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Pluto comes into sharp focus – but it’s still not a planet
Science, Maths & Technology

Pluto comes into sharp focus – but it’s still not a planet

...T-shirts is not a good way to advance anyone’s understanding. It’s time to let go of the past, and embrace Pluto as a fascinating world and the most interesting member of the Kuiper belt. [The Conversation] David Rothery is Professor of Planetary Geosciences at The Open University. This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original...
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Dying: what’s wellbeing got to do with it?
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Dying: what’s wellbeing got to do with it?

...article, we’ll outline what taking a wellbeing approach to dying matters and what it could look like...Firstly, let us define wellbeing. There are many definitions available, and each person may have their own sense of what wellbeing means to them. Generally, definitions of wellbeing seek to point to a sense of contentedness or happiness with life. According to the...
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Coronavirus: Dealing with Death, Dying and Grief
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Coronavirus: Dealing with Death, Dying and Grief

...article on why death of a loved-one from COVID-19 is particularly difficult to process. Check out the resources below: Depression is extremely common when it comes to a loved one dying and there's much anxiety around the numbers of deaths due to COVID-19. The two free courses below look at depression and anxiety in more detail, plus we have an article on what to do about...
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Freeing people caught between life and death
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Freeing people caught between life and death

...now to see if we can activate the fetus’s brain,” he writes. “It is AMAZING.” Scott Routley died in September 2013 with his family by his side. Adrian Owen’s friend Anne remains in a vegetative state. Adrian Owen and Jessica Grahn’s baby boy, Jackson, was born on 9 October 2013. This article was originally published by Mosaic in 2014, under a CC-BY licence...
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Why is Mongolia a good place to die?
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Why is Mongolia a good place to die?

...I return from Mongolia, I ask my translator to call Tumurbat Dashkhuu’s family and find out what had happened. He died at home a few weeks after my visit, in his ger, with his family around him. And, after following Odontuya’s advice to postpone his military service, his son Dorj was there too. This article was originally published on Mosaic under a CC-BY licence...
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Do Christmas lights interfere with your wifi signal?
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Do Christmas lights interfere with your wifi signal?

...with holly and fairy lights. There are domestic devices that will degrade the wireless signal – although it’s not often you’ll be running your microwave 24 hours a day – but don’t rush to throw away your fairy lights just yet. Christmas is coming, after all.[The Conversation] This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article....
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How is nylon made?
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How is nylon made?

...article on the fascinating chemistry behind them...This content is associated with The Open University's Science courses and qualifications. Nylon is a well-known synthetic polymer (derived from the Greek words ’poly’ meaning ’many’ and ’meros’ meaning ’parts’). It was invented by Wallace Carothers, and first brought to the public’s attention in October...
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Parlez-vous Eurovision?
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Parlez-vous Eurovision?

...article (written in 2015) explores why so many of the songs are sung in English...[Language of Eurovision graph] If you don't have many hopes for UK Eurovision entry you may like to know that at least it has an advantage: it's sung in English. Since the rules were changed in 1999 to allow countries to compete in any language, all winning songs bar one (Serbia in 2007)...
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