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The psychology of World Cup fans
Health, Sports & Psychology

The psychology of World Cup fans

...and “Germany fans” would also share the identity of “football fans”. Rethinking identities in this way can actually reduce conflict between groups. So although there is potential for rivalry, the World Cup really can also bring people from nations all over the world together through their love of football. This article originally appeared on The Conversation...
Why does behavioural economics point to a hard Brexit?
Society, Politics & Law

Why does behavioural economics point to a hard Brexit?

...trait to propel the UK as far away from the EU as it can go. The risk for Remainers is that by framing the soft Brexit option as damage limitation, they may simply propel people towards the hard alternative – as the only way their decision to Brexit can possibly do them any good. This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article....
Trump and Brexit: What do they owe to economists?
Society, Politics & Law

Trump and Brexit: What do they owe to economists?

...available of the physical and economic constraints faced. The political and economic future of our societies will depend on the ability of political leaders to harness imagination, rhetoric, and reason to craft narratives that can guide us to create a better society for all our children. This article originally appeared on the LSE EUROPP blog under a CC-BY-NC-ND licence...
Why we no longer need melted-down bracelets to make bullets (or build roads)
Society, Politics & Law

Why we no longer need melted-down bracelets to make bullets (or build roads)

...may have to keep running deficits so that households can start to pay down their own historically high debts. In effect, governments are borrowing so that we don’t have to. Time, perhaps, to dust off that wartime bracelet and return it to the sender. This article links to our Open University co-production Economics with Subtitles, in partnership with the BBC on Radio 4....
Indian summer monsoon amplified global warming 130,000 years ago, helping end ice age
Nature & Environment

Indian summer monsoon amplified global warming 130,000 years ago, helping end ice age

...impact on the global climate. Monsoons should not be viewed in isolation, just as the polar ice sheets shouldn’t. Earth’s internal climate system is intrinsically linked and abrupt changes at one place can have significant consequences over time elsewhere. This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article....
What does the anatomy of World records reveal?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What does the anatomy of World records reveal?

...women, is likely to stimulate standards to continue to progress. Changing rules, changing technology and sports’ spread to new populations around the World suggests the anatomy of World records reveals as much about society as it does about human bodies. Read the other articles in this collection Now take a free related course Sporting heroes Study with the OU...
Apollo 11 and 50 years of research on Moon rocks
Science, Maths & Technology

Apollo 11 and 50 years of research on Moon rocks

...article led by Dr Alberto Saal from the Brown University. Data from these apatites and melt inclusions suggest the presence of a water reservoir in the Moon similar to that of certain regions in the Earth’s interior. USA reported first direct detection of ‘water’ (measured as hydroxyl, OH) in lunar volcanic glasses. Almost coincidentally, remote detection of...
Other Moons
Science, Maths & Technology

Other Moons

...methane, and supplied by methane rivers entering the lakes via drowned river valleys. There is a whole hydrological cycle on Titan, based on methane rather than water. [TRAPPIST-1] Comparison to Solar System and Jovian Moons. This article was originally published in the Summer 2019 edition of The Geographer - the newsletter of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society....
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