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Oliver Sacks: "Don't skip the footnotes"
Health, Sports & Psychology

Oliver Sacks: "Don't skip the footnotes"

...writing after Oliver Sacks had revealed his prognosis, but before his death - celebrated the life of the "stray Santa" who loved understanding the passions of others...In the preface to The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat (1998), popular neurologist Oliver Sacks outlines the rationale behind his brand of “romantic science”. Borrowed from friend and mentor AR Luria,...
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What actually happens if Britain leaves the EU?
Society, Politics & Law

What actually happens if Britain leaves the EU?

...Writing before the vote, Christopher Grey suggested what the next steps might be...[Eurostar trains line up to head under the Channel] Eurostar trains line up to head under the Channel Europe is always a heated topic at a Conservative party conference. This year much debate has focused on David Cameron’s ongoing renegotiation of terms for staying in. By contrast,...
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Climate change’s costs are still escalating
Nature & Environment

Climate change’s costs are still escalating

...write that humanity faces “substantial health risks from the degradation of the natural life support systems which are critical for human survival. It has become increasingly apparent that actions to mitigate environmental change have powerful co-benefits for health.” The author of the paper on heat stress, Tord Kjellstrom, director of the New Zealand-based Health and...
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Stories from Vienna: 6 key figures
Languages

Stories from Vienna: 6 key figures

...Stojka] Ceija Stojka was a traveller, painter and writer. As a girl she survived the Nazi concentration camps where her family was incarcerated as ethnic Roma. She wrote books about her experience and about the fate of Roma during the Nazi regime and was awarded the Bruno-Kreisky medal for political writing. A square in Vienna is named after her. [Ceija Stojka Platz]...
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How can scientists fight the tide of "fake news"?
Science, Maths & Technology

How can scientists fight the tide of "fake news"?

...Singapore law and home affairs Minister Kasiviswanathan Shanmugam. Shanmugam says he was inspired by German Chancellor Angela Merkel to introduce legislation to “force social media companies to withdraw fake news stories from the Internet in as fast as 24 hours or else face penalties.” That is the writing on the wall. This article was originally published by SciDevNet...
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Do enforced language tests help migrants integrate more smoothly?
Languages

Do enforced language tests help migrants integrate more smoothly?

...writing for example. IELTS (including the ‘general’ IELTS) was designed to test formal ‘school’ English skills, and therefore discriminates against migrants with limited education, such as refugees and humanitarian arrivals. It also discriminates against women who have missed out on basic schooling due to gender discrimination or poverty in their country of...
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Thinking Outside the Box
Society, Politics & Law

Thinking Outside the Box

...writing or unusual format. I’m fascinated by what happens inside someone’s head viewing different stories as a whole: how do they make connections and how might this affect their thinking? This is why modular formats and outputs have been a core part of my practice. With the visual language of comic books you have not just pages but also panels and it is between those...
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Christmas at war: 1916 - Festivities at the front
History & The Arts

Christmas at war: 1916 - Festivities at the front

...write than fight), urging their British opponents to "kindly keep quiet Christmas, we do the same". But no Christmas truce has or will be made, whatever the wishes of the homesick Germans, and it is safe to say there will be no fraternising by opposing armies, although, on the other hand, one does not anticipate a really important spurt of activity. Doubtless the gunners...
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