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What does the AKP victory mean for Turkey?
Society, Politics & Law

What does the AKP victory mean for Turkey?

...out of politics. Even with the AKP riding high, the relatively young HDP is still going to have an opposition presence in parliament, and it’s now the third-largest party in terms of MPs. That gives it a great chance to and grow its voter base to gradually become the strongest opposition party by the next elections. As things stand, the HDP is now the biggest challenge...
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Blade Runner: What's the balance between science and fiction?
Science, Maths & Technology

Blade Runner: What's the balance between science and fiction?

...out-of-control technology influence public acceptance of real science. These issues should not be addressed by scientists alone. We need to create opportunities and unique collaborations that encourage broader community engagement beyond fictitious portrayals on the big screen. Yet, as Science in the Cinema shows, that’s certainly a great place to start the...
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Scotland Votes 2016: Campaign snapshots
Society, Politics & Law

Scotland Votes 2016: Campaign snapshots

...out the broad sweep of Scottish politics and the current campaign: 1. SNP arc is almost complete [Nicola Sturgeon] Nicola Sturgeon Don’t miss the monumental nature of what is about to happen. Nicola Sturgeon’s victory will represent the peak of a transformation in Scottish politics since 1999 that almost no one predicted – consolidation of the SNP majority of 2011....
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Can being part of a team help break the pain barrier?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Can being part of a team help break the pain barrier?

...out tests on whether there are links between performance in sport and social support, pain and fatigue. A study with members of Oxford University’s rowing squad looked at whether pain and fatigue thresholds are higher when the athletes are rowing with their teammates, or on their own. The athletes rowed either alone or with their teammates on separate stationary...
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Displaced children of our time
Education & Development

Displaced children of our time

...the journey with their family. But others arrive unaccompanied, either because they set out on their journeys alone, or because they were separated from their companions along the way. More than 3000 children and young people come to the UK seeking asylum per year. International law on children's rights means that child refugees, especially unaccompanied children, ought to have better guarantees of protection, but in ......
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Methods in Motion: A view from a train
Health, Sports & Psychology

Methods in Motion: A view from a train

...out that when we are standing on solid ground it might feel like we are standing still, but in fact we are zooming through space in an orbit around the sun. Being in motion, from Galileo’s time onwards, became a matter of perspective and not something that is absolute. A key issue then becomes: how to broaden your perspective? From the perspective of a person standing...
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What do safe drinking guidelines mean?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What do safe drinking guidelines mean?

...out of around 550,000 deaths. So transport accidents now give a lifetime risk of well under 1 in 100. The main point I wanted to make was that people should be provided with information so they can make an informed choice. But maybe 'medicine, poison, poison, poison, poison..." is all people need to know. This article was originally published at Understanding Uncertainty...
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How does Coronation Street bring politics home?
Society, Politics & Law

How does Coronation Street bring politics home?

...stinking of some old biddy’s perfume—I mean that’s really gonna sort her out isn’t it’. They never decide on either solution, but the significance of the scene is to sketch competing responses to Joanne’s detainment: on the one hand, a politics of care that seeks to restore her sense of security by providing her the comforts of everyday life; on the other hand, a traditional politics of direct action aimed at ......
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