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Community Social Care
Health, Sports & Psychology

Community Social Care

...energy advisers and projects in place to combat the problems that arise Fuel Poverty: Jackie's story The personal account of fuel poverty and debt experienced by advice worker Jacqueline Carlin Fuel Poverty: Florence's story Personal accounts detailed by sufferers of fuel poverty and the various government schemes developed to combat the issues raised Bedfordshire MENCAP...
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What is testosterone?
Nature & Environment

What is testosterone?

...energy levels and general sense of well-being. [Testosterone [Image: Linden Tea under CC-BY-NC-ND licence]] Testosterone in a bottle. The testosterone molecule’s structure is C19H28O2. It’s a member of the steroid compounds, of which the cholesterol molecule is also a member. In fact, the testosterone molecule is a shortened version of the cholesterol molecule...
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Modelling the planets
Science, Maths & Technology

Modelling the planets

...Solar System. I imagine that looking at Venus could tell us something about the future of our own planet. Venus is very similar to Earth in many aspects. It’s the same size. It has the same mass and same density. It could have been Earth's twin. But during its history, something happened. We know that it lost its water but we don’t know how much water it had. For...
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Introduction to computational thinking
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to computational thinking

...solar system (see Figure 8). The purpose of such a model, known as an orrery, is to represent the position of the planets relative to each other over time. The invention of the orrery is usually attributed to George Graham (1673–1751). Graham worked on this with the support of the 4th Earl of Orrery, which explains the name. The tiny crank on the side of the central...
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Climate change’s costs are still escalating
Nature & Environment

Climate change’s costs are still escalating

...energy needed for a single city the size of Bangkok for each 1°C increase of average ambient temperature can be as much as 2,000 MW, which is more than the output of a major power plant. The rising demand for cooling also contributes to warming the world. Air conditioners not only pump heat out directly, the electricity required is typically produced by burning fossil...
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Why is New Delhi experiencing ever-worsening periods of smog?
Nature & Environment

Why is New Delhi experiencing ever-worsening periods of smog?

...energy plants to incinerate the 10,000 odd tonnes of municipal solid waste generated daily by New Delhi’s 25 million residents. Alarm bells first began ringing in 2014 when a WHO study of ambient air pollution in 1,600 cities across the world found New Delhi the worst. This was especially in respect to respirable suspended particulate matter (RSPM) or PM 2.5 — which...
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Is the 2020 New Deal a Green New Deal?
Nature & Environment

Is the 2020 New Deal a Green New Deal?

...energy. It is also worth noting that the 1930’s approach is credited with other social gains such as enhanced welfare that remains in place today. The level of investment in the 1930’s New Deal was vast. For several years it equated to between 5% and 7% of the country’s economic output (measured by GDP). The £5 billion announced by Boris Johnson is much, much...
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One Lump or Two? Understanding the Place of Sugar - Part One
Society, Politics & Law

One Lump or Two? Understanding the Place of Sugar - Part One

...energy (for example, in energy drinks) and refinement (for example, in luxury chocolate bars); and, if Coke adverts are to be believed, it is even the taste of freedom, peace and harmony – for the world. How can sugar be all of these things? The answer lies in its changing geographies. For the second part in this series head over to Another spoonful? Understanding the...
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