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Exploring issues in women's health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring issues in women's health

...out of hormone replacement. So you get things like, our ovaries are failing, and things are in decline. And actually, it's just a normal biological process. It does have some symptoms for some women that are very unpleasant. But this idea that it's unnatural and needs to be controlled, is something that's very powerful. WOMAN 1 And again, personally, I'm experiencing...
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Level 2: Intermediate 3 hrs
Pluralism in Economics: inequalities, innovation, environment
Society, Politics & Law

Pluralism in Economics: inequalities, innovation, environment

...out to show you how economics is often a discipline with a multitude of perspectives and traditions that go beyond mainstream economics. You will get a flavour of the mainstream and neoclassical, as well as many alternative heterodox perspectives: Marxist, post-Keynesian, Feminist, Institutional, Evolutionary economics, and Ecological economics. See for instance, the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Our sense of balance
Science, Maths & Technology

Our sense of balance

...a canal there is a swelling of the tube called an ampulla and both ends of each canal open out into the vestibule. To give some impression of their size, the vestibule (associated with the otolithic organs) in humans is about 3-5mm across, while the semi-circular canals range from 12mm up to 22mm in length. The bony labyrinth that houses the otolithic organs and the semi-circular canals is lined by an outer membrane that ......
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Article 10 mins
Has Jeremy Corbyn saved Labour simply by standing for election?
Society, Politics & Law

Has Jeremy Corbyn saved Labour simply by standing for election?

...out simply by doing nothing. This shocked even MPs, who feared registration rates would plummet to match the most recent election’s 65% turnout rate – and ministers were eventually persuaded to drop it. Next, the government proposed saving £74m by scrapping the autumn 2014 full annual door-to-door household canvass, the traditional basis of household registration....
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Article 5 mins
Why has Antonin Scalia's death set off a battle for the US Supreme Court?
Society, Politics & Law

Why has Antonin Scalia's death set off a battle for the US Supreme Court?

...out for another nominator whose political leanings it prefers. As Republican Senator Lindsay Graham said when he voted to back Obama’s first Supreme Court nominee, Sonia Sotomayor, “elections have consequences”. For all that the marathon election cycle might sap an outgoing president’s influence, Obama still has 25% of his second term left to serve. And Graham is...
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Article 5 mins
What are premature babies telling us about antibiotic resistance?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What are premature babies telling us about antibiotic resistance?

...all get behind. It also brings me back to the idea that we can engineer our way out of this corner by changing us and not the bacteria, we don’t even need to stop the bacteria from producing toxins, we could just be looking for a way to break down the toxin to something more innocuous. This article originally appeared on Lunatic Laboratories under a CC-BY-NC-ND licence...
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Article 5 mins
Can Starbucks sell coffee to the Italians?
Money & Business

Can Starbucks sell coffee to the Italians?

...out. Initially, however, I expect Starbucks' progress in Italy to mimic its experience in France where the company largely confined itself to serving tourists in strategic locations. Only after the 2008 crash has it gained traction, as much as a low-cost eatery as a coffee shop. Starbucks intends to license its Italian outlets to local operator Percassi, which is better...
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Article 5 mins
The outgoing Prime Minister and his replacement: Gladstone makes way for Rosebery
History & The Arts

The outgoing Prime Minister and his replacement: Gladstone makes way for Rosebery

...out what happened in 1894 when ill-health forced William Gladstone to quit in favour of his foreign secretary Lord Rosebery. This extract originally appeared in The Northern Echo...[Gladstone addresses the House] William Gladstone addressing the House earlier in his career We are officially informed that the Queen has accepted the resignation of Mr Gladstone and has...
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Article 10 mins