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Cloning
Nature & Environment

Cloning

...course make a whole copy of you, and in that copy of you is liver, kidney and brain cells, all the cells of the human body, which means that we've found a way to take a skin cell and turn it into any other cell in the body. If we can do that with cells, not cloning people, but cells, it would be a revolution in medicine." On the need to use an embryo on the way to...
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Leonardo's life: A timeline of genius
History & The Arts

Leonardo's life: A timeline of genius

...free, to determine for themselves, truth and falsehood. Humanist philosophy emphasised the dignity of humanity. Humanists developed their own view of theology, some believed the message of Christianity could be learnt by any educated person who studied the Bible. Patronage The ‘ideal’ patron of the arts is someone who financially supports an artist and purchases their...
Half man, half circuit: Who are the people who are choosing to become cyborgs?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Half man, half circuit: Who are the people who are choosing to become cyborgs?

...course it hurts, but this is a small price for what I get.” [Sketch of a cyborg] A sketch of the future? Joker cyborg by portismedia Michael, who studies electrotechnics in Cologne, looks like a pretty normal guy, sporting a black T-shirt with a red alien on the front. And that’s the point: once the realm of piercers and body modifiers, tech implantation is fast...
Michael Jacobs - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Michael Jacobs - Stories of Change

...free ride into the negotiations from your public at home; your public at home want you to act primarily at home and therefore for developed countries to provide more money to developing countries it is always difficult. For developing countries, being asked to do things when it looks like the developed world is not doing enough is also difficult at home. So finance will...
Dawn Parsonage-Kent - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Dawn Parsonage-Kent - Earth in Vision

...to grab people very early. I think the main point is that yes, films online are generally shorter, but if you can convince people that your hour epic, because an hour is an epic, is a good use of your time then of course people will still watch it, they’ll sit down and eat their dinner and watch it, but most films need to be short… it’s possible. ...
On-screen graphic design: The early years of television
Science, Maths & Technology

On-screen graphic design: The early years of television

...course this had no effect on viewing figures or the popularity of the channels, as the identities bore no relationship to the values of the channels (if anything it made them all look the same). It was just fascination with a technique. However the computer revolution started well before the launch of Channel Four, in fact it stemmed right back to the 1960’s and...
Can we get to a world without suicide?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Can we get to a world without suicide?

...course designed to help staff look out for signs of distress. It also challenges the inevitability and selfishness myths around suicide. Boland gives talks too, and invites people who have been affected by suicide to share their experiences. She has even persuaded her own husband to talk about the death by suicide of his sister when he was 16 and she was 21. “He’d...
EPQs: writing up your dissertation
Education & Development

EPQs: writing up your dissertation

...course it’s always important to go back and review after editing, because when you change a piece of work, it’s easy to introduce errors, as well as fix them. Who could you ask for help?How does this relate to you in the EPQ process? Who could you ask for help and when? Throughout the writing process, you will benefit from getting feedback on your work, and you might...