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A transactional communication from human resources' persons
Recently retired teacher Alex Wood reveals the contents of an email sent earlier this year to head teachers by the local council's human resources department:"Over the last few years we have delivered a more modern and efficient HR service by streamlining transactional and administrative work. This has allowed us to free up professional HR resources to support the achievement of the council's key...
Alma, the world's most powerful radio telescope, launches in Chile - video
The world's most powerful astronomical device, the Atacama Large Millimetre/Sub-millimetre Array (Alma), has begun operating in the Chilean Andes...
Eyewitness: view from Alma observatory
Photographs from the Guardian Eyewitness series...
Dragonflies: The Flying Aces of the Insect World [video] | @GrrlScientist | Punctuated Equilibrium
Since dragonflies are such quick and skilled fliers, how might a scientist study how dragonflies hunt? Dragonflies are remarkable insects, with especially remarkable flying abilities. They are not only among the fastest of flying insects, but they perform a number of amazing aerial maneuvers, such as flying upside down, straight up or straight down, or hovering like a helicopter as they mate or...
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Eyetracking technology reveals how viewers look at a damaged John Martin painting - video
'Scanpaths' were created with eyetracking technology as viewers looked at two versions of John Martin's The Destruction of Pompeii and Herculaneum...
Alma observatory explained – interactive graphic
The world's most expensive and sophisticated observatory, Alma, has come to life in Chile's Atacama desert. What will it see and how will it work?Christine Oliver...