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The Linux Effect: 20th Anniversary
Science, Maths & Technology

The Linux Effect: 20th Anniversary

...world of UNIX computing when he announced the GNU project in 1983. But GNU needed a kernel. In 2001 Linus Torvalds gave it one. Audio courtesy of Christian Einfeldt and crew of the Digital Tipping Point project, under a http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/. Richard Stallman must be quoted in entire sentences only. Linux - Open Source Software When the open...
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Science Communication and Public Engagement
Science, Maths & Technology

Science Communication and Public Engagement

...Worlds’ in 1938 showed the power of radio to capture listeners’ imagination through science-fiction - and in doing so demonstrated how mass media could be used to communicate science to different audiences. For decades, print and broadcast media have used different genres to portray the sciences, and the popularity of TV programmes like the BBC’s Blue Planet and the...
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Critical thinking – A skill and a process
Education & Development

Critical thinking – A skill and a process

...world of studying. By being critical of what we read, hear and see, we are engaging with the society we live in actively. We are not perceiving anything as given, but are rather reflecting on the value and correctness of the way society works. This helps us to be better employees, by reflecting on where processes and ways of working can be improved. It helps us to more...
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Between life and death: what Halloween reveals about our fear of the afterlife
Health, Sports & Psychology

Between life and death: what Halloween reveals about our fear of the afterlife

...worlds of the living and the dead was thinnest. This was a time when the visitation of spirits was most likely, a time of reflection, resurrection and reckoning. The annual practice of dressing up and wearing scary costumes on Halloween night can be at least partially explained therefore as an attempt to confuse and repel the spirits walking the earth, to blend in amongst...
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Can landfills be used to improve biodiversity?
Nature & Environment

Can landfills be used to improve biodiversity?

...World Wildlife Fund for Nature (2026), ‘From the air we breathe, to the food we eat, nature is the backbone of life on our planet.’ However, with many species under threat of extinction globally, the loss of biodiversity has consequences for our food security, ecosystem functions and human wellbeing. In the UK, it is estimated that there has been a 19% decline in...
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A moment of zen: Jon Stewart leaves The Daily Show
History & The Arts

A moment of zen: Jon Stewart leaves The Daily Show

...world...Jon Stewart opened his final episode of The Daily Show with “full-team coverage” of Thursday night’s Republican presidential debate, featuring current and returning Daily Show correspondents from throughout Stewart’s tenure, including Stephen Colbert. [Jon Stewart interviews Barack Obama] Jon Stewart conducts one last interview with Barack Obama Before...
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Oliver Sacks: "Don't skip the footnotes"
Health, Sports & Psychology

Oliver Sacks: "Don't skip the footnotes"

...world, and how we may labour for others in achieving this state is a theme that runs constantly through Sacks' life and work. I realise this may seem vague, but suffice to say it’s an elusive phenomenon and the work of a lifetime. Take the cover of On The Move, which features a young Sacks astride a motorcycle, almost unrecognisable from the figure we have come to know...
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Climate change’s costs are still escalating
Nature & Environment

Climate change’s costs are still escalating

...world are detailed in six scientific papers published on the 19th July. Perhaps most striking is the warning about large productivity losses already being experienced due to heat stress, which can already be calculated for 43 countries. The paper estimates that in South-East Asia alone “as much as 15% to 20% of annual work hours may already be lost in heat-exposed...
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