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What is politics?
Society, Politics & Law

What is politics?

...work or take public transport might be influenced by a whole host of political decisions, including: the cost of fuel (often influenced by the political situation in oil-producing regions such as the Persian Gulf) the amount of tax the government imposes on fuel (making driving more or less affordable) the amount of public money invested in public transport, making it...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Water for life
Nature & Environment

Water for life

...work together, starting with a chemical compound we are all very familiar with water...Atoms, elements and molecules are the building blocks of everything that makes up our world, including ourselves. In this free course, Water for life, you will learn the basic chemistry of how these components work together, starting with a chemical compound we are all very familiar...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
What did it mean to be found guilty by joint enterprise?
Society, Politics & Law

What did it mean to be found guilty by joint enterprise?

...work in raising awareness of joint enterprise and engaging the media has ensured that the issue is now on the political agenda. “When I first met JENGBA nobody had heard of them and I don’t think that they could possibly have hoped to get the amount of exposure that they got. I don’t think they could have hoped for the Justice Select Committee to take the issue on,...
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Article 10 mins
EU Referendum - Sovereignty
Society, Politics & Law

EU Referendum - Sovereignty

...work better with individual countries. Others say the EU is being too weak when it comes to the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), which critics attack for potentially forcing the privatisation of public goods and services which member governments want to keep public, and for the secrecy surrounding its negotiation. It has been largely powerless to...
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Article 5 mins
Where a ban has been replaced by a bee
Languages

Where a ban has been replaced by a bee

...working memory, better problem solving skills a greater ability to pay attention. It’s not just a boon for people who speak a language other than English at home. Briseño says more non-native speakers of Spanish are taking advantage of dual-language programs in schools too. According to the Harvard Education Letter, programs have increased tenfold in as many years. In...
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Article 5 mins
Golden Globe Ocean Race: Antarctic ice cliff instability and sea-level predictions
Nature & Environment

Golden Globe Ocean Race: Antarctic ice cliff instability and sea-level predictions

...work was a Nature paper by Rob DeConto and David Pollard in 2016 who predicted up to ten times higher sea level contributions from Antarctica at the end of this century than previous estimates. Maybe not completely surprisingly, this had a huge impact and ended up as one of the most discussed scientific papers of the year. But the interesting thing about this 2016 paper...
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Article 10 mins
The case for and against a second referendum
Society, Politics & Law

The case for and against a second referendum

...work of art in Dover. A man knocks a star out of EU flag. ] A painting in Dover by the England-based graffiti artist, Banksy Apart from the yes/no referendum, few politicians have actually asked for the opinion of the builders, the shopkeepers, the accountants, the factory workers, the consultants, the miners, the bankers, or the unemployed who voted for or against...
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Article 10 mins
Children and happiness
Education & Development

Children and happiness

...work, and that by others using the Strange Situation, shows that securely attached toddlers typically go on to have more positive, less troublesome relationships than insecurely attached toddlers, including relationships with friends, with romantic partners, and even their own future children. A happy note is that having a bad childhood does not necessarily doom children...
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Article 10 mins