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Women in Motorsport
Formula 1, GT3, Le Mans and MotoGP are all diverse types of motorsports and in those motorsport only 10% of the people involved are women; this means that 90% of people involved in motorsport are men. No woman has raced in Formula 1 since 1970. That’s fifty six years since a woman has raced in Formula 1 – one of the biggest, if not…
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24 Hour Musical loading…
Over the span of ONE weekend in October, aspiring senior thespians of Gordon’s will be attempting to learn and perform an entire musical in 24 hours. The students will have no idea what musical they would have to perform until Friday evening, when they will be thrown into the deep-end with Mr Olden and the Creative Arts teachers. The students will have to learn…
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The History of Criminal Punishments
In ancient Mesopotamia, the Code of Hammurabi (c. 18th century BCE) used the principle of lex talionis: “eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth”, for crimes. Punishments included physical mutilation (cutting off hands, breasts, tongues, or eyes) for offences like hitting a parent, stealing property, or switching a baby. There was death for crimes such as robbery or stealing from temples. Imprisonment existed…
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The Ethics of Medicine
For our research, we decided to look into the Ethics of Medicine, as we believe it is a very relevant part of today’s society, especially as improvements in technology have allowed for huge advancements within medicine, making it important to keep ethics in mind, as new technology often brings forward more complex ethical dilemmas For the basis of our project, we used the four…
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Animal Architects
Animal architecture represents a diverse and sophisticated set of behaviours through which organisms shape their environments to meet essential biological needs. Although the term “architecture” is often associated with human construction, many animal species construct structures that rival against human engineering in complexity, efficiency, and ecological impact. These constructions—whether grown, woven, excavated, or collectively engineered—demonstrate how evolution produces functional design without conscious planning. Across the…
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Law in Engineering
We learnt that engineering failures usually happen because a lot of small issues build up instead of one big mistake. When looking at the Tacoma Narrows bridge, we saw how something as normal as wind could cause a collapse just because it matched the bridge’s natural frequency. From Grenfell, we learnt how important proper materials and safety checks are, and how quickly things can…
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The Technology Behind Sports
Most people would think that sports are all just physical games where you must use your strength and strategies, but there is way more to sport than just that. And most of that is technology. Now you may think that it’s just because people want to modernize everything and add their own technologies to sports but the truth is that it actually plays a…
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How does Psychology link with product design?
What is the aim of product design? To make customers buy and use the products you make. It is very easy to say but it is difficult to achieve just relying on design- this is why product design relies on psychology to help tailor a product to the consumer’s needs. Product design is crucial in today’s society with consumers demanding a lot out of…
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The Science Behind Reading
On our journey of researching and preparing for the science behind reading presentation for the Academic Scholars programme, we learnt about a lot of things to do with the science, and specifically the neuroscience of reading. Emily and I were really interested in this topic, mainly because of the fact that throughout our whole lives, Emily and I have both loved reading. Whether it…
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The Science of Food
This article talks about the science behind food and why certain food work the way they do. Every time we bake, boil, season, or stir, we trigger reactions that change the structure, flavour, and appearance of our ingredients. Understanding these reactions helps us appreciate why certain techniques work so well and why cooking is, in many ways, a practical science lesson disguised as a…