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Astronomers think they’ve just spotted an ‘invisible’ black hole for the first time
Science, Maths & Technology

Astronomers think they’ve just spotted an ‘invisible’ black hole for the first time

...research, which has been posted online and submitted for publication in the Astrophysical Journal, is yet to be peer-reviewed. Black holes are what’s left after large stars die and their cores collapse. They are incredibly dense, with gravity so strong that nothing can move fast enough to escape them, including light. Astronomers are keen to study black holes because...
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The nature of history
Education & Development

The nature of history

...Research has come to the living room, thanks to the computer. National pride is important but so too is understanding. How else can we begin to comprehend the problems of immigration, for instance, unless we start with the reasons for it in the first place and its consequences? International politics makes no sense at all without history, as the present situation in the...
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Article 10 mins
Methods in Motion: Is Q still the answer?
Society, Politics & Law

Methods in Motion: Is Q still the answer?

...research methods also need to change...[The letter q on a dowel against the blue sky] Has social constructionism outlived its usefulness? OU Professor of Social Psychology Paul Stenner considers the arguments. Researchers talk of a textual or discursive turn that happened in the social sciences a few decades ago. In social psychology, this turn happened around the time I...
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Fake news, filter bubbles and Facebook
Science, Maths & Technology

Fake news, filter bubbles and Facebook

...research shows that the actions of users themselves are still a very important element in the way that Facebook gets used. [people looking at their phones] Research conducted at the Open University has been looking specifically at how people’s actions create the context of the space in which they communicate. Of equal importance to the influence of the algorithm is what...
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RIP, LEA: The local education authority vanishes
Education & Development

RIP, LEA: The local education authority vanishes

...children will lose out from the demise of local authority control of education. [Anfield Boards School sign, Liverpool] Signs of the tradition of local authority support for education 1. A local champion for vulnerable children Local authorities must currently engage with parents and schools to ensure that the right provision for every child is available locally. Ensuring...
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Article 5 mins
Legacy of the Romantics
History & The Arts

Legacy of the Romantics

...children, and to encourage society to be more child-centred. Romanticism influenced political ideology, inviting engagement with the cause of the poor and oppressed and with ideals of social emancipation and progress. The individual was prized, but it was also felt that people were under an obligation to their fellow-men: personal commitment to the group was therefore...
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What can Earth tell us about Mars?
Science, Maths & Technology

What can Earth tell us about Mars?

...Research done by the UK Centre for Astrobiology (Wadsworth and Cockell, 2017) showed these chemicals can even kill very hardy spore-forming bacteria that can survive most conditions on Earth. Even though Mars is mostly dry now, the Martian landscape has features that on Earth are associated with flowing water, meaning there was once water on Mars’s surface. We know...
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Budget 2016: The Experts Respond
Society, Politics & Law

Budget 2016: The Experts Respond

...Research Centre, University of Southampton The chancellor’s push to convert all schools to academies by 2020 is a continuation of a longstanding Conservative policy to give schools more autonomy. The aim is to have totally transformed the schools landscape by the time the next election comes along, finally taking local authorities out of running schools altogether. In...
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