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Why is Enceladus a possible home for life - and should we visit to find out?
Science, Maths & Technology

Why is Enceladus a possible home for life - and should we visit to find out?

...system exploration than establishing whether a habitable environment, such as the warm bottom of Enceladus’s ocean, actually does host life. Enceladus is a long way from Earth. If we were able to prove that it hosts life, it would be highly likely that such life had originated there, independently of life on Earth. That would be a crucial discovery. It would provide...
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Leaving the EU means losing access to EU agencies - so why aren't we talking about it?
Society, Politics & Law

Leaving the EU means losing access to EU agencies - so why aren't we talking about it?

...systems, and software. It encourages pooling and sharing in the interests of efficiency and effectiveness, pushing member states towards a better use of their resources. This is clearly in the UK’s national interest and in the interests of NATO. Reduced engagement with the EDA cannot possibly benefit Britain’s security. Other agencies include the European Centre for...
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What does President Macron mean for Brexit?
Society, Politics & Law

What does President Macron mean for Brexit?

...system means the UK border authorities can filter out travellers without proper documentation, thereby reducing the number of people able to claim asylum upon landing on British soil. That is a big advantage as the French authorities may otherwise have an incentive to allow people to transit to Britain, because then they become someone else’s responsibility. The Le...
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After the mudslide, what help does Sierra Leone need?
Society, Politics & Law

After the mudslide, what help does Sierra Leone need?

...systems are not implemented quickly and maintained. There have been large cholera outbreaks in the recent past in Sierra Leone – and another is always a very real possibility. [The Conversation]Supporting the public health system should be a priority for the international aid effort in Sierra Leone. After all, relatively little can go a long way – as long as efforts...
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Fifty years of BBC broadcasting about environmental change issues
Society, Politics & Law

Fifty years of BBC broadcasting about environmental change issues

...system, and also of threats to that system generated by humanity. But it’s perhaps more than a footnote that if you were the proverbial Martian watching this show you would think that only white middle-aged men in suits and ties enjoyed the power of speech. These were of course also the people who commissioned and made television in the 1950s and 1960s. They had lived...
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Airbus and Brexit: What do you need to know?
Money & Business

Airbus and Brexit: What do you need to know?

...system in Mexico. Special maquiladora plants are used to assemble goods from other countries for export back to the country of origin while avoiding export and import tariffs. These are typically used in low-skilled industries such as clothing and are designed to take advantage of lower labour costs rather than advanced technology. Wings are strategic – and France and...
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The experts who put storytelling, language and better paid teachers at the heart of early education
Education & Development

The experts who put storytelling, language and better paid teachers at the heart of early education

...systems worldwide. My own collaboration with Sylva and Snow taught me the importance of patient, humble and systematic research. Bruner, who died last year at the age of 100, was a professor at Harvard and then Oxford. He believed firmly that all children can thrive in their learning if provided with the right conditions. In the 1960s, he helped develop the US...
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Winchcombe Meteorite: Insights from the First Scientist on the Scene
Science, Maths & Technology

Winchcombe Meteorite: Insights from the First Scientist on the Scene

...System fingerprinting’ to help inform scientists about where meteorites originated in space. These analyses have shown that the Winchcombe rocks are a member of an important group of meteorites known as carbonaceous chondrites. These are very primitive materials and very old, containing objects known as calcium aluminium-rich inclusions that are used to date the...
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