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Blade Runner: What's the balance between science and fiction?
Science, Maths & Technology

Blade Runner: What's the balance between science and fiction?

...Institute, Associate Professor Megan Munsie, a stem cell biologist and bio-ethicist from University of Melbourne and Dr Andi Horvath, a science communicator. Because by the second day of incubation, any cells that have undergone reversion mutation give rise to revertant colonies … We’ve already tried it – ethyl methanesulfonate - as an alkylating agent and potent...
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Can cartoons help keep indigenous Mexican languages alive?
Languages

Can cartoons help keep indigenous Mexican languages alive?

...Institute (NILA), are currently spoken in the country. According to the project's Vimeo channel: Las lenguas indígenas engloban una visión única de la vida y del mundo. Al desaparecer, se pierde la cosmovisión y cosmogonía única de cada pueblo, perdiéndose una parte importante de la humanidad. The indigenous languages encompass a unique vision of life and of the...
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Is Brazil's future Utopia now a thing of the past?
Society, Politics & Law

Is Brazil's future Utopia now a thing of the past?

...institutions often requires a constitutional amendment and a three-fifths vote in both Houses of Congress – even if the provisions are mundane. Of equal relevance to Brazil’s present plight is the country’s political party system. A complex Party Law passed by the Congress and signed in September 1995 did little to simplify the system or reduce the number of...
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Climate change’s costs are still escalating
Nature & Environment

Climate change’s costs are still escalating

...Institute for Global Health (UNU-IIGH) and the UN Development Programme. The aim is to alert delegates to the already pressing scale of the problem and the need to take measures to protect the health of people, and to outline the economic costs of not taking action. Substantial health risks In an introduction to the six-paper collection, UNU-IIGH research fellows Jamal...
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How does Coronation Street bring politics home?
Society, Politics & Law

How does Coronation Street bring politics home?

...institutions, in this case parliament. Soaps operate in between high politics and everyday life, providing a resource for its audience to imagine political possibilities in the space of the ordinary. In these post-Brexit times, with political elites blindsided by outcomes they did not expect and are unable to control, studying the politics of everyday life can provide...
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How much money does the UK really contribute to the European Union?
Science, Maths & Technology

How much money does the UK really contribute to the European Union?

...institution, as well as data from the European Commission. In 2016, the UK’s gross contribution to the EU amounted to £19 billion. However, this amount of money was never actually transferred to the EU. Before the UK government transfers any money to the EU a rebate is applied. In 2016, the UK received a rebate of £5 billion. This means £13.9 billion was transferred...
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Stuck in the middle of a pandemic: are international students migrants?
Society, Politics & Law

Stuck in the middle of a pandemic: are international students migrants?

...institutions already clamping down on staff recruitment and preparing for the impact of immobility, delayed mobility and interrupted mobility on higher education landscapes. Early indications suggest that many students have dropped their study abroad plans, others have delayed it, while still others are stuck in limbo. The sight of international students queueing in food...
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Lessons from Covid-19: It’s time for a radical approach to homelessness and housing policies
Society, Politics & Law

Lessons from Covid-19: It’s time for a radical approach to homelessness and housing policies

...instituting a temporary delay on evictions from mortgaged and rented properties. ‘Unprecedented’ some would say, but these measures are only temporary. Imperfect, but better The key message to take from this time is clear: we need a radically different approach to solving the homelessness problem, and this pandemic shows that one is possible. For years, politicians...
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