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Migration 2018: What's currently happening?
Society, Politics & Law

Migration 2018: What's currently happening?

...de Gata, Almería. According to their testimonies, 47 people were on the boat when they departed from Morocco. A merchant vessel retrieved one body in the Alboran sea on Sunday evening; therefore, an estimated 42 people remain missing and are presumed dead. IOM Greece’s Antigoni Avgeropoulou reported Monday that over five days (13-17 June) the Hellenic Coast Guard...
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Hallowain't III: Woodfrogs
Nature & Environment

Hallowain't III: Woodfrogs

...LA Times reported a study by the Institute of Arctic Biology which discovered the little critters' approach to staying alive in a hostile climate: To see how these frogs were surviving the winter in the extreme Alaskan environment, the researchers used super glue to attach small radio transmitters about the size of a nickel to the backs of 16 frogs over two years. The...
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Riddle of the Tay Bridge disaster
Science, Maths & Technology

Riddle of the Tay Bridge disaster

...de-railed through a combination of heavy wind and a weak girder. Tom Martin's Tay Bridge analysis Mathematician Tom Martin uses the modern method of 'structural computer analysis' to understand the failure of the bridge, and looks at how this failure started at the base columns due to heavy winds. Forensic Engineering Dr Pete Lewis explains how he believes the dynamic...
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How to read a rock
Science, Maths & Technology

How to read a rock

...LA-ICP-MS). The EMP allows geologists to shoot a precise beam of electrons at our tiny minerals, causing them to emit characteristic x-rays based on their chemical composition, which we can then measure. The LA-ICP-MS fires a laser at the sample, sending the debris of the mineral into a plasma, from which individual ions are separated using a magnet and are then measured...
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How can you exercise safely in the heat?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How can you exercise safely in the heat?

...des Sables, a five-day run across the Sahara Desert in Morocco, where temperatures can reach 50℃. This 156-mile run is considered the toughest foot race on Earth. Our experience at Kingston University with people running and training in our heat chamber for events such as the Marathon des Sables and Badwater, demonstrates that with enough preparation, hydration and...
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Language and creativity
Languages

Language and creativity

...de La Hyre, The Allegorical Figure of Grammar, 1650 Discussion Figure 5 is different again in terms of the way in which language is used. Language is a feature of this painting in two specific ways. On the one hand, the picture includes a limited amount of text on the scroll draped over the woman’s arm. On the other hand, though, language – or at least a particular...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Supporting children's development
Education & Development

Supporting children's development

...class teacher with a worry or a question they may have. Lowri discovered that the school recognises that the transition from primary to secondary school is a major milestone for pupils and their parents. So the school deploys TAs to work alongside teaching staff in a supportive role to ensure that the correct information is given regarding the transition and also to offer...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Are women under-represented at tech accelerators?
Money & Business

Are women under-represented at tech accelerators?

...class accelerator. I didn’t think I looked like a ‘YC founder’. Thus, women may be opting out of accelerator programmes because of a perceived lack of fit with the predominantly male tech and start-up culture. For those women who do overcome this problem and get onto the programmes, they often then encounter prejudice and discrimination at the hands of the old boys'...
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