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Study of Religions - Literature/Linguistics - 25.04
Letters of “Hark the Herald” composer published
Letters of “Hark the Herald” composer published
25 Apr 2013 - The private letters of the composer of some of the world's most popular hymns have been published, providing a rare glimpse into the birth of Methodism. - The collection of Charles Wesley's letters are edited by Dr Gareth Lloyd of The University of Manchester's John Rylands Library and Professor Kenneth Newport of Liverpool Hope University.

Study of Religions - 13.12.2012
Blue cheese gets its distinctive smell
As the nation prepares to tuck into mounds of Stilton this Christmas, researchers have pinpointed for the first time the yeast which helps give blue cheese its distinctive aroma. - A study undertaken by academics at the Universities of Nottingham and Northampton has discovered a particular ‘secondary microflora' component' is responsible for boosting the smell of blue cheese.

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History/Archeology - Study of Religions - 9.05
Clickable history
Geographic information systems - once limited to the domain of physical geographers - are emerging as a promising tool to study the past, as researchers are discovering for medieval history. - What's exciting about GIS is it allows us to move into a different dimension that frees maps from being static snapshots - Nicholas de Lange - Almost nothing persists to reveal the existence of Jews in the Byzantine Empire - no buildings or synagogues, coins or seals, pots or pans, charms or amulets.

Study of Religions - 30.04
School of Global Studies debate on religion and conflict brings a ’new idea’ to an old problem
School of Global Studies debate on religion and conflict brings a 'new idea' to
School of Global Studies debate on religion and conflict brings a 'new idea' to an old problem - The first Peace Talks event involving the School of Global Studies in partnership with peacebuilding NGO International Alert and the Royal Commonwealth Society was held last week (Monday 22 April) at the Commonwealth Club in London.

Study of Religions - Social Sciences - 3.04
Poor more generous than rich in recession, study shows
Professor Yaojun Li, of the Institute for Social Change, University of Manchester, analysed survey data on over 100,000 adults in England and Wales, over ten years to 2011. - He will tell the British Sociological Association's annual conference in London that the average people gave to charity in the four weeks before being questioned during the year 2010/11 was £16, compared with £15 given by those questioned during 2007/08.

Study of Religions - 15.01
Never forget a Face(book) – memory for online posts beats faces and books
People's memory for Facebook posts is strikingly stronger than their memory for human faces or sentences from books, according to a new study. - The findings shed light on how our memories favour natural, spontaneous writing over polished, edited content, and could have wider implications for the worlds of education, and advertising.

Study of Religions - 18.12.2012
AI computer program develops free downloadable game for Christmas
AI computer program develops free downloadable game for Christmas
Researchers at Imperial College London have developed an Artificially Intelligent (AI) computer program that has itself designed a video game for the Christmas season, which can be downloaded for free today.

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