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Humans better at rapid change than we think
Nature & Environment

Humans better at rapid change than we think

...Centre(based at the University of Sussex in the UK) and was funded by the UK’s Economic and Social Research Council. It details 14 stories of the sort of change it believes we need now. The choice is necessarily highly selective – “just a glimpse of where we might look”, as the authors put it. One story describes the New Deal in 1930s America, which, the study...
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Big data and bioinformatics: Powerful tools for decoding DNA
Science, Maths & Technology

Big data and bioinformatics: Powerful tools for decoding DNA

...researchers all over the world producing information, is there a way for other scientists to look at large sets of results and use them to make new discoveries? ...A great deal of experimental data generated by scientists is now stored online in publicly available databases. Because of this, it can now be used (‘interrogated’) in large biological studies to uncover...
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Stoke-on-Trent, where they’re loving angels instead...
History & The Arts

Stoke-on-Trent, where they’re loving angels instead...

...centres for Spiritualism’, and Stoke-on-Trent is still home to three highly active Spiritualist churches enjoying healthy congregations and playing a significant role in their local communities. Dearly departed Most religious traditions have a view on what happens to us after death, but Spiritualism is unique in that it is based around the belief that the human soul,...
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Is trick-or-treating legal or not?
Society, Politics & Law

Is trick-or-treating legal or not?

...Children dressed up for a Halloween party - trick or treating at a door] With regard to age limits for those who go trick-or-treating, there is no legal restriction in the UK from anyone of any age participating in these activities. However, parents need to ensure that their children are safe, and they must consider whether their child is of sufficient age not to be...
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How long would it take to colonise the galaxy?
Science, Maths & Technology

How long would it take to colonise the galaxy?

...children each, and that their children (and grandchildren, and so on) have offspring after 25 years. How many generations are alive upon arrival and what are their populations? The first generation of 500 couples produce 4 × 500 = 2000 children. After 25 years, these children will produce 4 × 1000 = 4000 grandchildren. Fifty years into the voyage, the first generation...
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Opening the wardrobe
Money & Business

Opening the wardrobe

...research and shed light on how it can be used in practice. The event helped explain how social marketing research is used to influence behaviour in ways which can improve individual and societal wellbeing. This online event aimed to raise awareness of how research can be the basis for making clothing ownership and use more sustainable. Each year, UK households spend...
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Beyond the plate: Autism, food and sensory sensitivities
Health, Sports & Psychology

Beyond the plate: Autism, food and sensory sensitivities

...children can be subtly blamed or openly stigmatised for not providing their children with a healthy diet, sufficient choice of foods, or for not ‘encouraging’ them enough to try a more varied diet. However, the reality is much more complicated than that. One ‘side effect’ of food that has been mass-manufactured for efficiency – this includes many types of...
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Start writing essays
History & The Arts

Start writing essays

...Researching an essay Open University tutors Tim Baugh and Lesley Hoose discuss essay titles, research and schedules with OU student Beth Lewis. Early stages of essay writing John Humphrys stresses how important it is to know your subject and know your position in the argument. What is good writing? There is a fine line between good and pretentious writing, John Pilger...
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