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Why is New Delhi experiencing ever-worsening periods of smog?
Nature & Environment

Why is New Delhi experiencing ever-worsening periods of smog?

...introduction of a new industry — waste-to-energy plants to incinerate the 10,000 odd tonnes of municipal solid waste generated daily by New Delhi’s 25 million residents. Alarm bells first began ringing in 2014 when a WHO study of ambient air pollution in 1,600 cities across the world found New Delhi the worst. This was especially in respect to respirable suspended...
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Strategies to reduce the prison population
Society, Politics & Law

Strategies to reduce the prison population

...managed will not address the underlying problems of prisons: we cannot effectively care for people in institutions of violence. Transformations must be voluntary rather than coerced. Prisons break rather than facilitate family ties and it is impossible to teach people how to live in freedom while in captivity. [View of HM Prison Dartmoor, a Category C men's prison located...
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Netball Super League 2025: the Nottingham Forest rise to success!
Health, Sports & Psychology

Netball Super League 2025: the Nottingham Forest rise to success!

...managed by their related Premier League football club, who say they have ‘major plans to develop a multi-sport model’. This financial backing allows them to invest in top players, coaching staff and facilities. Being linked to a Premier League brand makes Nottingham Forest Netball an attractive sponsorship opportunity for major brands, especially when we see such...
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Take away Science
History & The Arts

Take away Science

...introduction to this album. Research Stories In this podcast we find out about fascinating research projects throughout the UK. Patricia Ragazzon chats to researchers from the University of Nottingham about innovations in nanotubes and David Smith finds out about how we might be able to grow a cure for malaria. We also talk to David Gamblin, an Associate Lecturer, about...
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Audio 3 hrs 50 mins
Space, Time and Consciousness
Science, Maths & Technology

Space, Time and Consciousness

...introduction to this album Consciousness and the Limits of Science Professor Russell Stannard asks how can we ever understand the relationship between consciousness and the physical brain. Free Will and Determinism All day long we have to make choices. Professor Russell Stannard asks if were really free to choose. Cosmology Professor Russell Stannard explores what kind of...
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Audio 1 hr 49 mins
Living the Legacy
Science, Maths & Technology

Living the Legacy

...introduction to this album. Darwin Now in Africa Sheila Ochugbojou discusses African Science Cafes and the other projects that she has been involved in to bring modern scientific thought and the ideas and approaches of Charles Darwin to a wide variety of people. Darwin Now in Brazil Roberta Kacowicz reveals the various British Council programmes that have been organised...
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Audio 26 mins
Art and architecture
History & The Arts

Art and architecture

...introduction to this album. The pyramid at the Louvre Architect, I M Pei, discusses the design brief for his pyramid entrance to the Louvre. English Philistines, French Sophisticates How a British King's art collection became a French King's art collection. Subversive classicism How French sculptor, Puget, nearly lost his head with his representation of Louis XIV. Open...
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Music in Code
History & The Arts

Music in Code

...introduction to this album The Decap Cafe Organ The mechanical music manufacturer’s craft - how a robot organ plays music through code. The Pin Barrel What is a pin barrel and how does it create music? The mechanisms of pin barrrels in the Nickelodeon Collection at Ashorne Hall. Street Piano The story of a traditional barrel piano from Warwick, its mechanism and...
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Audio 29 mins