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Prosecuting rap: can we get racial discrimination out of the courtroom?

Futurum

FAIR TRIAL – a trial that is conducted justly and in which the defendant is afforded their full rights. FAIR TRIAL – a trial that is conducted justly and in which the defendant is afforded their full rights. RESEARCH PROJECT: Investigating the use of rap music lyrics and videos as evidence for the prosecution in criminal trials.

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A crisis of clarity: can defining biodiversity help us protect the natural world?

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TALK LIKE A PHILOSOPHER OF SCIENCE. TAXONOMY – the branch of science associated with classifying and organising organisms. CONCEPTUAL ENGINEERING – a method philosophers use to try to find and fix places where ideas from science (or everyday life) are confused or unclear.

Biology 52
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The Making of A New Kind of Science

Stephen Wolfram

Figuring out more and more science. And painstakingly laying out page after page of what on May 14, 2002, would be published as A New Kind of Science. I’ve written before (even in the book itself ) about the intellectual journey involved in the creation of A New Kind of Science. Developing new kinds of computational diagrams.

Science 62
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Why electoral systems matter for democracy

Futurum

Political science still has many unanswered questions, and André and Damien aim to keep delving deeper into electoral systems. “I Approaches to political science André often takes an observational approach to the study of political systems. This might lead them to contest electoral results.” Damien takes an analytical approach. “I