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Animals at the extremes: hibernation and torpor
Nature & Environment

Animals at the extremes: hibernation and torpor

...Table 1) and in several orders of birds. There is a spectrum running from those species which can tolerate a drop in T b by 2° C for a few hours, to the seasonal deep hibernators which maintain a T b as low as 4° C for weeks on end. Table 1 Groups of mammals which contain species that routinely become torpid. GROUP SUB-GROUP (AND EXAMPLE) COMMENTS Prototheria spiny...
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Are businesses just leaping on transgender trends to turn a profit?
Society, Politics & Law

Are businesses just leaping on transgender trends to turn a profit?

...table, while dropping their less palatably normative comrades. It’s a buzzword, but this is why intersectional activism is so vital. Brewdog, for example, use porn as a selling point - a red neon-lit sign saying ‘BEERPORN’ hangs outside their Soho outlet - in an area in which actual sex workers have been gentrified out, or forcibly removed by police raids....
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Exercising at 50
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exercising at 50

...tables, UK: 2015 to 2017 [Online], United Kingdom, Office for National Statistics. Available at https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/lifeexpectancies/bulletins/nationallifetablesunitedkingdom/2015to2017 (Accessed 19 March 2019). Mathew, J., Singh, S. B., Garis, S. and Diwan, A. D. (2013) ‘Backing up the stories: The psychological...
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The Psychology of Decision Making
Health, Sports & Psychology

The Psychology of Decision Making

...table below shows the average speed estimated by each group. VERB MEAN ESTIMATE OF SPEED (MPH) Smashed 40.8 Collided 39.3 Bumped 38.1 Hit 34.0 Contacted 31.8 Those who were asked the ‘smashed’ question were also more likely to believe they had seen broken glass in the film clip than those who were asked the ‘hit’ question. There was no broken glass. Using...
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The Industrial Revolution and Time
History & The Arts

The Industrial Revolution and Time

...table, mantel, or wall. They sold for as little as $10 in 1810, and soon after for much much less. They sold by the hundreds of thousands, in the United States and Europe. Factory production of watches proved more difficult. Their tolerances were finer. But the stream of technological innovations that shaped the design and production of Yankee clocks led, eventually, to...
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Could a progressive alliance remake UK politics?
Society, Politics & Law

Could a progressive alliance remake UK politics?

...table. It’s difficult to do otherwise: a defence of the indefensible is not possible or sustainable; only attack. The result is a cabinet of ministers who belittle anyone seeking to scrutinise them and a prime minister who announces a snap general election with incredible belligerence, claiming it to be in the national interest. The Brexit-obsessed elements of the media...
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Why do volcanoes erupt?
Science, Maths & Technology

Why do volcanoes erupt?

...table shows the accepted grain size terminology for tephra: Grain size/mm Pyroclastic fragments (tephra) More than 256 coarse bombs and blocks 64 - 256 fine bombs and blocks 2 - 64 lapilli 1/16 - 2 coarse ash less than 1/16 fine ash Particularly in felsic eruptions, many of the fragments in the lapilli size range are lumps of glassy froth described as pumice. Most ash...
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The geology of Northern Ireland
Science, Maths & Technology

The geology of Northern Ireland

...table summary of all the rock ages in years; 'era' is a large block of earth history; 'periods' are based on timings of particular geological events (often ending at mass extinctions); and it also shows the environment of deposition. This geological map shows where these rocks can be found throughout Northern Ireland. The oldest rocks in Northern Ireland are metamorphosed...
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