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Introduction to the Amazon System
Nature & Environment

Introduction to the Amazon System

...energy potential (through hydroelectric dams), timber and agricultural land. Minerals, fossil fuels, electricity, wood and food are the ‘natural resources’ which we all use and consume every day. With a growing global population and ever increasing rates of consumption per capita, these commodities are becoming scarce and highly sought after. Use of resources to...
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Plastic materials, pollution and recycling
Science, Maths & Technology

Plastic materials, pollution and recycling

...energy trapped within the materials, this is often the best option for highly contaminated plastics. A better solution to waste plastics, if simple reuse isn’t practical, is to recycle the plastic materials. This is often so-called materials recycling where the plastic is separated, shredded and re-melted to form a new product. Alternatively if appropriate the plastic...
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The Switch tells us a lot about Nintendo
Science, Maths & Technology

The Switch tells us a lot about Nintendo

...energy while relaxing with their video games. Nintendo first attempted to directly map what we do with our hands on screen nearly 30 years ago with the 1989 release of Mattel’s Power Glove for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). It detected the rotation and position of your hand and whether or not your hand was clenched. In theory, people tend to like direct...
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Doctor Who: Is time travel possible?
Science, Maths & Technology

Doctor Who: Is time travel possible?

...energy nuclei originating from the depths of space) that strike atoms in the Earth’s upper atmosphere. If the number of muons liberated in the upper atmosphere is measured at the top of a mountain, then knowing the lifetime of a muon and the fact that they are travelling close to the speed of light, it’s possible to calculate the proportion of muons that should...
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TOTEM LATAMAT: an Indigenous reminder we are all part of the ecosystem
Nature & Environment

TOTEM LATAMAT: an Indigenous reminder we are all part of the ecosystem

...energy. Technology, he claims, will get us out of this. However, in common with Patricia Fara’s review, I believe that scientific enquiry and its technological consequences are not necessarily “progressive” at all. “Progress” is a huge contributor to the crisis we face: it is the positive image that Western powers have invoked in order to justify colonialism,...
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Irish Women’s Poetry: the Next Generation
OpenLearn Ireland

Irish Women’s Poetry: the Next Generation

...energy and poetic force, summoning riddles and fairytales for the empowerment of women. Traynor’s ‘Onion Poem’ from Pit Lullabies demonstrates her acute awareness of female rites of passage and often they are misrepresented within power structures: in this case, the catholic school she attended where in the yearly assembly girls were addressed by nuns who compared...
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20 things you might not know about Belfast
History & The Arts

20 things you might not know about Belfast

...energy came in 1854. 6. Tourists spent over £430 million in Belfast in 2022 Every year, over 9.5 million visitors arrive. They support over 17 thousand tourist jobs across the city area. What to do once they're there? Here's an amazingly cute idea... 7. Belfast Zoo is home to the only Goodfellow's tree-kangaroos in the United Kingdom and Ireland The zoo is only one of 22...
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Back to the Future: Is time travel possible?
Science, Maths & Technology

Back to the Future: Is time travel possible?

...energy nuclei originating from the depths of space) that strike atoms in the Earth’s upper atmosphere. If the number of muons liberated in the upper atmosphere is measured at the top of a mountain, then knowing the lifetime of a muon and the fact that they are travelling close to the speed of light, it’s possible to calculate the proportion of muons that should...
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