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Why is East Africa experiencing such a terrible drought?
Nature & Environment

Why is East Africa experiencing such a terrible drought?

...communities more resilient to climate change. Past land use offers us some important clues. For example, a number of sites across East Africa demonstrate the impact of switching to more drought-sensitive New World crops such as maize. Maize was introduced in 1608 and since then it has largely replaced more traditional and drought-resistant crops such as cassava or...
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What can I do about my mental health when I don’t have the support I need?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What can I do about my mental health when I don’t have the support I need?

...communicate about your worries or issues with someone. MIND, the Samaritans, Depression Alliance and others all offer help and you don’t have to be at crisis point to contact them. There are also nationwide online support groups for particular conditions such as depression, surviving abuse, anxiety, and hearing voices, which can be found through internet searches or by...
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What does it mean to be a South Asian young adult carer?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What does it mean to be a South Asian young adult carer?

...communities, such as دیکھ بھال کرنے والے OR نگہداشت کرنے والے. There are over 215,000 young people in England (aged 18–24 years) providing unpaid care in England (ONS, 2023). Many of these young people are caring for over 20 hours per week (ONS, 2023). Their caring roles are often not recognised by family members – especially in South...
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Building Science and Technology Diplomacy Skills through CARE–KNOW–DO
Education & Development

Building Science and Technology Diplomacy Skills through CARE–KNOW–DO

...communication, and policy awareness. Whether they are collaborating on sustainability projects, debating the ethics of AI, or simulating international negotiations on climate or digital rights, students practise the competencies that underpin both science and technology diplomacy. This article explores why science and technology diplomacy matter for all citizens, and why...
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Astronomy
Science, Maths & Technology

Astronomy

...LA. VLA, HEIDI What would the sun look like if we had magnetically sensitive eyes? How the most sensitive radio telescopes on earth work. Is Our Sun Normal? Astronomers compare events on other stars to helps us better understand our sun. Mapping the Milky Way The discovery of radio emissions from the Milky Way, and the theory of dark-matter. The Shape of Our Galaxy...
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Developing employability through sport and physical activity
Health, Sports & Psychology

Developing employability through sport and physical activity

...communication, time management, organisation, collaboration, team work, critical thinking. Soft skills influence how you do your work, and your upside in value because, to me, if you have really high soft skills, that can overcome a lack of hard skills. So let me spell it out for you, if you don’t have a tonne of things necessary for a specific job, but your soft skills...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Piracy, anonymity & parametric politics: An interview with Ned Rossiter and Soenke Zehle
History & The Arts

Piracy, anonymity & parametric politics: An interview with Ned Rossiter and Soenke Zehle

...communication infrastructure is depoliticized, or delegitimized under criminal conspiracy acts. Instead you claim that contemporary forms of piracy involve both contestations of ownership, new forms of use and an alternative politics of the common. Does this mean you reject the above framing of piracy as apolitical? Under what conditions may pirate practices involve...
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Article 15 mins
Did Donald Trump ride a tide of anti-feminism to the White House?
Society, Politics & Law

Did Donald Trump ride a tide of anti-feminism to the White House?

...Las Vegas, Nevada] Anti-Hillary Clinton sign at a campaign rally for Donald Trump at the South Point Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada The victory of Donald J Trump in the November 2016 US presidential election came as a particular shock to those who had believed that the American nation was ready and willing to elect its first female president. Evidence of Trump’s sexually...
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