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What is the relationship between history and historical fiction?
History & The Arts

What is the relationship between history and historical fiction?

...think John Mullan in How Novels Work makes a very interesting point about this which is that in a way if you do pile in the bibliographies the, you know, the historical notes, the further reading and… and all the rest of it, that’s sort of apologetic. You’re confessing to a sort of lesser status, you’re explaining yourself, and, on the whole, I’m on his side....
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Making a difference: Youth participation
Education & Development

Making a difference: Youth participation

...think that often it feels like everyone expects us to be destroying society and contributing negatively, rather than positively. So for example, things like the London riots that happened a couple of years back; that did not do wonders at all for the reputation of young people. I would say that in terms of which groups of young people in society are more able to make a...
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How the potato fuelled the rise of liberal capitalism
History & The Arts

How the potato fuelled the rise of liberal capitalism

...system. Rebecca Earle explains how...What we eat matters to us – but we’re not sure whether it ought to matter to anyone else. We generally insist that our diets are our business and resent being told to eat more fruit, consume less alcohol and generally pull our socks up when it comes to dinner. The efforts in 2012-13 by New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg to ban...
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What can Earth tell us about Mars?
Science, Maths & Technology

What can Earth tell us about Mars?

...think about a lot. We know that some areas of Mars have a higher probability of having sustained life in the past. Studying analogue sites on Earth is valuable because it helps us gather information that we can use to develop hypotheses about the habitability of Martian environments. Life has all sorts of survival strategies; on Earth we have seen organisms that survive...
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Night sky puts on a meteor shower to celebrate Rosetta’s closest approach to the sun
Science, Maths & Technology

Night sky puts on a meteor shower to celebrate Rosetta’s closest approach to the sun

...system. It was last at perihelion (its closest approach to the sun) in 1995. Each time the comet comes to the inner solar system, it sheds dust. Over time, this debris has built up, and is smeared out along the entire track of the orbit. Once a year, in August, the Earth’s orbit crosses that of comet Swift-Tuttle, and dust from the comet is captured. If you record a...
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Chemical vapour deposition (CVD)
Science, Maths & Technology

Chemical vapour deposition (CVD)

...system [Images to demonstrate 'Chemical Vapour deposition (CVD)' - see article ] [Diagram showing the Cold Wall System] Hot wall system [Images to demonstrate 'Chemical Vapour deposition (CVD)' - see article ] Manufacture: A “high” temperature process. Cheaper, more suitable for mass-production than PVD (Physical vapour deposition), needing no special attachments,...
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What is a password manager - and should I be using one?
Digital & Computing

What is a password manager - and should I be using one?

...systems, including mobile devices. It can generate and store passwords, and manage them across multiple devices. 1Password is available for Windows and Mac computers as well as mobile devices running iOS, Android and Windows Phone. As well as generating and storing passwords, 1Password can be used to hold other confidential documents. It offers password synchronisation...
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What is biomedicine?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What is biomedicine?

...systems (physiology), in particular to understanding mechanisms like the heart, arteries, nerves, brain and so on. Health is seen as a state where all the parts of the body function normally, like a new repaired car. If bits go wrong—if the body is struck down by a virus, internal changes damage it, or parts wear out—it goes in for repair by specialists. This view...
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