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Science, Maths & Technology
How can Facebook decide who you really are?
Facebook's policy of insisting on real names is causing problems for people who value their privacy. For Ellery Roberts Biddle, the social network is overstepping its boundaries by demanding proof of identity without having proper policies in place to protect its users.
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Digital & Computing
What is openwashing - and how can you avoid it?
Claiming to be open - whether in software, education resources, data, or government - but only for the kudos without making good on the open promise can undermine the whole movement. Patrick Masson from the software Open Source Iniative explores those whose doors say open, but their attitudes remain closed.
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History & The Arts
Never trust a pirate: Christiaan Huygens’s Longitude Clocks
As a tribute to the historian Lisa Jardine, who died on October 25th, we're republishing her essay on the shady history of 17th Century timekeeping.
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Science, Maths & Technology
OU HUNT: Download the app
Bring your poster to life and unlock fascinating unseen, extra content with 'OU HUNT', an app produced by The Open University.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Breaking bad: The science of flatulence
It can be hard to talk about with a straight face, but there are as many drugs which can cause bad gas as offering to cure them. If you can stop giggling for a moment, Rosin Cerate will explain all.
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Science, Maths & Technology
Back To The Future Part IV: What will 2045 be like?
A panel of academic experts make the bold task of looking forward to 2045. Unless you're reading this after then, in which case this is a retrospective.
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Science, Maths & Technology
Smarty pants: wearable electronics will recharge your life
Electrifying stuff: your clothes could power your gadgets - and soon.
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Science, Maths & Technology
Infographic: 12 things to know about Einstein's Theory of Relativity
What you need to know about Einstein's theories of relativity and how they revolutionized how the world thinks about space, time, mass, energy and gravity.
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Science, Maths & Technology
Explainer: Einstein's Theory of General Relativity
What exactly is Einstein's Theory of General Relativity all about? And why does it matter?
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Science, Maths & Technology
How Volkswagen got caught cheating emissions tests by a clean air NGO
There are stormy times ahead for the German company as the emissions scandal unfolds.
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Science, Maths & Technology
Here's how we can save the car – and the planet at the same time
Alexandre Rodrigues discusses how we can balance saving our most popular form of transportation and the planet we live on at the same time.
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Science, Maths & Technology
People, automobiles and statistics
Understanding probability and statistics is vital in many branches of engineering, particularly in production and design. We look to automobile design and component production, but the underlying principles could apply to any activity where large numbers of measurements are involved.