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Smarty pants: wearable electronics will recharge your life
Science, Maths & Technology

Smarty pants: wearable electronics will recharge your life

...open up an iPhone 5, you’ll see that a large proportion of the phone’s volume is taken up by the battery. But flexible batteries that can be incorporated into fabrics offer a game-changing way of powering personal devices – and take us into a new world of wearable electronics. My colleagues and I form one of several applied research groups developing both flexible...
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What effect does increasing noise pollution have on mammals?
Nature & Environment

What effect does increasing noise pollution have on mammals?

...open prairie. At the end of the day, every species has a finite attention span and, depending upon the source of disturbance and the task at hand, can get distracted. In an increasingly noisy world, this will no doubt have implications for other animals as well as humans.[The Conversation] This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original...
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Is it a good thing that Donald Trump trusts Vladimir Putin?
Society, Politics & Law

Is it a good thing that Donald Trump trusts Vladimir Putin?

...open contempt for Western leaders might not appeal to Trump, while his very public machismo and ruthless pursuit of Russian interests are more likely to incite a competitive spirit rather than a co-operative one. So in the long term, US-Russia relations are likely to deteriorate rather than improve. But should a real crisis arise, the two leaders do still have a...
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How Trump's 'fire and fury' threatens to destabilise the Asian Pacific region
Society, Politics & Law

How Trump's 'fire and fury' threatens to destabilise the Asian Pacific region

...open to dialogue with North Korea and is not seeking regime change. And by promising “fire and fury” Trump actually plays into Kim’s hands and replicates the aggressive and posturing rhetoric of the North Korean regime. North Korean state media predictably responded with reports Kim is “actively considering” a pre-emptive missile attack on the US Pacific island...
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Methods in Motion: Is Q still the answer?
Society, Politics & Law

Methods in Motion: Is Q still the answer?

...opened up a new research agenda which sought to deconstruct the objective pretensions of knowledge claims, and to show their implications for people’s lives. It affirmed that social order is – amongst other things – an effect of the constant and collective performances of actors influenced and integrated by forms of knowledge that shape the ‘meaning’ of their...
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How technology can challenge our understanding of Frankenstein
History & The Arts

How technology can challenge our understanding of Frankenstein

...Open University, believes specialised text analysis software can help us develop new insights into classic literature...When Mary Shelley published her iconic Gothic novel two hundred years ago in 1818, she probably did not imagine it would continue to be read and reprinted into the twenty-first century. Like many other works from our cultural past, Frankenstein is...
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Do Christmas lights interfere with your wifi signal?
Science, Maths & Technology

Do Christmas lights interfere with your wifi signal?

...Open University's Physics courses and qualifications. When Ofcom, the UK’s independent telephony regulator, released a wi-fi checker app for your smart phone, they also warned in its press release that your Christmas tree fairy lights could affect the quality of your wi-fi connection. Before the terrible jokes start and we all declare that this is a fit of “Bah...
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Reactions and reflections to On a Wing and a Prayer
Society, Politics & Law

Reactions and reflections to On a Wing and a Prayer

...open exchange between all participants on the ethical, political and artistic issues raised by Syed's work. After the event participants were asked to reflect upon questions of identity and their learnings from the screening and the discussion. You can see some of the responses in this pdf. Here’s a few quotes from participants’ comments: ‘Great film and discussion...
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