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WEBAn independent nonprofit news source, giving you the context to understand complicated issues. Articles are written by experts, assisted by journalists, to clearly explain events in the news and ...
The history of computing is both evolution and revolution
WEBMay 31, 2016 · Six decades on, our series Computing turns 60 looks at how things have changed. It is a truism that computing continues to change our world. It shapes how objects are designed, what information we ...
What actually is populism? And why does it have a bad reputation?
WEBFeb 5, 2019 · Populism gets a bad name for a couple of reasons. First, because many of the most prominent cases of populism have recently appeared on the radical right, it has often been conflated with ...
How do nuclear-powered submarines work? A nuclear scientist …
WEBSep 16, 2021 · Submarines. Navy. Nuclear arms. nuclear submarines. AUKUS. Nuclear submarines are powered by a miniature onboard fission reactor. They can go for decades without refuelling, making them faster ...
How the Earth’s last supercontinent broke apart to form the world …
WEBPublished: May 12, 2020 2:11pm EDT. Pangaea was the Earth’s latest supercontinent — a vast amalgamation of all the major landmasses. Before Pangaea began to disintegrate, what we know today as ...
How moon landing conspiracy theories began and why they …
WEBJul 10, 2019 · The basic template of the conspiracy theory is that NASA couldn’t manage to safely land a man on the moon by the end of the 1960s as President John F Kennedy had promised, so it only sent ...
Overtourism: a growing global problem - The Conversation
WEBJul 18, 2018 · The claim is that overtourism is harming the landscape, damaging beaches, putting infrastructure under enormous strain, and pricing residents out of the property market. It is a hugely complex ...
Health Check: why swimming in the sea is good for you
WEBDec 25, 2016 · Meditation and relaxation. Exercising in natural environments has been shown to have greater benefits for mental health than exercising elsewhere. This is because it combines the benefits of ...
Explainer: what is decolonisation? - The Conversation
WEBJun 22, 2020 · Seeking independence. The word “decolonisation” was first coined by the German economist Moritz Julius Bonn in the 1930s to describe former colonies that achieved self-governance. Many ...
Who are the Sikhs and what are their beliefs? - The Conversation
WEBAug 10, 2018 · The Sikh identity. In the Sikh tradition, a truly religious person is one who cultivates the spiritual self while also serving the communities around them – or a saint-soldier. The saint-soldier ...
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