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Merry microbes: how might festive feasting affect your gut microbiota?
Science, Maths & Technology

Merry microbes: how might festive feasting affect your gut microbiota?

...profile completely changed beyond recognition. They might contain artificially elevated levels of fat, sugar and animal fats and proteins. These foods can create the environments where detrimental bacteria can flourish. In my research I am investigating how different conditions can affect the gut microbe population and whether it is possible to monitor changes in the gut...
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History and hope: Education for girls in South Sudan
Education & Development

History and hope: Education for girls in South Sudan

...profiled for World Teachers’ Day. Rita speaks about the importance of women teachers, because they can be role models for girls and encourage them to raise their aspirations as well as complete their school education. She is truly inspirational. [image of Rita Akello] The Head Girl speaks about her weighty responsibilities, working with the school management and...
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Turning rebellion into money: The upstarts who sell out
Money & Business

Turning rebellion into money: The upstarts who sell out

...style”. This branding draws on, and contributes to, BrewDog’s desire to be seen as radical in relation to other brewers, conventional shareholder capitalism – and really anyone in a position of authority. It can be fun, for sure. Dropping toy “fat cats” from a (branded) rented helicopter over the City of London looks and feels pretty funny, especially as a way...
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Oliver Sacks: "Don't skip the footnotes"
Health, Sports & Psychology

Oliver Sacks: "Don't skip the footnotes"

...style of generous, gentle instruction through a focus on narrative – infused with enthusiasm and urgency – to communicate what might seem inexpressible. These case studies are never about a condition somehow neatly cleaved from the subject and held up to view, but rather seek a “thick description” of the context and contingency of how neurological difference...
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Stories from Vienna: 6 key figures
Languages

Stories from Vienna: 6 key figures

...style is organic, imitating nature, and colourful. In his architecture, he used ecological principles and tried to maximise contact with nature in a city. He was also actively engaged in environmental campaigns. A square and a promenade are named after him. You can see Friedensreich-Hundertwasser-Platz and Hundertwasser promenade on a map. 4. WaLuLiSo (1914-1996) In the...
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Brexit and the Art of Negotiation
Health, Sports & Psychology

Brexit and the Art of Negotiation

...style of the person in charge of negotiations. Emphasising the discussion of facts and avoiding appeals to opinions and negotiators’ personal idiosyncrasies is a further way to avoid personalising the discussions. A focus on overall aims rather than current positions may help negotiators to overcome the hardening of camps that results in entrenchment and a failure to...
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Will players be fit to perform or ready to burnout at Euro 2020?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Will players be fit to perform or ready to burnout at Euro 2020?

...to see if the compressed domestic seasons across Europe impact on all teams at Euro 2020. The result may be a lower quality of play, a less energetic style of play, and an increased incidence of injury. This may be mitigated by an allowed increase in the size of squads from 23 to 26 players and being able to make squad changes right up to the start of the tournament....
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Selling Empire: Further resources
History & The Arts

Selling Empire: Further resources

...styles which individuals, companies and governments have used when ‘Selling Empire’. In particular, it includes links to websites, including some where you can find more EMB posters, and clips from Empire Marketing Board (EMB) films. The last section provides a full list of books referred to in these lectures, as well as suggestions for additional reading. Debates and...
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