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Using big datasets to find out what affects children’s quality of life

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Professor Birgitta Rabe is using this data to inform government support for children’s well-being. Policy — a particular course of action, usually led by the government. Policymaker — a person responsible for making policies, most usually government policies. TALK LIKE AN … ECONOMIST. Understanding Society. Our results.

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Does city life negatively affect wildlife?

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The researchers can then carefully attach a metal band with a unique reference number onto a bird’s leg. Four 17-day old starling nestlings being held after their tail feathers were sampled for this research project. Sarah holding a starling fledgling after collecting a tail feather for her research.

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SHAPE in Schools: Changing mindsets in support of social sciences, humanities and the arts

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This is with good reason: science and research careers are vital to the UK and a global society, helping to develop technologies and our understanding of the world around us. Lessons from SHAPE form the cornerstone of governance, culture and community. SHAPE subjects are, in fact, just as vital to society as STEM.

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Modelling mines: how can a new 3D modelling platform make mining more sustainable and be part of the solution to climate change?

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Many governments around the world are putting a lot of faith in EVs to help them reach their climate targets. They produce samples that reveal how an orebody is layered (its stratigraphy) and other aspects of its lithology and physical characteristics. The team behind the Loop project is made up mainly of researchers and developers.

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How philosophers have influenced the way you think about race

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“We are bringing our expertise, as philosophers interested in the history and philosophy of science, to help understand these origins,” says Dr Jennifer Mensch at Western Sydney University, explaining the research she and Michael are conducting.

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The power of geographic information systems: bringing data to life with maps

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I went to university to study geography, then started a master’s in meteorology. I was also taking classes in remote sensing and GIS which I found very exciting, so I transitioned back to geography and focused on climatology for my master’s thesis. I’ve been working for the EPA for 30 years, and it’s been a great career.

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Are there ‘rules’ for conveying emotion through art?

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To investigate these questions, a team of researchers from across the world combined their skills and expertise to perform some intriguing experiments. “We The computer was instructed to make its guesses based on the properties the researchers had measured. Or are their effects unpredictable?

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