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What is a digital carbon footprint?
Nature & Environment

What is a digital carbon footprint?

...doubling in capacity every year. This is the crux of the challenge with digital carbon footprints – our use of and dependency on digital isn’t stable, or growing slowly, it is growing exponentially. Fuelled by both the rapid increase in digitalisation brought about by the pandemic and our false assumption that digital is carbon-free (or thereabouts), the impact of our...
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Scottish lecturers take strike action in campaign for fair pay
Society, Politics & Law

Scottish lecturers take strike action in campaign for fair pay

...double figures. Not surprisingly it is expected that the EIS FELA claim for 2022–2023 will reflect this. Members are bracing themselves for further increases in fuel prices in the autumn, and further price increases across the board. Will EIS FELA members accept another paltry pay offer? Watch this space… References, sources and links EIS-FELA:
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Why do Taylor Swift & Sylvia Plath have more in common than you might think?
History & The Arts

Why do Taylor Swift & Sylvia Plath have more in common than you might think?

...doubleness, death, rebirth, and reinvention. The young Plath, like the teenage Swift, was an obliging All-American blonde, who coyly posed for cheesecake shots of swimwear fashions for the Cambridge University newspaper Varsity in 1956. It was this unthreatening image that she was later to violently reject in famous poems such as “Lady Lazarus”, “Daddy”, and...
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For older people, the storms might abate but the harm persists
Health, Sports & Psychology

For older people, the storms might abate but the harm persists

...double by 2060, helping older people stay safe through disasters will become increasingly important. Recent events have shown that older adults are particularly vulnerable, especially if they need ongoing health care. During Hurricane Sandy in 2012, over 31 nursing homes closed, leaving more than 4,500 residents in need of emergency assistance. After-action reports from...
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What is trauma?
Society, Politics & Law

What is trauma?

...double standards, e.g. who is described as ‘bossy’ at work and who is ‘assertive’, and everyday behaviour ‘rules’ that neuro-diverse people may be shamed for not following. Improving police practice in response to RASSO requires active efforts to unlearn bias. Not all sexual violence is experienced as a trauma and not all victims will present as traumatised. A...
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Concussion in football: Is it time to get ahead of the game?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Concussion in football: Is it time to get ahead of the game?

...double the risk of SRC. Following a recent field study, the Football Association has announced new heading guidance for youth training (under 18s) but only at grassroots level. This includes no heading during training for primary school children, a graduated approach to heading training for older children, and specified ball sizes for training and matches. This goes part...
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Can Space Technologies solve the Sustainable Development Goals?
Science, Maths & Technology

Can Space Technologies solve the Sustainable Development Goals?

...double global food productivity by 2030 to achieve zero hunger requires technological innovations in agricultural systems. My PhD, as part of the International Development research in the Astrobiology department of The Open University, involves investigating the potentials and challenges of using innovations in space technologies for sustainable development. Currently, in...
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The suicide of The Ceasefire Babies
Health, Sports & Psychology

The suicide of The Ceasefire Babies

...doubles in the space of 10 years.” From the beginning of the Troubles in 1969 to the historic peace agreement in 1998, over 3,600 people were killed. In the 16 years after that, until the end of 2014, 3,709 people died by suicide. Contrast this with the 32-year gap from 1965 to 1997, when 3,983 deaths by suicide were recorded. Over the last few years, Tomlinson’s...
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