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17th December 2014 Sol 840
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2014/12/17/17th-december-2014-sol-840/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on December 17, 2014 I am at the American Geophysical Union Conference in San Francisco. The big MSL news here is the publication of our discovery of methane in the martian atmosphere.
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3rd April 2015 Sol 945
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2015/04/03/3rd-april-2015-sol-945/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on April 3, 2015 The heavy noble gases argon, krypton and xenon are known for their non-reactive nature and on Earth used for many applications where a gas is needed to protect a surface from the reactive species in...
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Prison Reform
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/05/20/prison-reform/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 20, 2016 This week the RSA published an interesting scoping paper on the future prison . Browse their website to see other examples discussing the role and future reform of prisons.
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University of Leicester staff blogs
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/leicester-to-jupiter/2016/08/01/podcast-pythagoras-trousers/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Leicester to Jupiter: The Juno Mission on August 1, 2016 Juno has just passed a major milestone in its first wide orbit around the giant planet, having passed by its apojove, the furtherest distance to Jupiter (8.1 million km).
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World Humanitarian Summit
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/05/27/world-humanitarian-summit/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 27, 2016 This week the World’s First international humanitarian conference opened.
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Many access news on smartphones
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/05/20/many-access-news-on-smartphones/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 20, 2016 According to a number of recent research studies many people are now using their smartphones. A report from the Knight Foundation recently found that , 89% of the U.S.
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On the theme of voting…
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/05/06/on-the-theme-of-voting/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 6, 2016 Vote for Froglet (Clangers 1974) voting film where the dragon campaigns for free soup for all! – free via the great BFI player website which is digitising and offering free to the public...
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Are bankers dishonest?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/12/01/are-bankers-dishonest/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 1, 2014 According to a study published in Nature, the banking culture encourages dishonesty. Research from YouGov has shown that since the recession public trust in banking has declined.
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What do people think about politics?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/05/03/what-do-people-think-about-politics/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 3, 2017 With the UK general election coming soon, try the latest annual audit of Democratic engagement from the Hansard Society .
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European Elections
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/05/27/european-elections/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 27, 2014 L’histoire des élections européennes (1952-2014) If you are interested in the history of the European Parliament, CVCE has compiled a selection of...