The Hugo Awards are given every year by the World Science Fiction Society for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements of the previous year.
once officially known as the Science Fiction Achievement Award
The award has been described as "a fine showcase for speculative fiction" and "the best known literary award for science fiction writing".
a thought or mental image brings about a seemingly "reflexive" or automatic muscular reaction, often of minuscule degree, and potentially outside of the awareness of the subject
Body language may be considered the most commonly visible aspect of IMR
Clarke's Three Laws are three "laws" of prediction formulated by the British writer and scientist Arthur C. Clarke. They are:
When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right; when he states that something is impossible, he is probably wrong.
The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible.
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
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misunderstandings and neglect create more confusion in this world than trickery and malice. At any rate, the last two are certainly much less frequent.
requires equal treatment in access to employment as well as private and public services, regardless of the protected characteristics
there are special protections for pregnant women
In the case of disability, employers and service providers are under a duty to make reasonable adjustments to their workplaces to overcome barriers experienced by disabled people
reducing socio-economic inequalities
reform and harmonise equality law
restate the greater part of the enactments relating to discrimination and harassment related to certain personal characteristics
enable certain employers to be required to publish information about the differences in pay between male and female employees
intended to simplify the law by bringing together existing anti-discrimination legislation
prohibit victimisation
eliminate discrimination and other prohibited conduct
increase equality of opportunity
amend the law relating to rights and responsibilities in family relationships