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Earth from above, 18th Century style
History & The Arts

Earth from above, 18th Century style

...worked, knobbly protuberances, signs for clouds (the first classification of clouds was made sixteen years later by Luke Howard). The concentric circles formed by these rings of clouds, together with the blue ring at the edge, are meant to suggest depth. “The Breadth of the blue Margin defines the apparent Height of the Spectator in the Balloon (viz. 4 Miles) above the...
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Article 5 mins
Paris Attacks: Social media is the villain of the piece, and the hero of the hour
Digital & Computing

Paris Attacks: Social media is the villain of the piece, and the hero of the hour

...works. In late September, 2015, IS made use of the new “Channels” tool, on Telegrams, setting up its very own channel called Nashir, which translates as “distributor” in English. Hiding in privacy Telegram is an app, launched in 2013, that can be set up on almost any device and allows messages to be sent to users, with a strong focus on privacy. IS utilises the...
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Article 10 mins
Dancing to the rhythm of cultures
Languages

Dancing to the rhythm of cultures

...work in the Americas, in order to ensure “good manners” in the behaviour of the population. Being persecuted only meant that dance practices outside that criterion simply became clandestine. [La Zamacueca, by Manuel Antonio Caro. Chile.] La zamacueca by Manuel Antonio Caro (1873) During the Independence period throughout the 19th century, popular dance forms not only...
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Three weeks in June and one night in November
Society, Politics & Law

Three weeks in June and one night in November

...work that lies ahead. After the US election, it emerged that Trump may not have any idea what a president does. Six months after the UK’s vote to leave the EU it is apparent that the British government has no clue about what to do next. Indeed, some government ministers do not even seem to understand the basics of international trade policy. And the UK’s opposition...
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Hearing Race: Can language use lead to racism?
Languages

Hearing Race: Can language use lead to racism?

...work. The effect of colonialism and its by-product of language standardisation has created social and economic inequalities within society. Further controversies around language and race [President Barack Obama] Obama legitimised AAE as a form of communication African American English (AAE) is an ethnolect spoken primarily by African American people within America. An...
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Article 10 mins
Criminology beyond crime
Society, Politics & Law

Criminology beyond crime

...work ‘Is “White Collar Crime” Crime?’ Key theorists who have worked from a social harm perspective: Paddy Hillyard Christina Pantazis Simon Pemberton Larry Tifft Steve Tombs. Source: adapted from McLaughlin, E. and Muncie, J. (eds) (2001)...Criminology beyond crime: Supranational criminology - The concept of harm has added much to the branch of the discipline...
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Level 3: Advanced 3 hrs
Exploring communications technology
Digital & Computing

Exploring communications technology

...works out what syllables it is you are saying. ALLAN JONES Thanks. ...Exploring communications technology: 1.1 Periodic signals - Fundamental to communications is the analogue signal known as the sinusoid or sine wave, shown in Figure 1. Sinusoids are important not only because they turn up naturally in a wide variety of situations, but also for their mathematical...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Animals at the extremes: the desert environment
Nature & Environment

Animals at the extremes: the desert environment

...work on a biochemical and physiological level...Animal life has adapted to survive in the most unlikely and inhospitable habitats. This free course, Animals at the extremes: the desert environment, looks at the surprisingly diverse desert climates throughout the world and mammals, birds, lizards and amphibians that survive there. It splits these animals into three groups...
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Level 2: Intermediate 14 hrs