1,183 search results
Has Twitter's role as a political influence been overstated?
Digital & Computing

Has Twitter's role as a political influence been overstated?

...accountable, encourage diverse voices, and provide resources for public benefit like education, healthcare, and welfare. Using the #metoo campaign as a case study, Naomi Barnes and Huw Davies question whether Twitter really is a public sphere or if it is simply a platform capitalist that monetises displays of outrage?...[Giant hashtag] Twitter is, of course, many things...
View article Has Twitter's role as a political influence been overstated?
Article 10 mins
Have vanishing debt costs created a magic money tree?
Money & Business

Have vanishing debt costs created a magic money tree?

...account for 35% of gilt holdings and other central banks another 11%. Uniquely, more than 10% of the UK’s debt cannot be traced to either domestic or overseas buyers due to the paucity of data from the regular auctions. Lack of clarity on who’s holding the debt makes it harder to judge the risks of buyers selling-off or staying away. That fuzziness that may have...
View article Have vanishing debt costs created a magic money tree?
Article 5 mins
The Peace Dividend: why Good Friday Agreement matters to us and Earth
Society, Politics & Law

The Peace Dividend: why Good Friday Agreement matters to us and Earth

...account our planetary responsibilities. It shows us exceeding safe operating space in land-system change, biosphere integrity, climate change, novel entities, and biogeochemical flows.] Figure 1 - Breaching our planetary boundaries. Source: Steffen et al, 2015 This is not merely a story about carbon emissions (the driver of the greenhouse effect, and therefore global...
View article The Peace Dividend: why Good Friday Agreement matters to us and Earth
Article 5 mins
Advance Care Planning (ACP ) - Discuss, Decide, Document and Share
Health, Sports & Psychology

Advance Care Planning (ACP ) - Discuss, Decide, Document and Share

...accounts), wills, and how they want to be remembered. [Middle aged woman aiding her elderly mother down hospital corridor] ACP became even more important during the COVID-19 pandemic, both in the UK and in other countries. This was because more families and carers were faced with situations where they were having to make treatment decisions for someone without knowing...
View article Advance Care Planning (ACP ) - Discuss, Decide, Document and Share
Article 10 mins
How gender equality can help fix the construction industry
Society, Politics & Law

How gender equality can help fix the construction industry

...account for under 1% of the construction workforce, but with data pointing to significant industry skills shortages by 2020, Dr Alice Moncaster and Martha Dillon believe the sector must attract and retain more female employees. ...The government-commissioned Farmer Review warned in 2016 that the UK construction industry was “facing challenges that have not been seen...
View article How gender equality can help fix the construction industry
Article 4 mins
What is a confidence and supply government?
Society, Politics & Law

What is a confidence and supply government?

...account for ten to 15 votes. On top of that, Labour may even be able to find support from the SNP and the Liberal Democrats. On this basis, Ed Miliband could, at least to begin with, form a minority government. In this case, he would be safe in the knowledge that the Conservatives, presumably in the midst of a leadership election or with a new and potentially more...
View article What is a confidence and supply government?
Article 5 mins
Can animals be courageous?
History & The Arts

Can animals be courageous?

...account of courage implies that animals cannot be courageous. But this is a conclusion he is willing to accept. So Socrates and Laches cannot make any further headway with their objection. Is Nicias right? The issue will depend in part on what kind of trait or quality we take courage to be. On one view, courage can be compared with traits such as strength, intelligence or...
View article Can animals be courageous?
Article 10 mins
Exomoons: astronomers report first ever discovery
Science, Maths & Technology

Exomoons: astronomers report first ever discovery

...account for the size of the observed transit timing variation. As the authors point out, the combination of these two things “suggest that the exomoon is the best explanation”. Is it really a moon? Accepting that the data do indeed show evidence for an additional body co-orbiting the star with the planet Kepler-1425b, the question arises – is this really a moon?...
View article Exomoons: astronomers report first ever discovery
Article 10 mins