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An introduction to floodplain meadows
Nature & Environment

An introduction to floodplain meadows

...systems more resilience. If an extreme event occurs, a system with fifty different species may remain stable because while some may fail, others will survive to fill the gaps; whereas a system with just five species will probably be left with holes after an extreme event eliminates two of the species, because there are no others similar enough to replace them. In addition...
Methods in Motion: Communicating a challenge to liberal democracy
Society, Politics & Law

Methods in Motion: Communicating a challenge to liberal democracy

...system. The mass occupation of public squares across Spain attested to the revitalisation of the public sphere as a space where citizens come together to formulate and articulate ideas. Email communications sent to me by participants, newspaper accounts and online blogs described how, during the occupation of the main Sol square in Madrid, different committees first met...
What would the proposed deal mean for EU citizens?
Society, Politics & Law

What would the proposed deal mean for EU citizens?

...system. But this argument has always overlooked the fact that the CJEU can only pass judgement when it’s asked to, and where it has competence. It cannot just jump in and “tell” the UK Supreme Court what to do. The court’s case law is also highly interwoven with the principles and rights also applying to EU citizens. In a way, even if the UK succeeds in passing...
How might COVID-19 affect cancer patients at different stages of their disease?
Science, Maths & Technology

How might COVID-19 affect cancer patients at different stages of their disease?

...system – patients are more at risk of becoming seriously ill from COVID-19 if their immune system is weak after treatment. Exposure to SARS-CoV-2 during hospital visits – the healthcare team might look at how the treatment is administered in order to reduce hospital visits. Benefits of cancer treatment include: curing or delaying the progression of the cancer lowering...
Book, comic and animation - What is the fear collection?
Science, Maths & Technology

Book, comic and animation - What is the fear collection?

...systemic methodological terms. I also wanted to understand fear across boundaries - be they medical, psychological, cultural, historical, political, etc. I was concerned to know what is the basis of the fear phenomena and how can we push back? So reluctantly at first, I decided to undertake research into fear. Yes, people did think me a bit odd. My main area of interest...
Honour thy vulnerable witnesses
Health, Sports & Psychology

Honour thy vulnerable witnesses

...System as victims, witnesses or perpetrators. However, they may not be immediately recognisable to police officers. There is an important question relating to the reliability of autistic individuals who are witnesses in a forensic setting. Studies have shown that people with ASD can act as reliable witnesses, but they may be more reliant on prompts and cues to help them...
Clavius - a lunar mystery
Science, Maths & Technology

Clavius - a lunar mystery

...system, Riccioli reserved the largest craters for those who supported the idea of the Earth as the centre of the Solar System – these included Ptolemy and Tycho (who espoused a hybrid model). Riccioli named the most spectacular crater of all after his predecessor, the German astronomer and mathematician Christoph Klau Clavius (1538 - 1612). At over 230 km in diameter...
Seven projects that show we are in a golden age of engineering
Science, Maths & Technology

Seven projects that show we are in a golden age of engineering

...system, now overstretched and ineffective in the face of a growing population. The £4.7 billion “super sewer”, currently under construction, will run from Acton to Tower Hamlets – capturing, storing and removing the capital’s raw sewage and preventing the millions of tonnes of overflow that currently contaminate the River Thames each year. The 16-mile long,...