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Planetary Protection of Icy Worlds
Science, Maths & Technology

Planetary Protection of Icy Worlds

...concepts is that of the ‘period of biological exploration’, which for icy worlds is 1000 years, and that the probability that a robotic mission will operate, and therefore potentially contaminate an icy world in that period is less than 1 x 10-4. This is calculated by considering how much biological material (bioburden) the spacecraft carries, whether microorganisms...
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By extending the remit of PCCs, the government is playing with fire
Society, Politics & Law

By extending the remit of PCCs, the government is playing with fire

...concept and workings of the system, and called for a new system to put the structural defects of the present one to rights. A flawed democracy The “strong democratic mandate” promised by the new system has simply not happened, and not just because of low voter turnout. The problems since then have been many and varied. One of the most troubling issues is the inability...
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Trouble in paradise: The Dutch golden age
History & The Arts

Trouble in paradise: The Dutch golden age

...concept of free trade, the Netherlands was transformed by wealth and luxury goods. Stock markets boomed and bust, like the “Tulip Mania” of 1637. Amsterdam freedoms Beneath the splendour, the Netherlands sat on several contradictions. On the surface it was one of the most liberal in the world. Scientists and philosophers were given an unusual freedom to research and...
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The taste of love on different tongues: What language tells us about love
Languages

The taste of love on different tongues: What language tells us about love

...concepts such as “turangawaewae”, “cynefin” and “querencia” – from Māori, Welsh and Spanish respectively – which all pertain in some way to the sentiment of having a “place to stand” on this Earth, somewhere secure that we can call home. When it comes to love between people, the first three are the non-romantic forms of care, affection and loyalty we...
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Children are at risk from junk food advertisements on social media
Society, Politics & Law

Children are at risk from junk food advertisements on social media

...concept of “targeted at” children, which was not effective at regulating marketing in other media, could now attack the precise way in which ads are pushed out to children in social media. [Toddlers sharing food ] An issue affecting children of all ages Will it be effective? It remains to be seen how this provision will apply. Ireland’s code of practice is merely...
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Five tips on how to plan new self-care routines
Health, Sports & Psychology

Five tips on how to plan new self-care routines

...concept that has been gaining further momentum over the past decade. However, it is a term that has gained new meaning in 2020; a year in which the COVID-19 pandemic has upended many aspects of our lives, disrupting how we live and work on a day-to-day basis, while also impacting on how we perceive the future. In combination, these circumstances have brought a unique set...
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Subjugation and slavery: fake news in the nineteenth-century press
History & The Arts

Subjugation and slavery: fake news in the nineteenth-century press

...concept in relation to the portrayal of black people as the inferior race in nineteenth-century newspapers...Transcript The nineteenth-century press was full of what we would now call ‘fake news’, particularly with regard to the alleged lack of intelligence of the black community. So normalised was the belief that black people were stupid and incapable of looking...
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The ‘boundarylessness’ of African-Caribbean religions
History & The Arts

The ‘boundarylessness’ of African-Caribbean religions

...concept of Badimo by renaming it as ‘devils’ (Comaroff, J., and Comaroff, J., 1991). Furthermore, in his report ‘he represented the (di)ngaka [diviner-healer(s)] as agents of darkness or servants of Satan’ (Itumeleng D. Mothoagae, 2018). The wrong and negative work of translation carried out by missionaries such as Moffatt, helped the West to create a negative...
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