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Half of climate safety level has gone - Climate News Network
Nature & Environment

Half of climate safety level has gone - Climate News Network

...conflicts arising from forced migrations and economic collapse might make the planet ungovernable, threatening the fabric of civilisation.” Professor Hansen may of course be wrong, but it would be short-sighted to assume that he is. He has a strong record of ultimately being proved right. This article was originally published by Alex Kirby on The Climate News Network....
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Inside the mind of Trump's true believers
Health, Sports & Psychology

Inside the mind of Trump's true believers

...course, Trump had no political or public sector experience to inform his most controversial decisions. Yet he masterfully parlayed this shortcoming into the virtue of being an “outsider” battling an entrenched Washington establishment. Hoffer viewed “true believers” as craving “a new life – a rebirth – or, failing this, a chance to acquire new elements of...
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Seeing the internet
Digital & Computing

Seeing the internet

...course, if you’re an OU student you'll be using the internet for your studies! But even in the case of people who don't have any of that technology – who don't own a smartphone or a tablet, and who, in the Global North, are more likely to be poor and old – a lot of what they do will be managed by digital technologies. The bus that runs into town will probably have a...
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Should we read John Locke today?
Society, Politics & Law

Should we read John Locke today?

...course, freedom is a highly slippery term. Freedom for who, and to what extent? And how do we recognise and manage the boundaries where one person’s ‘freedom’ might harm another person?...Usually when wrestling with these tricky questions, we turn back to the great political thinkers associated with developing a robust idea of freedom. These are historical thinkers,...
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Rio 2016: Green pools, drug cheats, sexism and nationality - A short reading list
Health, Sports & Psychology

Rio 2016: Green pools, drug cheats, sexism and nationality - A short reading list

...opening ceremony] A scene from the 2016 Rio Olympics opening ceremony Sharing games Inevitably, London 2012 was dubbed "the first social media Olympics", which makes Rio 2016 the second Summer Social Olympics. How have athletes adapted to having direct access to a global audience? Northwestern University's Michelle R Martinelli reports that, while participants are hemmed...
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Hajj 2015: Balancing pilgrimage with consumerism
History & The Arts

Hajj 2015: Balancing pilgrimage with consumerism

...opening, in 1866, of a railway connecting Lourdes to Paris that made the once-remote town accessible to the general populace. The Shikoku pilgrimage, a 900-mile journey around Japan’s fourth island to 88 Buddhist temples, was initially an ascetic journey embarked on mainly by young men. By the late 1940s, it had almost died out, but it was revived and transformed in the...
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The outgoing Prime Minister and his replacement: Gladstone makes way for Rosebery
History & The Arts

The outgoing Prime Minister and his replacement: Gladstone makes way for Rosebery

...open. The reorganised Ministry will then appear for the first time before their supporter. The prorogation speech by Her Majesty, which was signed with the ordinary prorogation papers at the Council on Saturday, and which will be read at tomorrow's meeting of the two Houses of Parliament, is not a message of great length or significance. It is the last official document...
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Does the US have a legal obligation to accept refugees?
Society, Politics & Law

Does the US have a legal obligation to accept refugees?

...open to people who already have refugee status (or would be likely to qualify), who are outside the US, but may wish the US to consider them for entry as a resettled refugee. The US had been due to take in 110,000 refugees under USRAP in 2017, but in the executive order Trump indicates he wants this number to be more than halved to an intake of 50,000 refugees. The...
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