How did we transition from candles to kerosene? or kerosene to electricity? and what are the lessons for the 21st century as we make a transition from high carbon intensity fossil fuels to renewable energy?
Photo: Wind power plant by Rocco Lucia
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Emergency, emergency……Spike Lee’s film Chi-raq draws on the Lysistrata story for a searing indictment of gun violence in America
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Academic theories on international relations are sometimes best explained through science fiction says Stephen Dyson – illustrating his thesis with Game of Thrones, Star Trek and Battlestar Galactica.
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Norway’s liberal prisons have a 20% recidivism rate, whereas in UK and US 70% of prisoners re-offend. But it would take a daring politician to suggest moving from retribution to rehabilitation.
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Rockall, Malin, Irish Sea, Portland, Faroes, German Bight. The BBC’s nightly Shipping Forecast lulls the nation to sleep. Nocturne is a podcast about music and its relationship with the night- inspired by the Shipping Forecast.
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Translational medicine – ‘bench to bedside medicine’ – usually involves experiments on animals. What is the justification?
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‘Originality’ does not mean creation from nothingness, argues law professor and musician, Olufunmilayo Arewa. Even Handel borrowed music from others.
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For the UK, climate change will mean more rain and more flooding. We must think long term and invest now if we are to avert problems later. But are politicians listening?
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Clinics decide to provide treatment using donors; patients make a decision to receive treatment using donors; donors decide to donate. But donor-conceived children do not decide to be born. The implications.
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Lise Vogel’s Marxism and the Oppression of Women is regarded as one of the founding texts of Marxist Feminism. This recording of the relaunch of the book is part of our Marxism in the 21st Century series.
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