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Britain Faces Winter Energy Cuts

Britain Faces Winter Energy Cuts

Nov 06 2014 | comment(s)


The Drax plant in Yorkshire. Gareth Davies, CC BY

By Richard Tol, University of Sussex

Why Rosetta Is The Greatest Space Mission Of Our Lifetime

Why Rosetta Is The Greatest Space Mission Of Our Lifetime

Nov 06 2014 | comment(s)


Rosetta mission: A giant leap for humans and robots. Huart, ESA

By Natalie Starkey, The Open University

Will The Ethical Social Scientists Please Stand Up?

Will The Ethical Social Scientists Please Stand Up?

Nov 05 2014 | comment(s)


Old fashioned scandals meet new-fangled complexity. Andy Dean Photography

By Mark Israel, University of Western Australia

Brand It Like Beckham: 4 Things Posh Spice Can Teach Young Entrepreneurs

Brand It Like Beckham: 4 Things Posh Spice Can Teach Young Entrepreneurs

Nov 05 2014 | comment(s)


Brand Beckham. Dave Thompson/PA Wire

By Tamara Friedrich, University of Warwick

Victoria Beckham has been named Entrepreneur of the Year by Management Today. She topped their list of 100 successful entrepreneurs thanks to her fashion company’s turnover, which has grown from £1m to £30m in the past five years, and its employment growth, which has grown from three members of staff to 100 in the same time.

Children Born Just After The Berlin Wall Fell Were Lower Achievers – Here’s Why

Children Born Just After The Berlin Wall Fell Were Lower Achievers – Here’s Why

Nov 05 2014 | comment(s)


The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. Gavin Andrew Stewart, CC BY

By Arnaud Chevalier, Royal Holloway and Olivier Marie, Maastricht University

Germany and the rest of Europe are celebrating the 25th anniversary of the collapse of the Berlin Wall and the associated communist regimes in Eastern Europe.

Aromapoetry And Electric Ink: The Physical Book Is Not Dead, It's About To Be Reborn

Aromapoetry And Electric Ink: The Physical Book Is Not Dead, It's About To Be Reborn

Nov 05 2014 | comment(s)


No need to say goodbye to the print book. Amy Johansson/Shutterstock

By Andrew Prescott, King's College London

“Analog” and “digital” are the two polar opposites of our modern world.

The word “analog” has become our catch-all term for what we see as slow, one-way and limited in functional possibilities; while “digital” is our synonym for the dynamic, interactive and fluid.

Analog is old; digital new. Paper has always been the epitome of the analogue: a physical medium which can receive, present and preserve information but otherwise remains static and fixed.