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Schubert's Lieder: Settings of Goethe's poems
History & The Arts

Schubert's Lieder: Settings of Goethe's poems

...law students to write a cantata for the name-day of their professor. The cantata was called ‘Prometheus’, and was reported to be a fine work, though it was lost after Schubert's death. One of the students who sang in the chorus, and whom Schubert met for the first time on this occasion, was Leopold von Sonnleithner, the son of a distinguished barrister, Ignaz von...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Should we test drugs on pregnant women?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Should we test drugs on pregnant women?

...laws could also help nudge drug companies in the right direction. The USA has spurred paediatric research by offering pharmaceutical companies extensions of their drug patents if they conduct studies with children; a similar strategy might also stimulate research with pregnant women. (As it currently stands, pharmaceutical companies have powerful disincentives to conduct...
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Article 15 mins
Exploring criminology: problem-solving courts
Society, Politics & Law

Exploring criminology: problem-solving courts

...law outline, which is access to solicitors before it hits court. FDAC comes in when the local authority issues an application to the court. So all of our families are in active court proceedings. And at that point, they have a choice between standard proceedings where they would see a judge maybe three to four times through the process, work with their social worker, and...
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Level 2: Intermediate 3 hrs
Goya
History & The Arts

Goya

...law, Joachim Murat, commander-in-chief of the French army in Spain. Resistance to the French by regular Spanish forces under General Castanos and by irregular guerilla forces sprang up across Spain, and a French army under General Dupont was forced to surrender to Castanos at Bailen in July 1808. This capitulation was a significant blow to France's reputation for...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Who gets to be a human? Religion in colonial histories and Indigenous resistance
History & The Arts

Who gets to be a human? Religion in colonial histories and Indigenous resistance

...laws of nature, with a humbleness for the laws of nature. For instance, I learned that we always greeted and gave thanks to the land for the gifts we were given. We gave thanks to the salmon who gives its life in order for us to have something to eat. I learned that the wolf and the bear were respected co-inhabitants, and so clever that hunters had to use metaphors to...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
The Empties Generation: Why did we hit peak booze in 2004
History & The Arts

The Empties Generation: Why did we hit peak booze in 2004

...law allowed pubs to stay open for longer, managers at some large vertical-drinking pubs were reportedly offered bonuses of up to £20,000 if they used sales techniques – upselling singles to doubles, for instance – to exceed revenue targets. All this was happening as the real cost of purchasing alcohol, allowing for inflation and changes in disposable income, fell...
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Article 10 mins
Dallas Campbell meets Frank Drake
Science, Maths & Technology

Dallas Campbell meets Frank Drake

...laws of physics. It doesn’t require you to understand the propulsion system at all. But you can calculate the total amount of energy, and the propulsion system has to provide that much energy and more to make up for inefficiencies. But how much energy is in a spacecraft, an A320 going at tenth the speed of light? Well, it turns out to be equal to the total electric...
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Video 30 mins
Introducing public health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing public health

...Law resulted in implementation of local public health measures to improve the health and wellbeing of people who were sick, disabled or mentally ill. Since the 19th century, vaccinations have been used as one of the ways of preventing diseases. Then, following World War II, the National Health Service (NHS) was established to provide universal and free health at the point...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs