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Language of Poverty
Society, Politics & Law

Language of Poverty

...determine what policies you end up with as a government and what we are seeing is an increasingly punitive approach to people who are experiencing poverty. Geoff Andrews: You’re listening to a podcast from the Open University on Languages of Poverty. We’re examining the role that languages plays on the political interpretation of policy in the United Kingdom. Joining...
Seeing the light
Science, Maths & Technology

Seeing the light

...determine, among other things, his glucose levels. He also completes a couple of questionnaires: one to determine how tired he feels and the other to determine his mood. The blood and urine tests measure directly how the body is responding chemically, while the questionnaires test how Dyckhoff is feeling during the experiment. Usually the two things are related, but that...
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How can Wikipedia Activism restore diversity to science?
Science, Maths & Technology

How can Wikipedia Activism restore diversity to science?

...determinants into account. Here’s how she neatly wove that in: Strength abounds in Harlem. Three hundred years of oppression and it survives. This is the task in Harlem, to see strength where it exists, to expect it to be there, right there, next to, and a part of nature, nurture and noxia. Even anger may show strength. It can sustain a child and protect him until he is...
Are old voting machines a threat to democracy?
Science, Maths & Technology

Are old voting machines a threat to democracy?

...determine the state of voting machines across the country, we interviewed more than 100 election administrators in all 50 states. We also consulted scores of public records, spoke with independent technology experts and analyzed data collected by the Verified Voting Foundation. Based on this research, we project that in November 43 states will use voting machines that are...
Election days: 1779 - Save Britain from crisis!
History & The Arts

Election days: 1779 - Save Britain from crisis!

...determine, laying their hands on their hearts, which is the fittest or most likely man to assist in saving our country from total destruction. A noble example has been recently set us by Middlesex, in the election of Mr Wood; and I flatter myself that the Freeholders of this county will not suffer the disgrace of a conduct less spirited or independent. Permit me only to...
Protest Banners: Trade Union
Society, Politics & Law

Protest Banners: Trade Union

...determination. On the other hand he is far lower than the three establishment figures on the rostrum and seems to be pleading with them. We have a full view of their contemptuous faces, the officer, the teacher in his academic robes, the bloated industrialist, they are probably all serving in the house of Commons or the House of Lords and they block the way to books and...
Scottish lecturers take strike action in campaign for fair pay
Society, Politics & Law

Scottish lecturers take strike action in campaign for fair pay

...determined and united workforce. It could have been that numbers on picket lines were not receding but instead they were growing. Branches reported attracting new people, who had previously never been involved in taking direct action. It could have been in response to the news that universal strike pay was now claimable by every member commencing on 17 May (EIS.org,...
A new mission to the icy moons of Jupiter
Science, Maths & Technology

A new mission to the icy moons of Jupiter

...determine the thickness of the ice shells and depth of the oceans. Other instruments will give us a much better idea of the composition of the surface. We’ll also learn more about how the moons are interacting with each other and with Jupiter’s gravity. Jupiter’s strong gravity creates high tidal forces on the moons; how do their ice shells deform under that stress?...