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Health, Sports & Psychology
Five things you might like to know about Recovery Colleges
What is a Recovery College? When did they start? Dr Jonathan Leach explains in this five point guide.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Do books need trigger warnings for distressing content?
At Lancaster University English literature students have requested that trigger warnings be added to texts that include distressing passages. Claudia Hammond examines.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
The dog beyond the mirror: Experiments with dog consciousness
Traditional mirror-based experiments might have sold dogs self-awareness short. New research using smell instead of sight suggests dogs might have self-consciousness.
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Society, Politics & Law
Uncanny valley: why we find human-like robots and dolls so creepy
Why do robots that look human (but not quite human enough) make us uncomfortable?
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Sometimes a bunny is just a bunny: The Playboy brand and sexualisation of children
Beyond the tabloid-fuelled rage at Playboy products apparently aimed at children is a much more nuanced relationship with the Bunny brand.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
How long will you live if you stop eating and drinking?
If you're stranded in the desert without food or water, how long can you survive for? As so often, the answer is "well, it depends..."
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Can your friend be your therapist?
Is talking to a friend the best kind of therapy? Dr Jonathan Leach, Lecturer in Mental Health, investigates...
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Meet the academic - Dr Claire Rostron
Dr Claire Rostron talks Health Science and Neuroscience with Janet Sumner.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Business Bursts: Supply chain
Business School academics look at different approaches to supply chain, exploring brands such as Mini and WH Smith
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Business Bursts: Marketing
There are many motivations for businesses to get their marketing right - Business Bursts examines how these messages are getting ever more sophisticated.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Will more money for the NHS deliver for midwife services?
In pre-announcements before the Autumn Statement, new money for the NHS was being promised. But will it help solve the crisis in midwifery services in the NHS? Writing for OpenDemocracy, The Royal College of Midwives' Sean O'Sullivan is sceptical.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Business Bursts: Failure
There's many reasons why even great companies can fail—and a difficult economy can exacerbate the problems