Ever wondered how a bird actually flies?
Well, University of Cambridge’s Professor Holger Babinsky has created a 1-minute video he hopes will answer that question.
In so doing, he is finally laying to rest a commonly used yet misleading explanation of how wings lift.
“A wing lifts when the air pressure above it is [...]
I’ve always been fascinated by our ability to learn a language or languages. I came across the following article from Cambridge University which I thought worth sharing.
When linguists talk about unconscious or implicit language learning, they don’t mean learning while you sleep. Rather, they are talking about one of the most intriguing [...]
Astronomers claim to have found a planet similar to Tatooine – the (fictional) home of Luke Skywalker in Star Wars.
Although cold and gaseous rather than a desert world, the newfound planet Kepler-16b is the closest astronomers have come to discovering a world like that featured in Star Wars.
Like Tatooine, Kepler-16b enjoys a double [...]
Education chiefs have announced a shake-up in the types of qualifications which will be included in national school league tables.
The changes come in the wake of Professor Alison Wolf’s review of vocational education.
The Government claims its changes to the league tables will “ensure schools focus on valued qualifications that make it easier for [...]
Reading extra-curricular books has a greater effect on career prospects than other activities, research suggests.
Mark Taylor, from Oxford University’s Department of Sociology, poured over 17,200 questionnaire responses from people born in 1970, which gave details of extra-curricular activities at the age of 16 and their careers at the age of 33. The findings, which [...]
The Blossom
Merry, merry sparrow!
Under leaves so green
A happy blossom
Sees you, swift as arrow,
Seek your cradle narrow,
Near my bosom.
Pretty, pretty robin!
Under leaves so green
A happy blossom
Hears you sobbing, sobbing,
Pretty, pretty robin,
Near my bosom.
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Correct Methodology
There is never a correct answer in English. Lots of different critics have different viewpoints, different ideological perspectives and different cultural backgrounds: all readers also come to books with different personal histories, prejudices, tastes and emotional backgrounds.
Furthermore, writers do not usually aim at a narrow audience of like-minded people: they are [...]
The scope of Geography is as vast as its subject matter. Your course will cover geographical phenomena. A random sample includes urbanization, migration, soils, ecosystems, air quality and the causes of floods. The list goes on and on. Geography is also about the here and now, the world in which we live. Its study underpins [...]
How does an athlete prepare for a championship? Do they sit around reading stretching manuals, watching Chariots of Fire and then break periodically for a quick cup of tea. No, they get out at there and train by practicing what they will have to do on the day. Why is this relevant? Because too many [...]
Diction (also known as lexis) is the word we use to describe the careful choice of words by a writer. We can talk about “interesting diction”, “significant …”, “telling…” etc.
There are aspects of diction which you need to be aware of. Words can be chosen for a variety of reasons. Mostly, at A-level, the [...]
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