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Pluto comes into sharp focus – but it’s still not a planet
Science, Maths & Technology

Pluto comes into sharp focus – but it’s still not a planet

...system’s ninth planet upon discovery by Clyde Tombaugh in 1930. He’d been looking for a planet where faulty data suggested a planet-sized body was perturbing the orbit of Neptune. This, he felt, was it – and the world agreed. Pluto’s mass was at first thought to be roughly the same as the Earth’s, but by 1948 estimates had shrunk it to the size of Mars. When...
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What is a password manager - and should I be using one?
Digital & Computing

What is a password manager - and should I be using one?

...systems, including mobile devices. It can generate and store passwords, and manage them across multiple devices. 1Password is available for Windows and Mac computers as well as mobile devices running iOS, Android and Windows Phone. As well as generating and storing passwords, 1Password can be used to hold other confidential documents. It offers password synchronisation...
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What is biomedicine?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What is biomedicine?

...systems (physiology), in particular to understanding mechanisms like the heart, arteries, nerves, brain and so on. Health is seen as a state where all the parts of the body function normally, like a new repaired car. If bits go wrong—if the body is struck down by a virus, internal changes damage it, or parts wear out—it goes in for repair by specialists. This view...
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Integrated education in Northern Ireland - or divide and sectarianism?
Society, Politics & Law

Integrated education in Northern Ireland - or divide and sectarianism?

...system, a view he claims is perceived as ‘nakedly sectarian’ by the Catholic community. In response, the First Minster replied that the Bishop had ‘somewhat lost the plot’ and the phrase used by Robinson in 2010 to describe the separate schools system, 'benign apartheid', has entered the debate again. This exchange is unusual in that both the Bishop and First...
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Why it is a huge mistake to get rid of parent governors on school boards
Society, Politics & Law

Why it is a huge mistake to get rid of parent governors on school boards

...system of education, Jacquline argues...[Parents governors cartoon, society matters] In what circumstances can you judge that a parent is “not good enough”? Apparently when they are a school governor. In its latest set of reforms in education, the government plans to scrap mandatory elected parent representation on school governing boards, so ending a democratic form...
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Influential women scientists in chemistry
Science, Maths & Technology

Influential women scientists in chemistry

...systems. In early studies the problems of solving the structures of molecules in living systems were immense, because of their sheer size. Dorothy Hodgkin was a key early pioneer in such studies. After graduating from Oxford, she went to Cambridge and studied crystallography with J. D. Bernal, but shortly returned to Oxford, where she worked for the next 33 years. She is...
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The Science of Fear
Health, Sports & Psychology

The Science of Fear

...system' - note the prominent size and position of the amygdala. The brain stem (which lies below the brain regions shown in Figure A) is the oldest part of the brain, and messages pass to and from it without the need for conscious thought. This area is lower in the head and is also called the 'lower brain', because it consists of parts similar to those found in some very...
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Stefan Szymanski on the business of football
Money & Business

Stefan Szymanski on the business of football

...system of ‘Financial Fair Play’ to try to limit the spending of clubs. However, it is not clear that these regulations will really benefit the fans. Given that clubs never disappear it is not clear why loss making is a problem, and there is a danger that restricting spending will just cement the power of already dominant clubs. (Franck provided an economic rationale...
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