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Homo Economicus, the East India Company and industrial espionage
Society, Politics & Law

Homo Economicus, the East India Company and industrial espionage

...University researcher Sara de Jong on the intersections of identity and citizenship with economic history and language...[Plant by Laura Malacart] Sara: What were the sources of inspiration for developing your current installation for the Who Are We? Project? What discoveries did you make in the process that have found a place in your artistic intervention? Laura: I...
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After the First World War: the 1919 Egyptian Revolution
History & The Arts

After the First World War: the 1919 Egyptian Revolution

...University's History courses and qualifications [Nationalists demonstrating in Cairo in march 1919] Egyptian nationalists demonstrating in Cairo, March 1919 In 2011, millions tuned in to watch extraordinary scenes of enormous demonstrations in the centre of Cairo against the rule of President Hosni Mubarak, who was forced to relinquish power. The Egyptian Revolution of...
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What is a scientific model?
Science, Maths & Technology

What is a scientific model?

...universe because you’d need the whole universe to do it and you wouldn’t gain anything by doing that. So what you need to do is work out what are the really important key things that perhaps you can write down some simple mathematics, and work with and generate some insights. So it’s this sort of stripped down mathematical description of the essence of things that...
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Alastair Fothergill - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Alastair Fothergill - Earth in Vision

...Universities of St. Andrew’s and Durham. He joined the BBC Natural History Unit in 1983. He has worked on a wide range of the department’s programmes, including the BAFTA award-winning ‘The Really Wild Show’, ‘Wildlife on One’, ‘The Natural World’ and the innovative ‘Reefwatch’, where he was one of the team that developed the first live broadcasting...
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Why are maggots making a comeback in hospitals?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why are maggots making a comeback in hospitals?

...University physician William Baer began seeing injuries that had become infested with maggots. His first instinct was to clean out the larvae but then, like other doctors before him, he noticed something strange: the wounds with maggots didn’t become infected, they healed faster, and the soldiers were much less likely to die of their injuries. After the war, Baer...
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Lisa Sargood - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Lisa Sargood - Earth in Vision

...University of Oxford, researching digital technology and nature conservation. In January 2015 Lisa and Gina Maffey founded the Digital Nature Network LinkedIn group to share pan-disciplinary digital research and practice and support nature conservation aims. (Please get in touch if you’d like to join.) Transcript Earth in Vision Project Wildscreen, 20th – 23rd October...
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Meithrin eich Sgiliau Meddwl yn Feirniadol
History & The Arts

Meithrin eich Sgiliau Meddwl yn Feirniadol

...Universe. Popeth yn iawn hyd yma: rwy'n credu bod hyn yn gynrychiolaeth deg o'm ymresymiad. A dychmygwch nawr eich bod yn rhoi cynnig didwyll ar ei phrofi. Wrth gymhwyso'r prawf cyntaf, gallech nodi efallai ein bod ni wedi dod i gysylltiad â bywyd estron deallus heb yn wybod i ni. Ac wrth gymhwyso'r ail brawf, gallech ddweud, hyd yn oed os nad ydym wedi dod i gysylltiad...
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The Legacy of Nuclear Power: Part 1
Nature & Environment

The Legacy of Nuclear Power: Part 1

...University and I am joined here by Andrew Blowers OBE. Andrew is Emeritus Professor of Social Sciences who has spent most of his academic career at the Open University. And he has always had a strong interest in political geography, but he has also been actively involved in the field of environmental politics and policy making as a politician, government advisor and...
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