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Language and thought: introducing representation
History & The Arts

Language and thought: introducing representation

...physical organ – humans are able to think about the world around them. How can a state of the brain be about the world outside the skull of the person whose brain it is? This is the mental equivalent of Locke's question about language, and equally daunting. Recent developments in theories of human cognition have added impetus to the search for an answer to this...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
The science of sperm
Health, Sports & Psychology

The science of sperm

...physical and emotional factors. Lifestyle is also important. If you're very tired or depressed, or have simply drunk too much alcohol, you may have trouble getting stiff. Embarrassment is a real turn-off too, as Zeron found while being filmed! Most men suffer at least a few episodes of erection failure during their lives. Usually it's nothing to worry about. Once...
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Article 15 mins
An unheard voice from a Chinese teacher
Languages

An unheard voice from a Chinese teacher

...Physics are taught by three different subject teachers, who have been working in the school for years. They are familiar with their students and positive relationships have been established. I, as a Chinese teacher who is specialised in Chemistry, have to come out of my comfort zone and to deliver all three subjects in Science to a group of 50 whom I have never met...
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Article 10 mins
DIY: Measuring latitude and longitude
Society, Politics & Law

DIY: Measuring latitude and longitude

...course materials, The Open University, 1992 A course designed for use by science teachers from a wide variety of backgrounds, with varying experience of teaching science. A familiarity with some basic science (perhaps physics or biology) is assumed, but little understanding of chemistry is required. The mathematical understanding needed for the course is not great....
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Queen (and Slave) Of The Sciences
Science, Maths & Technology

Queen (and Slave) Of The Sciences

...physics and chemistry are not taught in schools today. Science has grown and improved over time. But Pythagoras' Theorem is as true today as it was when Pythagoras first dreamed it up. Mathematics is a deep, powerful and infinite subject. It is a subject full of utter creativity. John F. Nash Jr , the mathematician protagonist of A Beautiful Mind, who suffered from...
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Article 10 mins
Killed by Agatha Christie: Strychnine and the detective novel
History & The Arts

Killed by Agatha Christie: Strychnine and the detective novel

...physical chemistry that only Christie, a qualified dispenser, and at most a handful of her readers would have known.” He wasn’t the only person to note this weakness. Christie herself didn’t deny it but she pointed out that one of the characters in the book is, after all, works in a dispensary, is studying for the apothecary exam and leaves her notes and books all...
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Article 5 mins
QATAR 2022 must impart a positive coaching legacy for Africa and the Caribbean member associations
Health, Sports & Psychology

QATAR 2022 must impart a positive coaching legacy for Africa and the Caribbean member associations

...physical and mental health of the population which also coincides with social cohesion and job creation. Yet, more importantly organisations must adopt standards of good governance. Coincidentally one of the key recommendations from the ASCI report is train and inform: make the most of the human capital. We hope that the associations start to invest more in their coaches...
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From insecurity to insecurity: Black and Ethnic Minority Europeans in the UK
Society, Politics & Law

From insecurity to insecurity: Black and Ethnic Minority Europeans in the UK

...physical attacks against those thought to be European citizens, as well as Black and Ethnic Minority British citizens. This is of course deeply worrying, as any rise in xenophobia and racism undermines democratic forms of sociality. One aspect which has perhaps not caught the public imagination arises from one of the calls of the pro-Brexit campaigners. They have...
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Article 5 mins