947 who had gone on to study ‘A’ Levels. Briggs brought fresh...
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Prison Abolition in Question(s): Part Two
Education & Development

Prison Abolition in Question(s): Part Two

...institutions and practices predicated on the deliberate infliction of pain. They promote transformative rather than restorative justice – it is about transforming the lives of ‘victims’ and ‘offenders’ and of society as a whole. Making changes might be difficult, but the intervention must be predicated upon principles where both the means and the end of the...
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Article 12 mins
Writing your research proposal
Education & Development

Writing your research proposal

...institution within which your professionalism is grounded – a school or a care home. It might also involve thinking beyond your institution, drawing in discussion of national policy, international trends, or professional commitments. There may be several different contexts that shape your research proposal. These must be fully explored and explained. Postgraduate...
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Article 5 mins
DIY: Measuring latitude and longitude
Society, Politics & Law

DIY: Measuring latitude and longitude

...Institute of Astronomy at the University of Cambridge, but the original site in Greenwich continues to serve as the location for 0º longitude. As the prime meridian, the north–south line at Greenwich is used as the reference point for all other meridians of longitude, which are numbered east or west of it. The current system employs 24 standard meridians of longitude...
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Climate change: transitions to sustainability
Nature & Environment

Climate change: transitions to sustainability

...institutions of global governance. They certainly can't yet claim to match the pace and extent of economic globalisation. Social/cultural The flow of social practices and cultural products. This is often characterised as ‘McDonaldisation’ (Figure 1) – the relentless spread of western (especially American) culture. However, these flows also include counter-currents,...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
The MMR vaccine: public health, private fears
Health, Sports & Psychology

The MMR vaccine: public health, private fears

...et al., 1998). However, at a press conference to mark the publication of the paper, Wakefield told reporters that he believed that the three vaccines in MMR should be given separately. Investigative journalist Brian Deer (2004) recalls the occasion: At the centre of the speakers’ table sat the principal author of the study, Dr Andrew Wakefield. Cutting a dashing and...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs