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What does the Queen's Speech tell us about the next two years?
Society, Politics & Law

What does the Queen's Speech tell us about the next two years?

...energy price reform, both of which generated much election campaign controversy, have also been put on the back-burner. In short, May’s social policy agenda appears to be in tatters, although her focus on improving mental health provision remains. On a positive note, this could well succeed with bipartisan cross-party support. Brexit means… What has not gone away of...
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If Infinity Wars had peer review instead of script editors
Science, Maths & Technology

If Infinity Wars had peer review instead of script editors

...energy is not consistent with the laws of thermodynamics. There is no algorithm presented in the Methods that describes the selection process for who gets to live or die. To make this a random process is not only intellectually lazy, but it also contradicts Thanos’s claim that his motivations are benevolent. What about worlds or ecosystems that have already achieved the...
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Methods in Motion: Research Modes, Moves, Methods
Society, Politics & Law

Methods in Motion: Research Modes, Moves, Methods

...energy in the 33 blogs posted. The areas of concern focus on our current work. Politics feature strongly – in international matters, migration research, citizenship engagements with change, Brexit, Trump, the growth of the far-right in Europe, devolution, referendum, social protest movements, political loyalties, state support for childcare, the roles of categories of...
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Flame cutting
Science, Maths & Technology

Flame cutting

...energy of the oxygen stream. The pre-heating flame is usually oxy-acetylene, but other cheaper gases such as propane, or natural gas can be used. Oxygen purity should be >99.5% since a 1% decrease in purity increases consumption and decreases cutting speed by 25%. Cutting will not occur below 95% purity. Cutting speeds are very dependent on oxygen pressure and nozzle...
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Florence Nightingale on what makes a good nurse
Health, Sports & Psychology

Florence Nightingale on what makes a good nurse

...energy than to begin new work. To be a good nurse one must be a good woman, here we shall all agree. It is the old, old story. But some of us are new to the start. What is it to be "like a woman"? "Like a woman" - "a very woman" is sometimes laid as a word of contempt: sometimes as a word of tender admiration. What makes a good woman is the better or higher of their...
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Choosing a Cosmic Name
Science, Maths & Technology

Choosing a Cosmic Name

...energy through internal nuclear reactions, is just one rather average star among more than a hundred billion stars in our Milky Way galaxy. In turn, it is just one of hundreds of billions of galaxies distributed throughout the observable Universe. With so many objects, it is not surprising that only the most prominent have names and most are identified by various...
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Do whales use their heads to attack boats?
Nature & Environment

Do whales use their heads to attack boats?

...energy to protect the brain and skull when males use their heads as battering rams to compete over females. One reason this hypothesis is compelling is the great size difference between male and female whales. Sperm whales are the most sexually dimorphic of all cetaceans, with adult males reaching sizes three times larger than females. Among mammals, such size differences...
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A ‘disorder’ or just me? Life with bipolar
Health, Sports & Psychology

A ‘disorder’ or just me? Life with bipolar

...energy and wellbeing, confidence and euphoria develop into a reduced need for sleep, reduced inhibitions, overactivity, restlessness and agitation. This can lead to risk taking or extreme physical health problems due to lack of sleep, lack of food and dehydration. Severe manic episodes may also involve psychosis. This is when the person may hear, see, feel, smell, touch...
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