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Formula 1: anti-racism protests undermined by disunity

Lewis Hamilton has criticised Formula 1 and his fellow drivers for not doing enough to combat racism. His comments came after the Hungarian Grand Prix, which featured a disorganised pre-race demonstration against racism. Some drivers did not attend, some were late, some did not wear ‘End Racism’ T-shirts and the...
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By , Jul. 26, 2020

Review: ‘Disclosure’

Disclosure is a thought-provoking and urgently necessary documentary on the history of media representation of the transgender community. The documentary looks back at a selection of Hollywood’s most influential and most loved film and television and explores, with an intersectional focus, the ways in which trans people have been mocked,...
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By , Jul. 25, 2020

What is Zipf’s Law?

Reece Goodall looks at Zipf's Law that analyses word frequency, using examples such as 'Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland' in which 44% of the unique words used appear only once in the book
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By , Jul. 25, 2020

Yamaha launches remote cheering system in Japan

Yamaha’s remote cheering system, ‘Remote Cheerer powered by SoundUD’, is being rolled-out across 26 football clubs across Japan, as the Japanese FA (JFA) aims to develop a new way of watching sports in an era of behind closed-doors fixtures. Yamaha’s ‘Remote Cheerer’ enables spectators to tap ‘support buttons’ on their...
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By , Jul. 25, 2020