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The secrets of the brain
Science, Maths & Technology

The secrets of the brain

...System] Cerebrospinal System The brain is surrounded by a protective liquid called cerebrospinal fluid, or CSF, that acts as a cushion when we bang our head. This liquid is created in, and fills in, the cavities in the middle of the brain called ventricles. It also covers and protects the spinal cord. The brain is purposefully floating inside the skull, so its total...
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How have the Conservatives overtaken Labour for the British Indian vote?
Society, Politics & Law

How have the Conservatives overtaken Labour for the British Indian vote?

...think-tank Theos after that vote reported that Labour had secured a 13% advantage over the Tories among British Hindus, and were ahead of the Conservatives by 48.5 percentage points among British Sikhs. Opposing views The upcoming general election may well mark an all-time low in relations between Labour and British Indian voters. Under the leadership of Jeremy Corbyn,...
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Mary Colwell - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Mary Colwell - Earth in Vision

...think of it actually quite often, maybe once, twice a day sometimes, going back to that feeling that we’re part of this great continuity of life on Earth, and from that, from that interest in geology, I developed a more broad interest in natural history. What inspires me… The programme which I think is enchanting is a radio programme and it’s called Tweet of the...
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Business operations
Science, Maths & Technology

Business operations

...systems Fuller's brewery: Management The day to day management of the brewery and the challenges it presents Introducing the case studies The importance of operations management to business and how the principals remain the same regardless of the business involved Summing up the case studies The importance of good operations managers in all industries and services Vue:...
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Patterns of Life
Science, Maths & Technology

Patterns of Life

...systems, leading him to declare long term weather forecasting is utterly impossible. Alan Turing and Morphogenesis What makes tigers striped and cheetahs spotty? World War II code-breaker and father of computing, Alan Turing, has a simple explanation… Warren Weaver and Complexity Theory In 1948, Warren Weaver identified what he called complex systems. These are systems...
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Between humanity and space
Science, Maths & Technology

Between humanity and space

...system! I’ve loved space since I was a kid. As a teenager, I was sure that I was going to become an atmospheric chemist and study Neptune. Then I took a chemistry class … But it turned out that I'm really good at connecting dots and understanding abstractions, which led me to studying the political and cultural aspects of space. Later, I started researching decolonial...
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My career goal: digital
Science, Maths & Technology

My career goal: digital

...systems critically and effectively. The range of free courses below give you some grounding knowledge in these areas. Development and coding Computing code is the building blocks of software systems and websites. There is an increasing demand for workers skilled in this area to design and develop software systems. The free courses below look at some of these finer skills....
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Continuing classical Latin
History & The Arts

Continuing classical Latin

...think of them, in literate societies at least, as fixed entities. And I think this is really to do with written language. If you think of written English for example, in a single person’s lifetime, it’s very hard to be conscious of any sense of change. But if you look at the written English of earlier periods, then it’s very obvious there has been considerable...
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