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For centuries the Netherlands has battled with the dangers of water as most of the country lies below sea level. In 1953, nearly two thousand people were killed by flooding, a disaster on such a scale that it changed everything. Since then Dutch governments have consistently made flood prevention infrastructure a…BMAT 2022 · Question 1 · Main Conclusion · Save
The field of ‘brain training’ – and the excitement surrounding it – is growing rapidly. There is much promise in the idea that training people via memory games and similar exercises can improve overall cognitive function. But this promise has yet to be truly substantiated by research conducted so far. The most…BMAT 2022 · Question 15 · Main Conclusion · Save
It’s often said you shouldn’t treat people simply as statistics, but instead as individuals, each with their own complex feelings and concerns. But perhaps treating people purely statistically is – on a large scale – the most moral way to treat them. In treating people as statistics, you automatically give everyone’s…BMAT 2022 · Question 29 · Main Conclusion · Save
The Royal Society, Britain’s leading science organisation, has millions of pounds invested in fossil fuel companies. At the same time, it has published many doom-laden reports on the impact of human activity on the environment, and many of its members are devoted to researching climate change. It is hypocritical for…BMAT 2021 · Question 5 · Main Conclusion · Save
Universities must maintain a good reputation, because sponsors quickly withdraw funding from a university that is the object of bad publicity and the most talented applicants for studentships look elsewhere. University departments should therefore reject any research proposal that might cause offence. Like other…BMAT 2021 · Question 29 · Main Conclusion · Save
Everyone with a good idea wants it to have impact, but why do some social innovations go global whilst others remain small-scale? Whether their idea is a pioneering schooling model or a new form of volunteering, social innovators must become campaigners and embrace change in order to have widespread influence.…BMAT 2020 · Question 4 · Main Conclusion · Save
Positive discrimination, known as affirmative action in the US, is the process of increasing the number of employees from under-represented groups in workplaces from which they have been excluded, by preferentially selecting recruits from those categories. Although many countries, including the US, allow the practice…BMAT 2020 · Question 21 · Main Conclusion · Save
Silk gets stronger when supercooled whilst other materials get weak and brittle. The discovery was made by a group of scientists shooting bullets at various supercooled items and filming them shatter. When they tried it on a spider web it didn’t work: the web just caught the bullet. At the time it was just an…BMAT 2020 · Question 29 · Main Conclusion · Save
The standard price for a cup of coffee in Italy is €1 (about £1), but in the UK you can be charged as much as £4. But why? The biggest part of the cost of serving a cup of coffee certainly isn’t the coffee. The most significant cost is staff wages, though in fact that’s not the key difference. It’s the difference in…BMAT 2019 · Question 13 · Main Conclusion · Save
The chore of raising young chicks is one some birds manage to avoid. By laying their eggs in the nests of others, they dupe those others into feeding the babies once hatched. Such ‘brood parasitism’ has been noted in at least three groups, namely cuckoos, cowbirds and honeyguides. It provides a good example of…BMAT 2019 · Question 24 · Main Conclusion · Save
When the development of the internet enabled ordinary people to have free, easy access to information, it seemed as though a great breakthrough had been made in empowering people. The subsequent development of social media made it possible for people to share opinions and quickly organise protests against ruling…BMAT 2018 · Question 6 · Main Conclusion · Save
Wide-ranging increases in the cost of bringing a civil court case recently announced by the UK government are an assault on citizens’ access to the law. It is tantamount to treating justice like a commodity. The latest proposals will increase fees by more than 1000% for claims of £200 000 or more. They will deter…BMAT 2016 · Question 6 · Main Conclusion · Save
Agriculture faces its biggest challenge since Neolithic days in the way it adapts – or fails to adapt – to climate change. Africa and southeast Asia will be worst affected. In 20 years' time, their climate will be quite different from their climate today: crop varieties used now will yield dramatically less in the…BMAT 2015 · Question 6 · Main Conclusion · Save
People with pale skin may be lacking in vitamin D, which is important for healthy bones and teeth. Most people get enough vitamin D with short exposures to the sun (10 to 15 minutes a day). A small amount also comes from the diet, in foods like oily fish and dairy products. But people with pale skin do not seem to be…BMAT 2012 · Question 2 · Main Conclusion · Save
A rocky planet, whose mass is three times that of Earth's, could be the first ever to be found outside our solar system with the potential to support human life. Lying in the 'Goldilocks Zone' of the Milky Way, twenty light years away, the planet is said to have gravity similar to Earth and could well be capable of…BMAT 2011 · Question 26 · Main Conclusion · Save
Last winter, heavy snowfalls prompted criticism of the Government for failing to ensure that the country is prepared for severe weather. Billions of pounds were lost to businesses through workers being unable to make their journey to work during a week of heavy snowfall. Others felt that these costs should be accepted…BMAT 2009 · Question 4 · Main Conclusion · Save

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