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Queen (and Slave) Of The Sciences
Science, Maths & Technology

Queen (and Slave) Of The Sciences

...universe and everything’ (not one word, I know). For some reason the world of maths seems to be thought of as a dusty dull subject far removed from the ‘real world’. But this is crazy – maths is the most amazing subject, one that underlies almost every aspect of our everyday life. Personally I would associate maths with wonder, awe and perhaps just a little...
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Women lead the struggle at Rolls-Royce on Clydeside, 1955
Society, Politics & Law

Women lead the struggle at Rolls-Royce on Clydeside, 1955

...University's History and Social Sciences courses. Background On Tuesday 25 October 1955, members of the General Iron Fitters Association at Rolls-Royce in Blantyre, Lanarkshire, took unofficial strike action. By Thursday 27 October, workers in various unions at other Rolls-Royce plants in the west of Scotland, at East Kilbride and Hillington, had joined them (BBC...
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Prison Abolition in Question(s): Part One
Education & Development

Prison Abolition in Question(s): Part One

...universally harmful than ‘street crime’. 3. DON’T WE HAVE TO LOCK UP VIOLENT PEOPLE, MURDERERS AND PEOPLE WHO SEXUALLY OFFEND IN ORDER TO KEEP THOSE MOST VULNERABLE IN SOCIETY SAFE? Serious interpersonal crimes are, of course, a grave concern for any society. The reduction of violence (in all its forms), harm and unnecessary human suffering sit at the centre of...
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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

...Curtis’s ‘HyperNormalisation‘ is available on the BBC iPlayer Theweleit, K. ‘Male Fantasies’, 2 Vols., Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press; Polity Press, 1987 Theweleit, K. ‘Männerphantasien’, 2 Vols., Verlag Roter Stern/Stroemfeld, Frankfurt am Main/Basel 1977–1978 ​This article was originally published on Cost of Living on 14 December 2017....
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The distance between us
History & The Arts

The distance between us

...in media and popular culture. Peter Lang. Piazza, J., Ruby, M.B., Loughnan, S. et al. (2015) ‘Rationalizing meat consumption. The 4Ns’, Appetite, 91, pp. 114-128. Presser, L. (2013) Why We Harm. Rutgers University Press. Stewart, K. & Cole, M. (2009) ‘The conceptual separation of food and animals in childhood’, Food, Culture and Society, 12(4), pp. 457-476....
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The Science of Fear
Health, Sports & Psychology

The Science of Fear

...better idea how your body and brain both perceive, and react to, fear. If you are interested in finding out more, why not see what courses The Open University offers. Even if you've done no biology before, a foundation course will really open your eyes to what is going on around you in the natural world, and how our bodies work. Want to spook yourself? Check out these......
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Killed by Agatha Christie: Strychnine and the detective novel
History & The Arts

Killed by Agatha Christie: Strychnine and the detective novel

...University of Texas pharmacology professor even wrote a book on the subject, titled The Poisonous Pen of Agatha Christie , a survey of the 30 odd poison murders in the mystery novelist’s 66 books. The poisons spanned such a range that the professor felt compelled, as one reviewer noted, to include a 76-page alphabetical listing of all the toxic compounds – from...
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How can corporations reduce digital carbon footprints?
Nature & Environment

How can corporations reduce digital carbon footprints?

...University's Environment courses As seen in other articles in this series (see below), our digital lifestyles are not carbon-free, and the digital technology products and services we both buy and sell all contribute to our collective carbon emissions. The Jisc Exploring Digital Carbon Footprints paper states that the current best estimates put the internet’s carbon...
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