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A head for heights: How athletes keep calm at altitude
Health, Sports & Psychology

A head for heights: How athletes keep calm at altitude

...caring about my result," she has said. The terminology Alcott chose to describe her feelings regarding skiing imply she was fully aware of the risks involved but she chose to channel this to her advantage. This concept of interpretation is further supported by half-pipe snowboarder Elena Hight who said dealing with fear is more mental than physical. "Fear is a very...
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The biology of loving our pets
Science, Maths & Technology

The biology of loving our pets

...caring for a dog, partly due to an increase in oxytocin (combined with other psychosocial factors) (Brooks et al., 2018). Oxytocin is now being tested as a treatment for a range of mental health disorders, such as anxiety, depression, schizophrenia and post-traumatic stress disorder (Chaulagain et al., 2025). But, the really interesting thing is that many mammals, such as...
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Volunteering with a personal or professional focus
Education & Development

Volunteering with a personal or professional focus

...care, and Tommy’s, which does a lot of work around pregnancy, premature birth, and miscarriage. Continue reading Michelle describes the kind of volunteering she has taken on as “patient voice or user experience”; she has helped Bliss to refine and develop its services by taking part in focus groups, responding to surveys, and allowing her family’s story to be...
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Three weeks in June and one night in November
Society, Politics & Law

Three weeks in June and one night in November

...care, and we want you to know we don’t care!’. The reverse dog whistle of the media savvy far right is fruitful because it flaunts its extreme views into the echo-chambers of both ally and opposition alike. Politics conducted like this is impervious to charges of lying or exposure to ‘the facts’ because its fakeness is flaunted along with its vaudeville fascism....
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Living History: Life as a Railway Worker During the 2020–21 COVID-19 Global Pandemic
Society, Politics & Law

Living History: Life as a Railway Worker During the 2020–21 COVID-19 Global Pandemic

...care provision and homelife. Cleaning, redeployment and health and safety [Justice for cleaners logo]Cleaners in the railway – no longer a particularly gendered occupation in this setting – have long been considered ‘absent heroes’. Even though there are rubbish and recycling bins in public areas and on trains, they are not often used. As in other sectors of the...
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Is Tinder changing the way the world dates?
Society, Politics & Law

Is Tinder changing the way the world dates?

...adults in Western society seek and pursue romantic and sexual partners. A recent study by Mitchell Hobbs, Stephen Owen and Livia Gerber (2016) asks whether that assessment is really true. The project explores the experiences of dating app users and investigates how the technology has influenced their sexual practices and views on romantic ideals and long-term...
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The historical and ongoing persecution of Europe’s gypsies
History & The Arts

The historical and ongoing persecution of Europe’s gypsies

...adults from both communities died as a result of barbaric ‘medical’ experiments and they were murdered in its gas chambers. It’s estimated that 500,000, 25% of the Roma pre-war European population, perished as a result of Nazi persecution. The genocide is known as the Porrajmos; the ‘devouring’. Since the war, the Roma have continued to be discriminated against...
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Neurodiversity: What is it and what does it look like across races?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Neurodiversity: What is it and what does it look like across races?

...adult or to someone in authority is considered to be rude and children are actively taught not to do this. Yet, not maintaining eye contact is widely considered to be an autistic trait and something most, if not all, professionals will be looking out for when offering a diagnosis of autism. In the UK, it has been found that Asian school pupils (Indian, Pakistani,...
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