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Occupying Turin: refugees breathe life into abandoned buildings of Olympic village, but authorities want them out
Society, Politics & Law

Occupying Turin: refugees breathe life into abandoned buildings of Olympic village, but authorities want them out

...out wirh wooden chairs scattered. There is a big window with blinds allowing light through on the top right-hand side of the page. ] La scuola. Author provided. People come here to socialise and learn Italian – a pastime that refugees teasingly suggest we might want to take up ourselves, as we struggle through conversations with pigeon phrases. Tolerance, acceptance and...
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The chemistry of fireworks
Science, Maths & Technology

The chemistry of fireworks

...burns noisily until the end is reached. Smoke, flame and hot particles are then showered onto the main gunpowder filling. The casing of the banger is designed so that this occurs in a confined space so that as it promptly explodes it does so with a loud bang. A rocket uses much of the same chemistry but the rocket casing differs compared to that of a banger in that it has...
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Fizzy drinks
Science, Maths & Technology

Fizzy drinks

...out what's really in those bubbles that give your drinks their fizz...Find out more about The Open University's Science courses and qualifications The bubbles in fizzy drinks are caused by carbon dioxide (CO2). Carbon dioxide is a colourless odourless gas that dissolves in water under pressure. The carbon dioxide forms a very weak carbonic acid, (H2C03) which causes the...
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Tim Lenton - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Tim Lenton - Stories of Change

...burning biomass, trees, grass, whatever it might be, and then sucking the CO2 out and then putting CO2 cycle into reverse. Do you think that is a realistic prospect that we would do that? TL: I’ve had a careful look at the numbers on that and it is conceivable that we could be in a position to do that but only if we were incredibly efficient in our development of...
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Earth's physical resources: fossil fuels
Science, Maths & Technology

Earth's physical resources: fossil fuels

...burning fossil fuels is having on the global environment. This album considers what will happen when fossil fuels run out. What oil and gas resources have we got left and how can we sustain them? The two video tracks explore the connection between fossil fuels and climate change, determining that renewable energy is the only way to secure a sustainable future. This...
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What is climate psychology?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What is climate psychology?

...burning fossil fuels and climate change so why has humanity not changed its ways of life?...Planet Earth’s climate has been stable for the last eleven thousand years. It enabled human civilizations to develop in the impressive ways we see all around us. But now, the climate has become turbulent across the world. Planet Earth has undergone massive climatic changes...
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Have transgender storylines finally gone mainstream?
History & The Arts

Have transgender storylines finally gone mainstream?

...Burning (1990). Directed by Jennie Livingstone, this documentary was set in New York City in the mid-late 1980s and focused on the culture of “drag balls” amongst the African-American and Latino gay and transgender men. It is widely recognised for the force of its social commentary on norms of gender, race, sexuality and class, set against a backdrop of homophobia,...
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Fire ecology
Science, Maths & Technology

Fire ecology

...out. [A photo showing a burning tree trunk illustrating that thick bark can protect the trunk from being irreversibly damaged by fire.] Figure 4 Thick bark protects the tree from damage. Other species that have thick highly insulating bark include the Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) of North America, some eucalyptus (Eucalyptus spp.) from Australia and the giant...
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Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs