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What can emoji teach us about human civilization?
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What can emoji teach us about human civilization?

...2] to helping people speak out about child abuse.[3] In education contexts, their visual appeal and intuitiveness as a communication system has made them especially useful with learning for younger, or more vulnerable, children.[4] For adults also they can serve an educational purpose. The fact that they’ve evolved from similar basic practices as all other forms of...
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To the Moon and beyond
Science, Maths & Technology

To the Moon and beyond

...2] published a paper reporting significant quantities of water in volcanic green glass beads that are formed when lava erupts energetically on to the Moon’s surface in fire fountain eruptions. This created a paradigm shift in lunar science and prompted the re-analysis of the Apollo collections using newer techniques. This led to the discoveries of substantial quantities...
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Haymaking is critical to our heritage meadows, but is later really better?
Nature & Environment

Haymaking is critical to our heritage meadows, but is later really better?

...2.Aftermath grazing takes place in the autumn. 3.Flooding mainly occurs in the winter but can happen at any time of the year. Flooding deposits nutrient-rich silts that enrich soils. 4.Meadows are closed up when the ground gets too wet for grazing and to allow plants to grow when spring arrives. 5.Increasing sunshine drives plant growth once temperature rise above about...
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Foreign games consoles finally enter the Chinese market
Money & Business

Foreign games consoles finally enter the Chinese market

...2 console in mainland China, which was already a major success throughout the world. To bypass the Ministry of Culture's prohibition, Sony called its product a “computer entertainment system,” instead of a “video game console.” Ahead of December 20 launch date of Playstation 2, however, the Ministry of Culture issued a new decree, and Sony was forced to postpone...
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Digital carbon footprints and remote working
Nature & Environment

Digital carbon footprints and remote working

...2 and Scope 3. Scope 1 relates to emissions generated directly by the organisation, such as those from vehicles, buildings, manufacturing processes or leaks from equipment. Scope 2 is broader, including indirect emissions generated by purchased energies, such as electricity, steam and heat. This scope also includes the emissions generated by the electricity consumed by...
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The digital revolution for academic integrity has already begun
Education & Development

The digital revolution for academic integrity has already begun

...2). More than 65% of teaching staff in Europe, including from the OU, think that the e-authentication technology is easy to use and enables them to produce a wider variety of authentic assessments. Course teams will be able to promote academic integrity and quality assurance through e-authentication and authorship verification systems for e-assessment (Figure 3)....
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Data analysis and interpretation
Education & Development

Data analysis and interpretation

...2 (Accessed: 23 April 2025). Department of Health (2005) Research Governance Framework for Health and Social Care. 2nd edn. London: Department of Health). Available at: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5a7a0d41ed915d6eaf153692/dh_4122427.pdf (Accessed: 23 April 2025). Dolan, H.R., Alvarez, A.A., Freylersythe, S.G. and Crane, T.E. (2023) ‘Methodology for...
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Ahead of Super Tuesday, what have we learned about the candidates?
Society, Politics & Law

Ahead of Super Tuesday, what have we learned about the candidates?

...2. Political history works to Trump’s favor The importance of Trump’s double-digit victory in South Carolina extends far beyond the 50 delegates at stake in the primary election. Since 1980, the winner of the South Carolina GOP primary has won the GOP nomination in six of the last seven contested races. That’s why South Carolina is considered a bellwether state for...
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