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Thirty years of hurt, never stopped me dreaming – speech by Andy Haldane
28th July, 2021On his last day as our Chief Economist, Andy Haldane shares his experience of working at the Bank of England for over 30 years. He covers inflation, the stability of the UK’s financial system, and how we communicate with the public.
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Cultivated meat: Out of the lab, into the frying pan
20th June, 2021Making cultivated meat a $25 billion global industry by 2030 presents opportunities within and beyond today’s food industry.
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A History of Punk from 1976-78: A Free Online Course from the University of Reading
17th June, 2021From Matthew Worley, professor of modern history at the University of Reading, comes the free online course Anarchy in the UK: A History of Punk from 1976-78. Worley is also the author of the book, No Future: Punk, Politics and British Youth Culture.
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Download Great Works of Art from 40+ Museums Worldwide: Explore Artvee, the New Art Search Engine
17th June, 2021Artvee, a new search engine for downloadable high-resolution, public domain artworks has made collections accessible from the Smithsonian’s impressive online collections as well as collections of more than 40 other international institutions, from the New York Public Library and the Art Institute of Chicago to the Rijksmuseum and Paris Musées, many of which had little or no online presence back in the early 1990s.
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Revisiting Marvin Gaye’s “What’s Goin’ On,” and the Album That Opened R&B to Resistance: Revisited 50 Years Later
25th May, 2021R&B superstar Marvin Gaye was more than willing to risk his career on a record. His polished public persona was a false front behind which lurked some serious demons — depression and addiction, exacerbated by the illness and death of his close friend and duet mate, Tammi Terrell.
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Exploring the Brain Activity Related to Missing Penalty Kicks: An fNIRS Study
25th May, 2021At vital moments in professional soccer matches, penalties were often missed. Psychological factors, such as anxiety and pressure, are among the critical causes of the mistakes, commonly known as choking under pressure. Nevertheless, the factors have not been fully explored. In this study, we used functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) to investigate the influence of the brain on this process.
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Why professional soccer players choke during penalty kicks
25th May, 2021A new study used functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) to measure brain activity as inexperienced and experienced soccer players took penalty kicks.
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Dunbar’s number: why my theory that humans can only maintain 150 friendships has withstood 30 years of scrutiny
25th May, 2021The evidence that personal social networks and natural communities approximate 150 in size, characterised by a very distinctive layered structure, has grown considerably in the past decade. We see it in telephone calling networks, Facebook groups, Christmas card lists, military fighting units and online gaming environments. The number holds for church congregations, Anglo-Saxon villages as listed in the Domesday Book and Bronze Age communities associated with stone circles.
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