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Hot hot hot, above the Great Red Spot
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/leicester-to-jupiter/2016/07/28/hot-hot-hot-above-the-great-red-spot/
Posted by Henrik Melin in Leicester to Jupiter: The Juno Mission on July 28, 2016 One of the largest remaining questions in understanding the upper atmosphere of Jupiter, the outmost layer of the atmosphere, is: ‘Why is this region so very hot?’.
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The Story of Pulque, Part 1
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/consumingauthenticities/2015/03/10/the-story-of-pulque-part-1/
Posted by Deborah Toner in Consuming Authenticities on March 10, 2015 In the 17th century, the Mexican historian Fernando de Alva Ixtlilxochitl recorded a pre-Columbian legend about the origins of pulque.
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The secret peacemaker: A quiet leader of our time
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2017/05/24/the-secret-peacemaker-a-quiet-leader-of-our-time/
Posted by mstein in School of Business Blog on May 24, 2017 Professor Mark Stein of the School of Business mourns the key intermediary between the British government and the IRA with Leicester connections, who has died aged 80.
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Evidencing Senior Leader Praxis
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/mn7716
Module code: MN7716 This apprentice-centred module runs throughout the Senior leader Apprenticeship / Postgraduate Diploma in Business Administration programme and is designed to help you build the evidence you need to write a portfolio of evidence to highlight how you...
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Dont try this at home How to make fireworks 17thcentury style
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/dont-try-this-at-home-how-to-make-fireworks-17th-century-style
With Guy Fawkes night (5 November) and Diwali (11 November) on the horizon, the skies of Leicester will be lit up over the next few weeks by firework displays - and a rare book held within the University's Library sheds light on how 17th century fireworks were made.
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Archaeological fieldschool launched at Bradgate Park
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/archaeological-fieldschool-launched-at-bradgate-park
The many mysteries of Leicestershire’s 850-acre deer park are set to be explored by University archaeologists over the next five years with the launch of a fieldschool at Bradgate Park.
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HeForShe celebrates two years of movement
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/heforshe-celebrates-two-years-of-movement
To mark the second anniversary of UN Women’s HeForShe movement, world leaders, change-makers, activists and celebrities will unite at a special event hosted at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City later this evening.
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University of Leicester to mark World Diabetes Day
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/university-of-leicester-to-mark-world-diabetes-day
People are being invited to learn more about Type 2 diabetes from University experts at a specialist centre in Leicester to mark an international awareness campaign.
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Chicxulub crater study suggests asteroid impacts could create habitats for life
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/chicxulub-crater-study-suggests-asteroid-impacts-could-create-habitats
Scientists studying a 65-million-year old crater in the Gulf of Mexico, caused by an asteroid impact, claim it could have provided a habitat for early life to take hold on earth.
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Bronze Age barrow and Anglo-Saxon cemetery discovered at Rothley
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/july/bronze-age-barrow-and-anglo-saxon-cemetery-discovered-at-rothley
Leicester archaeologists have recently excavated a Bronze Age barrow and Anglo-Saxon cemetery under former allotments at Rothley in Leicestershire.