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Are we about to be at the mercy of superslugs?
Nature & Environment

Are we about to be at the mercy of superslugs?

...La difference” between British and continental species becomes significant. Why British slugs are different When slugs colonised the UK after the last ice age, they found an island recently covered with ice sheets, where the biological diversity remained poorer than continental Europe. In these circumstances, the ability to self-fertilise was a good evolutionary...
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What is the Minamata Convention on Mercury and what does it mean?
Science, Maths & Technology

What is the Minamata Convention on Mercury and what does it mean?

...the convention, has only just entered into force, the focus of the work has been on support for countries to develop de internal requirements to implement the convention. Regarding implementation, guidance to the GEF has been developed indicating the aspects which will be supported by funding”. This article was originally published by SciDevNet under a CC-BY...
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How we live is seen as a justification: Why the French way of life became a target
Society, Politics & Law

How we live is seen as a justification: Why the French way of life became a target

...de France was a good opportunity to hit the two countries who are the driving forces of the European Union. The terraces of the bars and restaurants that were attacked embody the choice we all have to frequent a public place – or not. The rock concert illustrates that Paris, as IS claims, is: “the capital of abomination and perversions”. Music, and rock music in...
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Business Bursts: Branding
Health, Sports & Psychology

Business Bursts: Branding

...de Swaan Aron, Co-founder: Isabella Oliver With the Isabelle Oliver brand, what we wanted to establish Isabella Oliver as being as modern, confident and sexy, really like our customers. We want our customers to be able to walk down the street and if they’ve got Isabella Oliver tote bag to feel proud, to feel this is a brand that I’d like to be associated with. The...
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George Orwell and Nineteen Eighty-Four
Society, Politics & Law

George Orwell and Nineteen Eighty-Four

...class, upper-class schoolboy at around that time, going to school-- and though, obviously, Orwell didn't go there going to university-- was in some ways the most intense experience of your life. I mean, Connolly himself, Orwell's great friend, said that really after he'd been to Eton and got a scholarship to Oxford, his life was really downhill all the way. And it's...
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History of reading tutorial 3: Famous writers and their reading - Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Vernon Lee
History & The Arts

History of reading tutorial 3: Famous writers and their reading - Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Vernon Lee

...La Chartreuse de Parme and Alphonse Daudet’s Numa Roumestan (for the transcription of this list, see ID: 20618). We can analyse the field of literature here through the filters of language, genre, and recentness (or date of publication). Certain clear patterns emerge in Lee’s reading over this 11 month period. First: the majority of her reading was in French (37 of 60...
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Passports: identity and airports
Society, Politics & Law

Passports: identity and airports

...class and – in some circumstances – gender. Categories such as race, class and gender often interact to produce sometimes subtle and sometimes overt processes of inclusion and exclusion. Watch the video below, which is taken from an interview with sociologist Radhika Mongia, then complete Activity 1. RADHIKA MONGIA For something like the passport to function, more...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Stress and Burnout in Aviation
Health, Sports & Psychology

Stress and Burnout in Aviation

...de-stigmatising mental health in aviation. This will help to improve our understanding of the risks of career burnout for pilots. Therefore, as an industry understanding how to prevent and recover from burnout is key when working to reduce the risks that lead to declining mental health for pilots. It is important to work on breaking down barriers, improving understandings...
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