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It's a run-off: Argentina's presidential election goes to a second round
Society, Politics & Law

It's a run-off: Argentina's presidential election goes to a second round

...de Kirchner at a fever pitch, Argentina is suddenly facing its first ever presidential runoff. Against all predictions, the provisional results from the first round show the ruling Victory Front (VF) candidate Daniel Scioli with a tight lead of 36.78%, followed by the Cambiemos (Let’s Change) coalition with 34.40%. Former Kirchner ally Sergio Massa of A New Alternative...
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Article 5 mins
The Rise of Museums
History & The Arts

The Rise of Museums

...types of collections prized for their comprehensive ranges of plants, animals and various other types of artefacts. Europeans had come to recognise that nature itself offered enough diversity to delight the observer without recourse to the marvellous. Gone was the mythic and emblematic significance of specimens that was part of the classical world. What Enlightenment...
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The Origins of the Idea of the Industrial Revolution
History & The Arts

The Origins of the Idea of the Industrial Revolution

...phrase “Great Britain”. By this stage, there was also a new symbol of progress: “the improvement of the steam engines”. The war years saw the beginnings of another agenda that focused attention on the cotton mills: the concern about working conditions in factories. An early sign of this was the efforts of Manchester doctor Thomas Percival to secure reforms at a...
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First steps in innovation and entrepreneurship
Money & Business

First steps in innovation and entrepreneurship

...types of challenge has Westmill Wind Farm experienced over the years? d.How would you determine whether Westmill Wind Farm had achieved its aims? Watch the video a second time. Revisit your answers, modifying them if necessary. Look back at the ideas about innovation and entrepreneurship that you recorded in question 1. Would you change them after watching this video?...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Where does outer space begin?
Science, Maths & Technology

Where does outer space begin?

...type-figure dubbed mini-Dallas is sent up to the "edge of space" by a balloon, there was a lot of discussion among the Bang gang about whether or not we could claim to be reaching 'space', and also whether Joseph Kittinger had really "parachuted from space" after his balloon ascent to 102,800 feet (31,333 metres) in 1960. We got our mini-Dallas to pretty much the same...
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Password checker
Digital & Computing

Password checker

...type a password in the box on the left. The calculator will then give you a score based on the length of your password and the variety of numbers, letters and symbols used. The higher the score, the more secure your password is. You can show your password by unchecking the 'hide' box to the left of these instructions. Make sure you don't leave your password visible to...
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Birth of a drug
Science, Maths & Technology

Birth of a drug

...de novo, possibly from a compound in the literature. Increasingly, computer-based molecular graphics systems are being used in this process to provide suitable leads, by consideration of the shape and electronic properties of the receptor or enzyme involved, and so designing compounds from first principles. The development of doxazosin, as described in the video, can be...
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Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs
Icarus: entering the world of myth
History & The Arts

Icarus: entering the world of myth

...typed ‘Icarus’ into an internet search engine, this no doubt yielded a fascinating but random range of Icarus-related themes with plenty of examples from popular culture as well as more traditional ‘high’ arts. For example, popular contemporary music boasts a long list of Icarus references, from Joni Mitchell’s lyrics about airwoman Amelia Earhart (‘Amelia’,...
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Level 2: Intermediate 3 hrs