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Climate change, sovereign debt and the looming debt crisis in the global south
Society, Politics & Law

Climate change, sovereign debt and the looming debt crisis in the global south

...analysis. Greening fiscal budgets: how can fiscal policies help achieve environmental goals? EU Green Bonds: voluntary standards for bond financing. Transcript. [An infographic on climate and fiscal issues] Further learning materials Beirne, J., Renzhi, N. and Volz, U. (2021) ‘Feeling the heat: Climate risks and the cost of sovereign borrowing’, International Review...
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Collective Creativity
Money & Business

Collective Creativity

...analysis of creative people and creative objects has demonstrated that most scientific and artistic innovations emerge from joint thinking, passionate conversations, and shared struggles amongst different people, emphasising the importance of the social dimension of creativity. Collective creativity calls us to rethink the relationship between creativity and the economy...
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Telephone bereavement support: does it work?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Telephone bereavement support: does it work?

...Telephone Bereavement Support: A Thematic Analysis of Bereavement Support Providers’ Perspectives - Lexy Staniland, Charmaine Too, Laura Butshiire, Shelly Skinner, Lauren J. Breen, 2023 (sagepub.com) The Cruse outcome report, comparing in-person and telephone support outcomes, can be found here: Outcomes for bereaved people – Cruse report - Cruse Bereavement Support...
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To the Moon and beyond
Science, Maths & Technology

To the Moon and beyond

...analysis of the Apollo collections using newer techniques. This led to the discoveries of substantial quantities of water in a variety of rock types, ranging from a few tens of ppm (parts per million) to up to several hundred ppm. This means that the interior of the Moon, could have significant quantities of water. [Lunar agenda] Lunar agenda, taken by ESA astronaut...
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Do whales commit suicide?
Nature & Environment

Do whales commit suicide?

...analysis, with genetic tests showing that animals stranded close to each other during mass events may not be related after all. Perhaps this isn’t always a family tragedy. So why strand? The evolution of whales and dolphins is one of the best documented in the animal kingdom. These species evolved from land-based ancestors and share an ancestry with modern ungulates,...
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History offers Britain an important lesson on shutting down immigration
Society, Politics & Law

History offers Britain an important lesson on shutting down immigration

...analysis, we found that blame for the problems and challenges often associated with immigration came to be framed in terms of racialised difference. In the case of Commonwealth migrants, this was framed in terms of skin colour (and accent), whereas for EU migrants, language (and accent) has acted as an ethnic marker. The language barrier has been used to legitimise wider...
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Bioinformatics: a new asset in the Disease Detectives toolkit
Science, Maths & Technology

Bioinformatics: a new asset in the Disease Detectives toolkit

...analysis. By sequencing all the DNA in the eye sample and comparing it with a database, the team identified a rare strain of Leptospira, a bacterium usually found in parts of South America. When this result was combined with Ellie’s travel history, which included time in the Amazon region, doctors were able to prescribe the correct antibiotics. The infection cleared and...
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The search for water on Mars
Science, Maths & Technology

The search for water on Mars

...data from the Viking missions was compared with that obtained from the analysis of a group of meteorites (known as SNCs - shergottites, nakhlites, and chassignites named after Shergotty, Nakhla, and Chassigny). These meteorites (such as Figure 18) differed from most other meteorite types known, and their minerals, and chemical composition, suggested they formed from the...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs