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Rock Clocks
Science, Maths & Technology

Rock Clocks

...out quite a precise age for a rock containing traces of uranium, by looking at the uranium-lead ratio in the crystals. Once we know the amount of daughter element (lead) and since we know the rate of decay, we can work back to the time when there was no daughter, but only the parent, and this give us the age of the rock. This process is called ‘radiometric dating’....
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Abbie Barnes - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Abbie Barnes - Earth in Vision

...out as a young natural history filmmaker, exploring wildlife in Britain, and the role of social media in connecting with new audiences...Abbie Barnes Abbie is a 19 year old semi-professional filmmaker and photographer who specialises in promotional shorts, and wildlife conservation and expedition-style productions. She currently produces every aspect of her work, from...
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10 years of The Bottom Line
Money & Business

10 years of The Bottom Line

...out to be completely wrong over the last ten years. My own money incidentally is on listen to the people who’ve changed their mind or who are thinking aloud about things, rather than the ones who say everything that’s happened in the world in the last three years proves what I have always thought, because if it proves what you’ve always thought you’re probably not...
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Krishan Arora - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Krishan Arora - Earth in Vision

...out in the world and out in both the environmental and climate change community, and I think those sorts of films, beyond traditional broadcast, are just as important in the environmental … let’s call it, television bit. Environmental programmes: Getting commissioned? No, I think the real challenge was that in television programming, so above the level of...
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Krishan Arora - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Krishan Arora - Earth in Vision

...out in the world and out in both the environmental and climate change community, and I think those sorts of films, beyond traditional broadcast, are just as important in the environmental … let’s call it, television bit. Environmental programmes: Getting commissioned No, I think the real challenge was that in television programming, so above the level of...
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Volunteering in the community
Education & Development

Volunteering in the community

...out more and search for magistrate vacancies. Becca - Community organiser and charity trustee [Kerrie] ““Learning to find common ground with people you don’t necessarily agree with is valuable in all parts of your life.” When Becca moved to Riverside, in Cardiff, she noticed that there was a lot of litter and fly-tipping in the area, and wanted to do something...
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An invisible group: Young people’s experiences of living with a loved one who is seriously ill
Health, Sports & Psychology

An invisible group: Young people’s experiences of living with a loved one who is seriously ill

...out by the Children’s Research Centre focused on three key areas. Firstly we wanted to find out how many children and young people are living with a loved one who is seriously ill; secondly, their experiences and thirdly, how their needs could be met. In order to examine the extent of need throughout the UK we drew upon longitudinal data from the British Millennium...
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Article 15 mins
Volunteering with a personal or professional focus
Education & Development

Volunteering with a personal or professional focus

...out even just a little bit of your time to go to volunteer on a topic that you’re really passionate about, because if you’re not passionate about it, you won’t do it.” She says, “If you feel like your life isn’t fully fulfilled, then look for volunteering opportunities. Because, actually, what pays the rent may not fulfil you completely; there are other ways...
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Article 5 mins