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Health, Sports & Psychology
What is the haka and why is it performed at rugby matches?
The New Zealand team will be starting their Rugby World Cup matches with the traditional haka. But why do they do it?
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Can rugby be made safer - and still be rugby?
The collisons between players are such a key part of the sport of rugby, is it possible to reduce the risk to players while not losing the allure for spectators?
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Match report: The first England v Wales rugby international
The first England v Wales rugby match took place on Saturday 19th February, 1881. This match report suggests that Wales' skills on the pitch had yet to show themselves.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Why the size of your plate might be making you overweight
Alan Partridge's trick of taking an extra-large plate to an all-you-can-eat buffet might be putting his long term health at risk. New research links tableware size with the tendency to eat too much.
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Rugby tackles homophobia
Guinness and Gareth Thomas rugby tackle homophobia in their latest TV ad, writes Dr Helen Owton.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
The Colour of Success: Can uniform colour impact on team success?
What impact does colour have on sporting competitions? Candice Lingam-Willgoss (Lecturer in Sport and Fitness) looks at the evidence.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Falling hard: Why do Americans love pumpkin so much?
When leaves start to turn colour, it's a signal for Americans to add pumpkin spice to almost everything. Why do they do that? Is it something in their brains?
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Key Ideas in Therapy
What are are they key factors to successful therapy? This series looks at three elements important to producing a positive outcome. Firstly, the therapist and client need to have a good relationship. Secondly, the therapist needs need to be able to give the client their full attention. Finally the therapist needs to look beyond the individual ...
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Oliver Sacks: "Romantic, in the sense of the romantic poets"
For Vaughan Bell of Mind Hacks, the more Sacks wrote, the more we were inspired - and the more we knew of the man himself
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Oliver Sacks: "You are in the hands of a master storyteller"
The writer Josh Bernoff hails Oliver Sacks' ability to engage readers from the start.
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Oliver Sacks: "Don't skip the footnotes"
Matthew Wade - writing after Oliver Sacks had revealed his prognosis, but before his death - celebrated the life of the "stray Santa" who loved understanding the passions of others.
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Can rabies be eliminated from Asia by 2020?
The World Health Organisation wants rabies eradicated from Asia in the next five years. They've got an uphill struggle, reports Mary-Rose Abraham.