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Plastic materials, pollution and recycling
Science, Maths & Technology

Plastic materials, pollution and recycling

...2: Plastic pollution littering a beach Unfortunately the long lifetime observed for many plastics, although hugely beneficial in many applications, can also lead to problems at their end of life disposal. In particular when they are carelessly disposed of within the environment (figure 2, Smith et al., 2014). Currently there is growing concern over tiny pieces of plastic...
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The Switch tells us a lot about Nintendo
Science, Maths & Technology

The Switch tells us a lot about Nintendo

...2 Switch. One of the things the Switch demonstrates is how far Nintendo has brought motion control since its first attempts at introducing the technology. Motion control is built into many aspects of some of the Switch’s key launch games, such as Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, and needs to be precise and easy to use. Luckily, the system is very intuitive,...
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Early reflections from Glasgow on COP26
Nature & Environment

Early reflections from Glasgow on COP26

...2 of the COP where ‘nothing is agreed until everything is agreed’. The World Leaders Summit at the start of COP26 gives the world leaders plenty to negotiate on in various backroom bi- and multi-lateral deals. It is not clear if all these leaders are going to hang around for the rest of the two weeks or not – it will be extremely interesting to watch that detail....
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Economic incentives for countries to decarbonise
Money & Business

Economic incentives for countries to decarbonise

...2 °C, has now been signed by 194 states plus the European Union, while more than 130 countries have now set or are considering a target of net-zero emissions by 2050. These pledges will drive further investments and efficiencies and increased uptake of renewable energy. [Photo of a person putting a coin into a globe piggy bank] So, what does all this mean for...
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Revealing the surface of an asteroid using robotic telescopes
Science, Maths & Technology

Revealing the surface of an asteroid using robotic telescopes

...2), we may place constraints on some of these properties. [Illustration of the definition of the 'phase angle' of asteroids. It is defined as the angle between the lines drawn from the Sun to the Asteroid and from the Asteroid to the Earth.] Figure 2 - Illustration of the definition of the 'phase angle' of asteroids. It is defined as the angle between the lines drawn from...
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Why friendships are vital to your wellbeing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why friendships are vital to your wellbeing

...2, 58-72. Clift, S., and Morrison, I. (2011) ‘ Group singing fosters mental health and wellbeing: findings from the East Kent “singing for health” network project.’ Mental Health and Social Inclusion 15, 2, 88-97. De Silva, M., McKenzie, K., Harpham, T., and Huttly, S. (2005) ‘Social capital and mental illness: a systematic review.’ Journal of Epidemiology and...
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The Extraordinary Rosa Parks
History & The Arts

The Extraordinary Rosa Parks

...2, 1955, the women of Montgomery will call for a boycott to take place on Monday, December 5 A flier was printed and distributed: Another Negro woman has been arrested and thrown in jail because she refused to get up out of her seat on the bus for a white person to sit down. It is the second time since the Claudette Colvin case that a Negro woman has been arrested for the...
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Introduction to computational thinking
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to computational thinking

...2. This shows page 18 of John Gough’s Practical Arithmetick in Four books, which is a tutorial maths book first published in 1767. The text under the heading ‘General Rule’ gives a description of a process for adding together three non-negative integers, each written as a finite sequence of digits. (The fact that three numbers are added is rather arbitrary: the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs