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Plastic materials, pollution and recycling
Science, Maths & Technology

Plastic materials, pollution and recycling

...physics. Exciting new applications appear daily, such as advances in 3D printing with plastics (Figure 1), novel antibacterial plastics and the development of new bioplastics that are not derived from petroleum. [Water Pollution with Trash Disposal of Waste at the Garbage Beach] Figure 2: Plastic pollution littering a beach Unfortunately the long lifetime observed for...
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Doctor Who: Is time travel possible?
Science, Maths & Technology

Doctor Who: Is time travel possible?

...physical or biological process, or anything at all that you care to measure, would indeed happen more slowly when moving rapidly, as viewed from a stationary view point. Special relativistic time dilation has been measured many times in laboratory experiments, and the results agree precisely with Einstein’s predictions. One such example concerns the subatomic particles...
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Is democracy a good thing?
Society, Politics & Law

Is democracy a good thing?

...physical and intellectual stamina; it also requires mastery of the science and art of navigation. If that is true of the relatively simple task of captaining a ship, it is surely much, much, more obviously true of ‘captaining’ a state. The second stage concerns the procedure for selecting such experts. A democratic selection procedure is to find the person who is most...
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Dropping the population bomb - 50 years of BBC environmental broadcasting, part two
Society, Politics & Law

Dropping the population bomb - 50 years of BBC environmental broadcasting, part two

...physical impacts that are distant in time and space, using a mix of footage of glaciers and windfarms. But the journalist is talking at a kitchen table and she reaches to turn off a light switch. It’s all very down to earth and practical. The thing I note here is how the Newsround team have taken enormous care over the editorial tone that frames the story of climate...
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Managing our personal financial risks from the changed climate
Nature & Environment

Managing our personal financial risks from the changed climate

...Physical threats due to increases in volatile weather events, such as extreme heating, freezing, flooding, fires, storms, and droughts. These can disrupt whole supply chains including those organisations it lends money to or invests in, leading to major changes in the allocation of funds to businesses and individuals. The transition to net-zero pathways, including policy...
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20 things you might not know about Belfast
History & The Arts

20 things you might not know about Belfast

...physical law concerning heat and 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...
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The first 25 years: OU Renewable Energy Education
Nature & Environment

The first 25 years: OU Renewable Energy Education

...physics, technologies, environmental aspects and economics. A product of its time, it included a rich array of learning resources including print materials, videos, software and slide packs. Launched in 1995/96, this OU Renewable Energy Pack changed the game and transformed renewable energy education in colleges and universities both in the UK and overseas. It was well...
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Methods in Motion: Occupying spaces in Hong Kong and London
History & The Arts

Methods in Motion: Occupying spaces in Hong Kong and London

...physical spaces, but also political spaces...[Occupy LSX] Occupy LSX, 2011 I have conducted research on Occupy camps in Hong Kong and London as part of an international and inter-disciplinary research project funded by the Norwegian Research Council called ‘Re-Assembling Democracy: Ritual as Cultural Resource’. My research for the project has included a field trip to...
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