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Month: September 2019
Ella Moger blogs on Nature Vs Nurture
Nature Vs Nurture I read an article recently in the New Scientist by geneticist Robert Plomin who raised the debate of the parenting myth: ‘How kids are raised matters less than you think’. This made me think of a few issues with regards to how DNA and genetics are related to your overall behaviour rather […]
James Farrow blogs the discussions of the Model United Nations: Article 1: “the UN would disarm all nuclear weapons”
Article 1: “the UN would disarm all nuclear weapons” The Delegate of Canada (Lottie) stated that Canada had no nuclear weapons and Canada supports disarmament this is because Canada observes the damaging effect on people as completely un-Ethical. In Hiroshima and Nagasaki, there were 129,000 deaths and the acute effects caused 250,00 deaths in the […]
Jack Pacey blogs: Ageing: Why? How? And if we could stop it, should we?
Ageing: Why? How? And if we could stop it, should we? Ageing is a natural part of life. Forever, it has been viewed as an inevitable process; we are born, we age and we die. That is the supposed order of things. However, what happens if we could stop ageing, would we or, possibly more […]
Jack Pacey blogs: From Pasteur to Present – A Brief History of the Treatment of Communicable Diseases
From Pasteur to Present – A Brief History of the Treatment of Communicable Diseases Over the past 150 years, there have been many developments in almost all areas of science. We have seen a decline in some practices, like astrology and phrenology, and the increase in others, like microbiology. However, possibly the most important development […]
Jack Pacey Blogs Four Theories as to How We Can Slow the Process of Ageing.
Currently human are living the longest we have ever lived. Though this means spending more time sick, in fact we spend most of our money on health care in the last third of our lives (on average). So, to stop this happening and to even increase the time for which we live we need to […]
Secularización en España blogs Lottie Pike
Secularización en España – Lottie Pike La religión ha sido una gran parte de la cultura e historia de España, y el país ha sido influido mucho por la iglesia católica. Se puede ver esto en el número grande de iglesias y catedrales católicas en el país – de hecho, algunas de las iglesias y […]
James Pridgeon blogs an essay on how infants know that objects continue to exist
Piaget’s (1936) theory of cognitive development explains how a child constructs a mental model of the world. The term ‘object permanence’ is used to describe a child’s ability to know that objects continue to exist even though they can no longer be observed or heard. If you have played a game of ‘peek-a-boo’ with a […]
Soham blogs an essay on whether consumers in search of bargains are complicit in modern slavery.
Are consumers in search of bargains complicit in modern slavery? In my opinion, consumers looking for a sale on non-durable goods such as clothes and bags are causing other retail industries to look for cheaper methods of fast production. This, in turn, allows these industries to outsource their manufacturing to developing countries, where the lack […]
Alice Lucy Blogs about “The Green Blue”
The Green Blue’ is a national environmental awareness programme, founded by the RYA (Royal Yachting Association) and British Marine in 2005, at the Southampton Boat Show. The aims of the Green Blue are to inspire sustainable recreational boating. We all use the water, and so we as a community play a vital role in helping […]