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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

...class of isolated black holes. Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity predicted that massive objects will bend light as it travels past them. That means that any light passing very close to an invisible black hole – but not close enough to end up inside it – will be bent in a similar way to light passing through a lens. This is called gravitational lensing, and can...
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Constitutional Conversations: what Good Friday Agreement was for women
Society, Politics & Law

Constitutional Conversations: what Good Friday Agreement was for women

...class districts who took part in the grassroots conversations, live in areas where too many children remain in poverty; too many women are not safe in their own homes and where the strains and stresses of inadequate housing, poor education and inaccessible health care are faced by under-resourced women’s groups. These experiences are shared by women in loyalist and...
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Think entertainment is violent today? The Victorians were much, much worse
Society, Politics & Law

Think entertainment is violent today? The Victorians were much, much worse

...class Victorians. Given the limited time available for leisure, the importance of the Sunday newspaper as a form of entertainment becomes clear. Violent Victorians today Some of this may be familiar to you. Discrete pieces – such as execution broadsides, or penny bloods – are occasionally brought out to titillate 21st century audiences, to satisfy our desire for a bit...
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Tackling abuse: the triumphs of women rugby players
Health, Sports & Psychology

Tackling abuse: the triumphs of women rugby players

...respect and sportsmanship, both on and off the field. At the same time as being world-class athletes, sportswomen are expected to be physically appealing (e.g., wear make-up, paint fingernails), while photographs of sportswomen in the media are generally more likely to be sexually suggestive. However, there has been a trending movement in football which has been viewed as widening narrow beauty standards. Those who defend ......
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Children are at risk from junk food advertisements on social media
Society, Politics & Law

Children are at risk from junk food advertisements on social media

...classes in 2016-17 are obese (source: NHS) Advertising to children is widely regarded as ethically problematic. Young children cannot distinguish between advertising and editorial or entertainment content; and older children, even if they rationally understand the selling intent behind advertising, are often still subject to its emotional and unconscious influence. Junk...
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Can you manage a supply chain?
Money & Business

Can you manage a supply chain?

...class he would get students to place orders for beer according to a particular schedule. This game has become famous worldwide as an example of the difficulties of managing supply chains. What you’re able to do yourself is an online version of this game. We put you in the position of managing one of the tiers of the supply chain. In this case we’re not using beer,...
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Clinton / Trump II: America comes off the loser
Society, Politics & Law

Clinton / Trump II: America comes off the loser

...class near-hysterical in their excitement. Normal political discourse was fully abandoned little more than 48 hours before the debate began, when a video emerged of Trump describing how stardom empowered him to sexually assault women with impunity. The ensuing political and media storm reached a fever pitch just an hour before the debate, when Trump staged a press...
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History and hope: Education for girls in South Sudan
Education & Development

History and hope: Education for girls in South Sudan

...classes. The school is residential to enable girls to study in safety and security, without the pressures which can cause school dropout – heavy domestic labour in the family, the risks of daily travelling to school in a country where peace is not fully settled, and the risks of early or forced marriage. As the school is a community school its key focus is education...
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