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Clavius - a lunar mystery
Science, Maths & Technology

Clavius - a lunar mystery

...2:Craters Tycho and Clavius The naming of craters In the early part of the 17th century, Galileo Galilei was in possession of one of the first telescopes of sufficient quality for astronomical observations. It was hardly possible to point such an instrument anywhere in the heavens without discovering something amazing. With his telescope, Galileo saw a surface pockmarked...
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Demystifying Chronic Kidney Disease: what is it and who is at risk?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Demystifying Chronic Kidney Disease: what is it and who is at risk?

...2. CKD means that you have kidney failure Kidney Failure or Established Renal Failure (ERF) is when there is severe kidney damage. At this stage, dialysis, or kidney transplantation is required to preserve life. Although significant, Kidney Failure only affects a small number of people. 3. Acute kidney injury will progress to CKD Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) is when there is...
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Seven projects that show we are in a golden age of engineering
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Seven projects that show we are in a golden age of engineering

...2. HS2 High Speed 2, or HS2 as it’s known, is a planned high-speed rail link between London and Birmingham that, in its second stage, will see the line extended north to Leeds and Manchester. The significant rail development will involve over 500 kilometres of track and create some 40,000 jobs. When finished, trains will travel at an estimated 250 miles per hour, with...
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SMEs and Net Zero – challenges and opportunities
Money & Business

SMEs and Net Zero – challenges and opportunities

...2 billion people. Given the scale of the Climate Emergency, you might reasonably ask why we’re bothered about small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Surely, they have a fairly minor impact? Shouldn’t we focus all our efforts on the obvious suspects – oil companies, steel manufacturers, airlines, and other ‘big emitters’? Sounds tempting, but this is not the...
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How India reacted to Sundar Pichai's new role at Google - and what will he do?
Science, Maths & Technology

How India reacted to Sundar Pichai's new role at Google - and what will he do?

...2: Gandi Pic hai. pic.twitter.com/DQMalpY3Un — Chikoo (@TweetErrant) August 12, 2015 Pic 1: Sundar Pichai (could also mean “good picture” in many Indian languages), Pic 2: Bad picture A Twitter user Gabbar cracked a joke about Pichai's massive success referring to”Rajnigandha” which claims [in its advertising that] chewing its mouth freshener will bring success:...
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How to find invisible black holes
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How to find invisible black holes

...2: One of the two SuperWASP tele-scopes with its eight individual cameras.] Figure 2: One of the two SuperWASP tele-scopes with its eight individual cameras. SuperWASP itself was an astronomical survey which monitored the entire sky using one telescope in the Canary Islands and one in South Africa. WASP stands for Wide-Angle Search for Planets and that is exactly what it...
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Is there life on Europa?
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Is there life on Europa?

...2) and produce toxic molecules such as hydrogen sulfide (H2S). Others take their energy from molecular hydrogen and produce methane (methanogens) which itself can sustain other microorganisms. Microorganisms capable of such metabolic feats are sometimes described as ‘extremophiles’ if the conditions they are found in – e.g. temperature, pH, radiation, salinity –...
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5 quick tips to boost your wellbeing
Education & Development

5 quick tips to boost your wellbeing

...2 minutes can calm the mind and refresh us for the upcoming tasks. 2 - Capture your stress [six brightly coloured smiley-faced stress balls] Do you face your stressors head-on? Do you even know what’s causing your stress? As a habitual procrastinator, I find the stress container concept a fantastic way to identify and manage my stressors. This concept gathers your...
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