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Tuesday Feature episode 33: Thomas Nuhse
This week we speak to Lecturer Thomas Nuhse about his unique role here in the Faculty of Life Sciences. Please explain your role here in the Faculty. I’m just a regular lecturer at the Faculty of Life Sciences and … Continue reading
Scientists and mathematicians aren’t all white men—but you wouldn’t know that from the movies
What do you see when you picture a scientist? For most people—myself included—the default answer is probably a white man in a lab coat, hunched over a microscope. The same image arises for the archetypical computer programmer (a white man … Continue reading
There’s arsenic in our rice—and here’s an easy way to get it out
Rice is delicious, inexpensive, naturally gluten-free… and, as a 2012 Consumer Reports investigation uncovered to the dismay of many, full of arsenic. The magazine’s investigation tested a range of common rice products and found the poison in basically all (white rice, brown rice, organic rice … Continue reading
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Tagged arsenic, coffee machine, cooking hack, food safety, hack, percolation, rice, science, smart cooking, study
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Brazil has tallest environmental research tower in Latin America
Brazil and Germany have opened the tallest environmental observation tower in Latin America, a 325-meter (1,065-foot) structure that will allow scientists to study the effects of climate change on the Amazon jungle, officials said. The Amazonian Tall Tower Observatory, or … Continue reading
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Tagged amazon, ATTO, Brazil, enviroment, Germany, news, press release, science
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Picture of a Thought
Stimulate more of your brain at once… Picture of a thought from Per Byhring on Vimeo.
Posted in Art, Costume, Dance, Drumming, MSS, Percussion, Science
Tagged Art, Brasil, Brazil, brazilian style, Carnaval, Choreography, creatives, Culture, dance, drum, Manchester, MSS, rhythm, science, Technology, Tropicalia, Urban
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Western scrub jay shows funerals aren’t all they seem.
One of the sad facts of life is death. For humans, we have certain practices depending on faith or culture that make the issue of loss more bearable. Indeed many parents get their children pets not just for the lesson … Continue reading
Event Review THE Manchester DAY Parade 10th June 2012 | Trifter
EVENT REVIEW THE MANCHESTER DAY PARADE 10TH JUNE 2012 This was the third annual Manchester Day Parade festival, though the first I have seen, and bore the subtitle The Sky’s The Limit, and a theme of celebrating heroic achievements. It … Continue reading
Posted in Carnival, Dance, Drumming, Manchester, Maracatu, MSS, Music, Percussion
Tagged Art, Brasil, Brazil, brazilian style, Carnaval, Choreography, construction, costumes, creatives, Culture, dance, David Mason, drum, Hannah Bold, Manchester, Manchester Day Parade, MSS, samba, science, Urban, Walk The Plank
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Carbon 12 by David Mason of Manchester School of Samba!
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Tagged Carnaval, creatives, Culture, Manchester, Manchester Day Parade, science, Technology
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Building the Atom
Electrons orbiting! Created with cinemagr.am Our partially constructed centrepiece for The Manchester Day Parade designed and built by David C Mason.
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Tagged brazilian style, Carnaval, creatives, MSS, rhythm, science, sculpture, Urban
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Oldest Artwork in the Americas Discovered in Brazil, Challenging Land Bridge Theory : Day Trips, Sightseeing, Things To Do, Travel Tips, Unforgettable Experiences | Brazil Things to Do
You probably learned the land bridge theory of American settlement in school: About 12,000 years ago, cooling temperatures and receding oceans left “Beringia,” a land bridge connecting modern Russia and Alaska, high and dry. Paleolithic hunters, in search of game … Continue reading
