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Do sperm whales speak with local accents?
Science, Maths & Technology

Do sperm whales speak with local accents?

...articulated this “feeling” that field biologists have had for a long time in his study of chimpanzees, the first systematic look at behavioural differences between populations. Whiten and colleagues showed different groups of chimps did the same thing in drastically different ways, for example the way they used tools to catch ants. These differences spanned the whole...
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Methods in Motion: Challenging the Narrative
Society, Politics & Law

Methods in Motion: Challenging the Narrative

...and articulated through various cultural production activities. With the emphasis of Western analysts continually on the military aspects of regional affairs, I feel that it is important to highlight the ‘softer’ elements of relations between key actors, as a means of explaining the alternative perspectives found on the ground in the region. More on Methods in Motion...
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Being human: spirit, consciousness and being (or not being) in bodies
Health, Sports & Psychology

Being human: spirit, consciousness and being (or not being) in bodies

...articulate our frustration with our embodied existence. Meanwhile, many others deliberately pursue attempts to escape the body momentarily, through meditation or astral projection. ‘Spirit’ or consciousness might exist independently in other ways we are yet to fully understand, but without the body the human experience is diminished. In The Man With Two Brains, Dr...
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Ambitions for Palliative and End of Life Care: making sense of a national framework for local action
Health, Sports & Psychology

Ambitions for Palliative and End of Life Care: making sense of a national framework for local action

...articulate what, for example, coordinated care looks like in their area. When it comes to examining how people interpret the framework, we have focused on how they relate the framework to what they do – how do they make sense of the Ambitions in relation to their work or experiences? By asking questions about this, we can observe how people make links between the...
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‘Nobody can say to me that I can’t do it’: Exploring the study journey of female students from South Asian backgrounds
Education & Development

‘Nobody can say to me that I can’t do it’: Exploring the study journey of female students from South Asian backgrounds

...articulation of how to access resources and support and more frequent interactions to break the isolation and enrich the learning experiences. Our findings affirm the need to take action to address the sense of isolation experienced by many of our Asian students by building an authentic, meaningful and inclusive community for all our students. Ongoing work to decolonise...
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May the Forza be with you: Star Wars in other languages
Languages

May the Forza be with you: Star Wars in other languages

...Le Millennium Condor). The French translators didn’t stop there: Han Solo became Yan Solo, Chewbacca was known as Chiktabba (and his “Chewie” diminutive “Chico”), and – most puzzlingly – Jabba the Hut’s name was translated as Jabba the forester (Jabba le Forestier), perhaps because translators assumed Jabba lived in a hut in a forest somewhere. Some of the...
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Can you predict the outcome of a Brexit deal with a little logic and a bit of arithmetic?
Science, Maths & Technology

Can you predict the outcome of a Brexit deal with a little logic and a bit of arithmetic?

...les autres. More fundamentally, like any club managing “commons” the EU must protect itself against freeriding. For most clubs, benefits can spill over to outsiders, and it is unfair for these outsiders to benefit without contributing. The UK cannot, therefore, get a better deal now than David Cameron was granted last February, and so the concessions sought on free...
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Explore the baking and culture of Europe: Italy
Languages

Explore the baking and culture of Europe: Italy

...le case italiane. Infine non dimentichiamo la pizza che, originariamente preparata nelle viuzze di Napoli, è ora diffusa in tutto il mondo! At the bakery -Buongiorno signora. -Buongiorno. Mi dà un filone da mezzo chilo, per favore? -Un filone da mezzo chilo, ecco. -Grazie. -Prego. Arrivederci. -Arrivederci. Translation -Good day, signora. -Good day. Can you give me a...
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