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One Lump or Two? Understanding the Place of Sugar - Part One
Society, Politics & Law

One Lump or Two? Understanding the Place of Sugar - Part One

...course is culturally unrefined). So, sugar is a contradiction. On the one hand, it symbolizes something of value; something to be cherished and savoured; something to be kept. On the other hand, it is cheap and almost valueless, especially in its refined state. Puzzlingly, too, the more sugar is processed and refined, the less healthy and culturally refined it is taken to...
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Classical studies: it's more than the words
History & The Arts

Classical studies: it's more than the words

...Course team. Bookmark this article and come back to review the questions, once you have spent some time looking at the other resources and exploring the map. [Fragment from Herodotus' Histories, Book VIII on Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 2099, dated to early 2nd century AD] Fragment from Herodotus' 'The Histories', Bk 8 on papyrus, early 2nd century AD How to read literature The...
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Darwin on hunting with bolas
History & The Arts

Darwin on hunting with bolas

...course of the day we could not have seen less than forty or fifty. They were generally near their earths, but the dogs killed one. When we returned to the posta, we found two of the party returned who had been hunting by themselves. They had killed a puma, and had found an ostrich's nest with twenty-seven eggs in it. Each of these is said to equal in weight eleven hen's...
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'Can anybody hear us?' The Day After, 40 years on
History & The Arts

'Can anybody hear us?' The Day After, 40 years on

...course of the Cold War, but it was certainly one factor among many that encouraged what some historians have called the Reagan Reversal. Mark: I found that journal entry from Reagan as well, I didn't know that existed. It is interesting to think of his connection to the film industry because he was this President who would frequently reference films. The reception to the...
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Why is snow so hard to predict?
Nature & Environment

Why is snow so hard to predict?

...course, is complicated. If you want to study how society could better respond to extreme weather, you need the help of political scientists, behavioural psychologists, media analysts, communication designers, town planners, engineers – and perhaps even some meteorologists. We will need time and in-depth research to assess precisely what happened in this event, but, on...
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Constitutional Conversations: what Good Friday Agreement was for women
Society, Politics & Law

Constitutional Conversations: what Good Friday Agreement was for women

...Researchers who have examined each jurisdiction will hold residential workshops with the participating women’s groups. In turn, the groups will be able to spread the word and take the constitutional conversation to another level within their own communities. Find out more To discover what the Good Friday Agreement means in wider context, why not try the courses below?...
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On the loss of a baby
Health, Sports & Psychology

On the loss of a baby

...course, family members such as siblings and grandparents are grieving too, and everyone has their own unique way of experiencing bereavement. Some grandparents suffer as they try to cope with their own grief of the death of a grandchild at the same time as trying to support their grieving child. [Lit tea light candles in the dark.] Remembering the baby Birthdays,...
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As Cassini reaches the end, we should prepare the next mission
Science, Maths & Technology

As Cassini reaches the end, we should prepare the next mission

...course, one should not forget the “Lord of the Rings” itself. There are still many unknown aspects of the giant planet that would be worth going back to investigate, such as the composition and formation of its unusual rings. And what about that huge, hexagonal-shaped hurricane at the north pole? Is there something comparable at the south pole? How do such weather...
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