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Professor Andrew Watson - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Professor Andrew Watson - Stories of Change

...feedbacks which tend to make the climate sensitivity higher are relatively slow to come into effect. RH: So what you mean is that we have already changed the climate of the future, not just of now, because of the CO2 that we’ve already put in the atmosphere? AW: Yes. We’re committed to a change in the future and there’s a lag between you’re putting the carbon...
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The new politics of climate change
Nature & Environment

The new politics of climate change

...feedback to a larger platform, including voting by all those present, on sets of proposals developed by the assembly. Given the precarity of earth’s climate systems reaching tipping points within a single lifetime it is becoming clear that a radically different approach to the issue is needed. The kind of egalitarian, participatory politics championed by XR, grounded in...
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How can you tell that you're not experiencing a delusion?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How can you tell that you're not experiencing a delusion?

...feedback, we often respond with exaggerated perceptions of control and unrealistic optimism. In some life situations – in states of delirium, bereavement, severe lack of sleep and sensory deprivation – it is not uncommon for hallucinations to occur. The idea that delusions and hallucinations are a sign of illness or pathology tends to emerge when the belief or...
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How can digital books support children’s learning?
Education & Development

How can digital books support children’s learning?

...feedback and content served to the reader during the activity. Some digital books and reading platforms have embedded algorithms which adapt the reading difficulty and support provided to the child when they read on their own. These benefits are not without issues and close attention needs to be paid to the way children’s progress is monitored and used for supporting...
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Download our Chinese characters learning apps
Languages

Download our Chinese characters learning apps

...feedback from you after you have had the opportunity to use this app. We would be grateful if you could complete this short survey so that we could improve future design of language learning apps. The link to the survey is also at the end of the Introduction page within the app. For alternative format materials of this app please click here. Why is Chinese a language...
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The Ageing Well Public Talks
Health, Sports & Psychology

The Ageing Well Public Talks

...feedback we received so far highlights the value of these talks in increasing people’s knowledge and contributing to changes in behaviour which is the main motivation to keep updating, improving, co-facilitating and delivering these talks and reaching to as many people as possible. This does matter because learning should be accessible to everyone and as the Ageing Well...
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Economic incentives for countries to decarbonise
Money & Business

Economic incentives for countries to decarbonise

...feedbacks, neglected in equilibrium models, can lead to rapid rates of uptake which accelerate a technological transition even in the absence of policy. As an illustration of this rapid change, the costs of generating solar and wind energy are already (or will soon be) as low as the cheapest fossil fuels. Climate policy. The Paris Agreement, which aims to limit global...
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The legacy of the Victorian prison treadmill
History & The Arts

The legacy of the Victorian prison treadmill

...feedback was good. A Home Office inquiry concluded that the treadmill brought health benefits to prisoners. Reports from Ipswich claimed that prisoners willingly queued to get a turn on the wheel. The women at Northallerton Prison claimed that climbing the treadmill was less arduous than the prison laundry. However, counter evidence soon emerged of the harm inflicted by...
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