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Health, Sports & Psychology
Is norovirus an economic threat?
Is the loss to the global economy of the "winter vomiting virus" hard to swallow?
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Health, Sports & Psychology
The meaning of home in later life
Does the meaning of 'home' change as we approach and enter later life?
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Society, Politics & Law
Can the way research is reported play into sexist assumptions?
The way much research on sexual differentiation is conducted and communicated has come under intense criticism from scholars in both the natural and social sciences. Cliodhna O’Connor describes how traditional gender stereotypes are projected onto scientific information and its subsequent reporting. But the dynamics of online spaces have also ...
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Nature & Environment
What can Chinese students in Southampton teach us about going green?
Research amongst Chinese students studying in the UK explores whether studying overseas can change people's behaviour.
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Science, Maths & Technology
60 second adventures in microgravity
What is microgravity, and how does it help science research? This series, funded by the UK Space Agency, explores how we recreate microgravity conditions on Earth, and why they are beneficial to scientific research.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Is a technological solution always the best? The politics of toilets
The Nano Membrane Toilet is great news - but are we producing over-engineered solution?
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Education & Development
When do children develop a sense of gender?
Young children are flexible about their ideas of gender - but, for most, that flexibility soon vanishes. When do ideas about gender become fixed in children's minds?
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Half man, half circuit: Who are the people who are choosing to become cyborgs?
Do the people who claim to be the first of a new human/machine hybrid genuinely represent a new way of living - or are they wrong? Frieda Klotz went to the Cyborg Fair to find out.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
The world around us - Perfume
Our noses aren't very good. So how do the experts set about making perfume?
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Health, Sports & Psychology
What do sports authorities have to do to take account of transgender competitors?
Transgender people are now able to compete at the Olympics - but there are some who worry this might create opportunities for cheating. Katharina Lindner explores the questions.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Becoming a superhero: what are the limits of human performance?
Would an average person be able to train hard enough to become the next Batman, Superman or Wonder Woman?
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Exploring sport online: Athletes and efficient hearts
We all know that the heart is very important but what exactly does the heart do? Why is the blood so important? What functions do the lungs perform? In this free course, Exploring sport online: Athletes and efficient hearts, we will try to provide at least a basic understanding so we can answer these questions and begin to understand why knowing...