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- Government legislation has proved very effective in reducing emissions from car exhausts. But exhausts are not the only source of air pollution linked to traffic. A recent study showed that particles from brakes, tyres and road surfaces actually made up about two thirds of all dangerous particulate matter from road…BMAT 2022 · Question 4 · Assumption · Save
- The UK Meteorological Office is set to spend £1.2 billion on a world-leading supercomputer to improve their weather predictions. The installation will need a massive supply of electricity, so a European country with low-cost geothermal or hydropower sources of energy may be chosen as its location. The project will be…BMAT 2022 · Question 17 · Assumption · Save
- Social scientists are interested in the factors that influence human behaviour. As such, they look at things like criminal or violent or antisocial actions and try to explain what the factors were that led the person to behave that way. Such analysis is invariably enlightening. Yet a danger soon arises, in that the…BMAT 2022 · Question 22 · Assumption · Save
- The benefits that they bring in reducing emissions have made them symbols of environmental friendliness, but electric cars are making environments increasingly unfriendly to pedestrians. The fact that they make considerably less noise increases the chance that pedestrians will step out into the road in front of them.…BMAT 2022 · Question 23 · Assumption · Save
- Myopia (short-sightedness) has long been thought of as a genetic condition. However, recent research suggests that environmental factors are as important. In particular, the idea that unusually large amounts of reading contribute to the development of myopia is supported by a recent academic study of 4568 people aged…BMAT 2021 · Question 9 · Assumption · Save
- The definition of a faith school is a school that provides a general education within a framework of a specific religious belief. According to information obtained through a Freedom of Information request by the National Secular Society, which campaigns for the separation of religion and the state, 21% of parents in…BMAT 2021 · Question 17 · Assumption · Save
- Analysis from the Office for National Statistics tells us that income is far less significant for life satisfaction than things like marital status, having children and a job. Far from being unencumbered, young, free and single, it is in fact the binding of ourselves to others through covenants, contracts and caring…BMAT 2020 · Question 3 · Assumption · Save
- People who give money to charity tend to choose the large, well-known ones, but there are many reasons why that is a mistake. Small charities are usually the vision of one dedicated individual and have a specific focus. Because administrative costs are low, nearly all of the money donated is used for the object of the…BMAT 2020 · Question 15 · Assumption · Save
- During World War I (1914–1918), three hundred British soldiers were executed by firing squad for the offences of desertion and disobeying an order. To later generations, these sentences seemed so severe that a movement was set up to exonerate the executed men. Prolonged debate took place within the UK government about…BMAT 2019 · Question 17 · Assumption · Save
- Not drinking in middle age increases the risk of dementia as much as drinking too much, according to a new report. Published in the British Medical Journal, the data showed that abstinence (drinking no alcohol) in midlife was associated with a 45% higher risk of dementia compared with people who consumed between 1 and…BMAT 2019 · Question 33 · Assumption · Save
- Between 1 January 1960 and 31 December 2015, there were 1104 fatal passenger aircraft crashes for which a definitive cause was known (see Table 1). The crashes included are those which had ten or more passengers on board and which resulted in at least one fatality. Military and private aircraft and helicopters were…BMAT 2018 · Question 22 · Assumption · Save
- Police departments across the world should require the use of body-worn video cameras for their officers. Research has shown that filming police public interactions can lower levels of violence within these encounters because the known presence of the camera encourages police officers to better regulate their own…BMAT 2017 · Question 28 · Assumption · Save
- Research has shown that parents with high incomes tend to have children who score highly in IQ tests. It is very unlikely that this is because having rich parents improves one’s IQ. Much more likely is that being intelligent tends to result in having a high income, since a high level of intelligence is required for…BMAT 2016 · Question 13 · Assumption · Save
- Recent theories about the causes of cancer have held that most cancers are caused by internal factors, the result of inevitable mistakes in the human body rather than anything environmental. This would seem to imply that whether or not a person develops cancer is entirely out of his or her control; what that person…BMAT 2016 · Question 28 · Assumption · Save
- Vegetable oils in the modern diet Vegetable oils other than olive oil were not introduced in significant amounts into the human diet until the early part of the 20th century. Some people believe that, as we are the genetic product of a hunter–gatherer culture, these are not natural to us as they do not match certain…BMAT 2016 · Question 33 · Assumption · Save
- Should people who have been convicted of serious crimes be able to return to their career after serving a prison sentence? At first sight it seems only fair and just that they should, so that offenders can be rehabilitated into society. But what if that person has a career in a high profile job, such as a professional…BMAT 2015 · Question 13 · Assumption · Save
- Despite years of butter and saturated fats being given a bad press, it has recently emerged that studies in the 1980s that highlighted the dangers of eating too much of these fats were based on a misleading data set. Consequently, the guidance based on these studies to reduce the intake of saturated fats cannot be…BMAT 2015 · Question 26 · Assumption · Save
- Plans to share the medical records held by doctors, on a national database, have had to be shelved as a result of public pressure. Yet the public’s hostility to this proposal is misguided. Of course people’s medical records are personal matters, which they might not want divulged. And yet, while it is in everyone’s…BMAT 2014 · Question 15 · Assumption · Save
- The information below relates to offences dealt with by courts in England and Wales during 2010.BMAT 2014 · Question 21 · Assumption · Save
- Authors of articles on health and medical treatments may be sponsored by pharmaceutical companies, by receiving a fee or financial support for their research. The public need to know what weight they should put on these articles when they are assessing evidence from various sources. In the USA, newspapers and…BMAT 2012 · Question 30 · Assumption · Save
- Becoming a London taxi driver isn’t as easy as you may think. Unlike other London folk who choose to take the tube or bus, taxi drivers have to spend hours learning the city’s road network for a face-to-face exam at the Public Carriage Office to get a licence to start their careers. Recent brain scans on a group of…BMAT 2011 · Question 6 · Assumption · Save
- The brain disease vCJD was caused by eating beef from cattle infected with BSE. Susceptibility to this type of disease amongst humans is associated with a particular gene. There are two variants of this gene – M and V, so there are three possible combinations that we can inherit – M-M, M-V and V-V. All infections so…BMAT 2011 · Question 17 · Assumption · Save
- Throughout the world, boys and girls prefer to play with different types of toys. Boys typically like to play with cars and trucks, while girls typically choose to play with dolls. Why is this? A traditional sociological explanation is that boys and girls are socialised and encouraged to play with different types of…BMAT 2010 · Question 10 · Assumption · Save
- Scientists have argued over whether the extinction of the dinosaurs was caused by a space impact or by super-volcanic activity which lasted for 1.5 million years. The space impact would have caused sudden large-scale fires and earthquakes. Volcanic activity would have caused a cooling of the atmosphere and acid rain…BMAT 2010 · Question 24 · Assumption · Save
- Reducing class sizes in UK primary schools to 20 pupils would be very expensive and would produce little improvement in children’s education. This is confirmed by evidence from the USA. In the 1990s class sizes were reduced in California because the state had been ranked 49th out of 50 states in the reading ability of…BMAT 2010 · Question 30 · Assumption · Save
- A Welsh police station has incorporated 'colour psychology' into the design of its cells with the intention of improving the success of interrogation. As well as glass doors thought to reduce claustrophobia, a particular shade of yellow has been used which is said by psychologists to have a positive, calming, mood…BMAT 2009 · Question 14 · Assumption · Save
- Praise is an expression of recognition and a conferment of status. Recognition and status are important factors in our self esteem and well being. No matter how well paid someone is, if their efforts are never acknowledged the cash will not quite compensate. By the same token, someone who feels recognised and…BMAT 2009 · Question 22 · Assumption · Save
- Even moderate exercise boosts longevity, study says Sorry, couch potatoes - the verdict is in: people who exercise regularly really do live longer. In fact, people who get a good workout almost daily can add nearly four years to their lives, according to the first study to quantify the impact of physical activity this…BMAT 2008 · Question 22 · Assumption · Save
- Many areas of Britain have been subject to serious flooding in recent years. People who own homes in flooded areas already find it very difficult to sell their houses. With the pace of climate change set to increase, more areas will be at risk of flooding. We are, therefore, facing a future of limited geographic…BMAT 2008 · Question 28 · Assumption · Save
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