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From Astrobiology to Parliament
Science, Maths & Technology

From Astrobiology to Parliament

...energy and a fresher mind. I learned about meeting tough deadlines, untangling a complex topic and writing to a prescribed style and format. I also worked for a day at the Nuffield Foundation, including giving what they call a ‘lunch and learn’ talk about the work I’d done at POST, which started some new connections and links with new networks for me. I’ve never...
How to find invisible black holes
Science, Maths & Technology

How to find invisible black holes

...energy X-ray and gamma ray radiation. We can detect this radiation and that’s how we know the black hole is there. [The light from a star is magnified when the black hole passes in front of it. This creates a distinctive peak in the lightcur] Figure 1: The light from a star is magnified when the black hole passes in front of it. This creates a distinctive peak in the...
Sylvia Plath and the linguistics of depression
Languages

Sylvia Plath and the linguistics of depression

...energy, revealing instead an experience of inner conflict, contradiction and pain. Then, in the summer of 1953, just a month before Plath attempts to take her own life, creative figurative language almost disappears from her writing. It becomes more fragmented, almost like stream-of-consciousness: First think: here is your room — here is your life, your mind: don't...
The quiet contender of Switzerland hosts Euro 2025
Health, Sports & Psychology

The quiet contender of Switzerland hosts Euro 2025

...energy to fuel a deep tournament run. With the country rallying around the team and national pride at stake, Euro 2025 may well be Switzerland’s moment to exceed expectations if momentum builds and inspire the next generation of players and fans. England and Wales Meanwhile, England are ranked third and are in a tough group with France, the Netherlands and Wales....
Beethoven: The Expert View
History & The Arts

Beethoven: The Expert View

...energies on daring and innovative string quartets. 1826 was another traumatic year, with several serious illnesses and Karl’s attempted suicide. In 1827 Beethoven died, mourned openly with a huge public funeral service in Vienna. There is no other composer who has been so quoted, imagined, written about or painted, often with the Romanticized image of the unruly hair,...
If Infinity Wars had peer review instead of script editors
Science, Maths & Technology

If Infinity Wars had peer review instead of script editors

...energy is not consistent with the laws of thermodynamics. There is no algorithm presented in the Methods that describes the selection process for who gets to live or die. To make this a random process is not only intellectually lazy, but it also contradicts Thanos’s claim that his motivations are benevolent. What about worlds or ecosystems that have already achieved the...
What are the challenges and opportunities of urban artificial intelligence and robotics?
Science, Maths & Technology

What are the challenges and opportunities of urban artificial intelligence and robotics?

...local and national open data, data streams from both key infrastructure networks (energy, transport, water) and other relevant sensor networks (e.g. weather and pollution data), data crowdsourced from social media and mobile applications. First, smart city developments provide data to human actors in urban governance networks for decision-support purposes. In contrast, AI-based technologies draw upon all manner of ......
Florence Nightingale on what makes a good nurse
Health, Sports & Psychology

Florence Nightingale on what makes a good nurse

...energy than to begin new work. To be a good nurse one must be a good woman, here we shall all agree. It is the old, old story. But some of us are new to the start. What is it to be "like a woman"? "Like a woman" - "a very woman" is sometimes laid as a word of contempt: sometimes as a word of tender admiration. What makes a good woman is the better or higher of their...