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Why would you want to make a bee wear a backpack?
Nature & Environment

Why would you want to make a bee wear a backpack?

...researchers have put tiny backpacks on bees... but this time, the technology has improved...[Honey bee (Apis melifera)] An exciting attempt to help honey bees has come about thanks to an unlikely intellectual marriage. One of us is an ecologist who wants to keep an eye on individual bees over their entire two to three-mile range and monitor their behaviour. The other is...
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Additional efforts: Why we need to be better at maths
Education & Development

Additional efforts: Why we need to be better at maths

...Research has proven humans are born numerate, so what happens in those few years when children are in school to make them hate maths? A new report by the Australian Industry group claims that low literacy and numeracy skills in the Australian workforce are affecting business. It calls for a renewed focus on literacy and numeracy skills to ensure we are able to address...
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Ceres: Is it an asteroid? Is it a comet? Erm...
Science, Maths & Technology

Ceres: Is it an asteroid? Is it a comet? Erm...

...researchers also investigated the bright feature at the bottom of Occator Crater, the brightest of the white spots, and concluded that they may be hydrated magnesium salts. The salts are deposits left behind from recent sublimation of water ice that have not yet been covered by soil. Other bright spots, although not as prominent, may also be salt deposits, but that...
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Emmy Noether: Bucking the historical trends
Science, Maths & Technology

Emmy Noether: Bucking the historical trends

...research student Harry Kennard places the spotlight on Emmy Noether, the female mathematician who bucked the historical trends suggesting women can't be mathematical geniuses. Highlighting the achievements of women in mathematics The Fields Medal is widely regarded as the most prestigious award someone can receive for mathematical work. Since it was introduced in 1936, it...
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Solon upsets the wealthy Croesus
History & The Arts

Solon upsets the wealthy Croesus

...Research the ancient sites and compare them with their modern locations. Change some of the parameters offered on the Stanford map (conveyance, season etc.) to see how that affects the time the trip takes, how much it costs etc. Browse amongst the Flickr photostreams to see what places look like, and who has visited them today. Consider the impact of using digital maps...
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Swearing today: have our attitudes changed?
Languages

Swearing today: have our attitudes changed?

...research they commissioned in 2021, they concluded that people are more relaxed today about the presence of swearing in films than they were in the past. As the Daily Telegraph summarised the situation (showing that perhaps the newspaper industry isn’t quite as relaxed as the film industry): ‘People [seem] to be generally lenient in regards to pictures with a 15...
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Can microplastics find their way onto your plate?
Nature & Environment

Can microplastics find their way onto your plate?

...research student at The Open University, looks into this here...Find out more about The Open University's Environment qualifications. “Only One Earth” is the motto of 2022’s World Environment Day . It will focus on the need to live sustainably in harmony with nature, and our possibilities for shifting to a greener lifestyle. It reminds us that our planet is our only...
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Privacy in the Digital Age: Is it ‘An Englishman’s home is his castle’ or ‘I’ve got nothing to hide’?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Privacy in the Digital Age: Is it ‘An Englishman’s home is his castle’ or ‘I’ve got nothing to hide’?

...research I conducted focus groups in which an interesting ideological conflict frequently occurred between the ‘common sense’ notions of “an Englishman’s home is his castle” and “If you have nothing to hide you have nothing to fear”. This fuelled my curiosity about identifying the common-sense ideas that are relied on in contemporary negotiations around...
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