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17 October 2018
Listen to the sounds of space in free online film: According to the movie Alien, ‘in space, no-one can hear you scream’. This helped to perpetuate the popular opinion that there is no sound in space, just a noiseless vacuum.

16 October 2018
How STFC is helping in the mission to end world hunger: Today is World Food Day, a global action day celebrated every year on the 16th October. On this day, the world comes together to declare its commitment to end world hunger and to ensure food security and nutritious diets for all.

15 October 2018
New training centre to keep Oxfordshire a hi-tech hub: A new training centre in Oxfordshire will equip up to 350 apprentices a year with badly-needed technical skills for the local economy.

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