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Richard Fishacre challenged the scientific orthodoxy of his day, and contemporary astrophysics has vindicated his position.
How a medieval Oxford friar used light and colour to find out what stars and planets are made of
Richard Fishacre challenged the scientific orthodoxy of his day, and contemporary astrophysics has vindicated his position.
tcnv.link
November 8, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Richard Fishacre challenged the scientific orthodoxy of his day, and contemporary astrophysics has vindicated his position.
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All the tracks have stood the test of time, but Common People stands out above them all.
A Different Class of social commentary: Pulp’s era-defining album turns 30
All the tracks have stood the test of time, but Common People stands out above them all.
tcnv.link
October 30, 2025 at 11:06 AM
All the tracks have stood the test of time, but Common People stands out above them all.
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US Open today
includes
Raducanu vs Shibahara
Shelton vs Buse
Nava vs Fritz
Sabalenka vs Masarova
Aiava vs Paolini
Djokovic vs Tien
Medvedev vs Bonzi
Pegula vs Sherif
Sky Sports Tennis and Sky Sports + from 15:00
includes
Raducanu vs Shibahara
Shelton vs Buse
Nava vs Fritz
Sabalenka vs Masarova
Aiava vs Paolini
Djokovic vs Tien
Medvedev vs Bonzi
Pegula vs Sherif
Sky Sports Tennis and Sky Sports + from 15:00
August 24, 2025 at 1:15 PM
US Open today
includes
Raducanu vs Shibahara
Shelton vs Buse
Nava vs Fritz
Sabalenka vs Masarova
Aiava vs Paolini
Djokovic vs Tien
Medvedev vs Bonzi
Pegula vs Sherif
Sky Sports Tennis and Sky Sports + from 15:00
includes
Raducanu vs Shibahara
Shelton vs Buse
Nava vs Fritz
Sabalenka vs Masarova
Aiava vs Paolini
Djokovic vs Tien
Medvedev vs Bonzi
Pegula vs Sherif
Sky Sports Tennis and Sky Sports + from 15:00
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Intrresting pilot scheme to tackle misogyny and sexual harassment. The quicker this behaviour becomes socially unacceptable, the better for all of us
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Surrey police pose as joggers to catch men harassing women out exercising
Undercover female officers deployed in pilot scheme to tackle catcalling, resulting in 18 arrests
www.theguardian.com
August 13, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Intrresting pilot scheme to tackle misogyny and sexual harassment. The quicker this behaviour becomes socially unacceptable, the better for all of us
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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The winner is down to you!
Jane Austen fight club: experts go head-to-head arguing for her best leading man
The winner is down to you!
tcnv.link
August 13, 2025 at 3:34 PM
The winner is down to you!
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The six pillars of lifestyle medicine can support your brain during menopause – and beyond.
Menopause and brain fog: why lifestyle medicine could make a difference
The six pillars of lifestyle medicine can support your brain during menopause – and beyond.
tcnv.link
August 12, 2025 at 3:34 PM
The six pillars of lifestyle medicine can support your brain during menopause – and beyond.
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Out now!
Bringing together contributions from North America, UK, Europe and Asia into a single volume, 'Mind, Text, and Reality in Buddhist Studies' advances scholarship and celebrates Rupert Gethin’s immense contribution to the field.
Learn more: bit.ly/44mICM6
Bringing together contributions from North America, UK, Europe and Asia into a single volume, 'Mind, Text, and Reality in Buddhist Studies' advances scholarship and celebrates Rupert Gethin’s immense contribution to the field.
Learn more: bit.ly/44mICM6
August 11, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Out now!
Bringing together contributions from North America, UK, Europe and Asia into a single volume, 'Mind, Text, and Reality in Buddhist Studies' advances scholarship and celebrates Rupert Gethin’s immense contribution to the field.
Learn more: bit.ly/44mICM6
Bringing together contributions from North America, UK, Europe and Asia into a single volume, 'Mind, Text, and Reality in Buddhist Studies' advances scholarship and celebrates Rupert Gethin’s immense contribution to the field.
Learn more: bit.ly/44mICM6
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📖 Modern science emerged precisely to deal with the way everything can be manipulated – and scepticism over ‘facts’ goes all the way back to Socrates.
👉 Read the adapted excerpt of Elizabeth Finkel’s Prove It: A Scientific Guide for the Post-Truth Era: tcnv.link/pMce34U
👉 Read the adapted excerpt of Elizabeth Finkel’s Prove It: A Scientific Guide for the Post-Truth Era: tcnv.link/pMce34U
August 11, 2025 at 2:00 PM
📖 Modern science emerged precisely to deal with the way everything can be manipulated – and scepticism over ‘facts’ goes all the way back to Socrates.
👉 Read the adapted excerpt of Elizabeth Finkel’s Prove It: A Scientific Guide for the Post-Truth Era: tcnv.link/pMce34U
👉 Read the adapted excerpt of Elizabeth Finkel’s Prove It: A Scientific Guide for the Post-Truth Era: tcnv.link/pMce34U
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Which SQA courses are most likely to result in A grades? Our analysis finds big subject-by-subject disparities at National 5, Higher and Advanced Higher www.tes.com/magazine/new...
Which SQA courses are most likely to deliver A grades?
SQA results day data for 2025 reveals big subject-by-subject disparities in the proportion of students who get an A grade at National 5, Higher and Advanced Higher
www.tes.com
August 6, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Which SQA courses are most likely to result in A grades? Our analysis finds big subject-by-subject disparities at National 5, Higher and Advanced Higher www.tes.com/magazine/new...
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By choosing to transform how we grow food and what we eat – rather than letting climate change dictate the pace of change – we have so much to gain.
By changing our diets now, we can avoid the food chaos that climate change is bringing
By choosing to transform how we grow food and what we eat – rather than letting climate change dictate the pace of change – we have so much to gain.
tcnv.link
August 6, 2025 at 5:54 PM
By choosing to transform how we grow food and what we eat – rather than letting climate change dictate the pace of change – we have so much to gain.
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Absolutely this
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"One of the reasons the epidemic of violence against women is so unacknowledged is because cases like these are talked about individually, and often treated as though they are shocking aberrations rather than part of a pervasive pattern that operates at all levels of society."
The problem is far bigger than Jeffrey Epstein | Rebecca Solnit
Treating the scandal as an aberration misunderstands the global epidemic of violence against women
www.theguardian.com
August 3, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Absolutely this
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Most of the learning we do is informal.
School’s out – but as young people paint, skateboard and play with their friends, they’re still learning
Most of the learning we do is informal.
tcnv.link
August 1, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Most of the learning we do is informal.
BBC News - MasterChef: BBC faces mounting pressure to not air new series after Gregg Wallace and John Torode sacked
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Absolutely a disgrace from #masterchef #bbc to simply make a compainent disappear by editing her out. Sick of women being ignored and dismissed!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Absolutely a disgrace from #masterchef #bbc to simply make a compainent disappear by editing her out. Sick of women being ignored and dismissed!
MasterChef: BBC faces mounting pressure to not air new series after Gregg Wallace and John Torode sacked
It comes as a MasterChef contestant says she was edited out after asking for the new series not to be broadcast.
www.bbc.co.uk
August 1, 2025 at 1:58 PM
BBC News - MasterChef: BBC faces mounting pressure to not air new series after Gregg Wallace and John Torode sacked
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Absolutely a disgrace from #masterchef #bbc to simply make a compainent disappear by editing her out. Sick of women being ignored and dismissed!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Absolutely a disgrace from #masterchef #bbc to simply make a compainent disappear by editing her out. Sick of women being ignored and dismissed!
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Rybakina & Raducanu d. Olmos & Sutjiadi in Washington
Elena & Emma get another excellent win to reach the semifinals.
They’re also both in the quarterfinals in singles.
Rybacanu is cooking this week. 🇰🇿🇬🇧
Elena & Emma get another excellent win to reach the semifinals.
They’re also both in the quarterfinals in singles.
Rybacanu is cooking this week. 🇰🇿🇬🇧
July 24, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Rybakina & Raducanu d. Olmos & Sutjiadi in Washington
Elena & Emma get another excellent win to reach the semifinals.
They’re also both in the quarterfinals in singles.
Rybacanu is cooking this week. 🇰🇿🇬🇧
Elena & Emma get another excellent win to reach the semifinals.
They’re also both in the quarterfinals in singles.
Rybacanu is cooking this week. 🇰🇿🇬🇧
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The first pupils to benefit from the fully reformed suite of Scottish school qualifications - so those due to enter S4 in 2031 and then S5 in 2032 - will start P5 in August.
So, the fully fledged reforms will come too late even for those in P1 when Covid hit in 2020
www.tes.com/magazine/ana...
So, the fully fledged reforms will come too late even for those in P1 when Covid hit in 2020
www.tes.com/magazine/ana...
Scottish exam reform too late for entire Covid generation
New school qualifications will become fully available by 2032, an official document reveals. But as it was published with so little fanfare, Emma Seith asks if schools and teachers are even aware
www.tes.com
July 24, 2025 at 3:36 PM
The first pupils to benefit from the fully reformed suite of Scottish school qualifications - so those due to enter S4 in 2031 and then S5 in 2032 - will start P5 in August.
So, the fully fledged reforms will come too late even for those in P1 when Covid hit in 2020
www.tes.com/magazine/ana...
So, the fully fledged reforms will come too late even for those in P1 when Covid hit in 2020
www.tes.com/magazine/ana...
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Few philosophers have dedicated time to thinking about clothes. This compelling book explains why they should.
A Philosopher Looks at Clothes by Kate Moran is engaging and unpretentious – we need more philosophy books like this
Few philosophers have dedicated time to thinking about clothes. This compelling book explains why they should.
tcnv.link
July 23, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Few philosophers have dedicated time to thinking about clothes. This compelling book explains why they should.
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Katerina Siniakova, who's applied for a wildcard to get into the US Open mixed doubles event, had this to say:
"When two world number ones in doubles don't get into the tournament, there's probably nothing more to say about it."
(via Canal + Sport)
"When two world number ones in doubles don't get into the tournament, there's probably nothing more to say about it."
(via Canal + Sport)
July 22, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Katerina Siniakova, who's applied for a wildcard to get into the US Open mixed doubles event, had this to say:
"When two world number ones in doubles don't get into the tournament, there's probably nothing more to say about it."
(via Canal + Sport)
"When two world number ones in doubles don't get into the tournament, there's probably nothing more to say about it."
(via Canal + Sport)
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While drought is intensifying, its causes and consequences vary. Here’s how.
Three types of drought – and why there’s no such thing as a global water crisis
While drought is intensifying, its causes and consequences vary. Here’s how.
tcnv.link
July 21, 2025 at 5:07 PM
While drought is intensifying, its causes and consequences vary. Here’s how.
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BBC News - Bacup school pupils to be taught maths by teacher 300 miles away - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Bacup school pupils to be taught maths by teacher 300 miles away
The Lancashire school says it is a
www.bbc.co.uk
July 17, 2025 at 6:06 PM
BBC News - Bacup school pupils to be taught maths by teacher 300 miles away - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Access to water is one reason why China sees control over Tibet as increasingly important.
China’s interest in the next Dalai Lama is also about control of Tibet’s water supply
Access to water is one reason why China sees control over Tibet as increasingly important.
tcnv.link
July 10, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Access to water is one reason why China sees control over Tibet as increasingly important.
I'm enjoying current commentary #wimbledon on centre - Todd's useful description with Andrew's steady helm. Best of the bunch by far. Keep this pairing please @wimbledonltc.bsky.social
July 3, 2025 at 4:46 PM
I'm enjoying current commentary #wimbledon on centre - Todd's useful description with Andrew's steady helm. Best of the bunch by far. Keep this pairing please @wimbledonltc.bsky.social