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Does it snow on Mars?
Science, Maths & Technology

Does it snow on Mars?

...study - and photographic evidence - suggests that sometimes it snows on the Red Planet. Dave Rothery explains how...[Frosty Gullies on the Northern Plains of Mars] This image, acquired on April 11, 2015, by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows frost in gully alcoves in a crater on the Northern plains....
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Lesbian, gay and bisexual teenagers at much greater risk of depression
Health, Sports & Psychology

Lesbian, gay and bisexual teenagers at much greater risk of depression

...study reveals that lesbian, gay and bisexual young people (LGB or “sexual minority youth”) have about three times the risk of being depressed compared with their heterosexual peers (Lucassen et al., 2017). Our results are based on a meta-analysis of over 165,000 adolescents from eight countries, including the USA, UK and New Zealand. Prior research in the field has...
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Is being a student good for your mental health?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Is being a student good for your mental health?

...studies indicating that university students had higher levels of anxiety and depression when compared with young people who were not at university. Since then there have been many other studies that have confirmed that we should be concerned about the mental wellbeing of our student populations. Indeed in September 2018 Sam Gyimah, the Government’s Minister for...
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The jury: Why we need to learn more about their collective decision-making processes.
Society, Politics & Law

The jury: Why we need to learn more about their collective decision-making processes.

...studied extensively, the majority of studies have looked at extra-legal factors such as attractiveness, confidence, and pre-trial publicity (for a review see Devine & Caughlin, 2014). The actual decision making of the jury has received less attention and as a result, little is known about how juries make and reach a verdict decision (Gastil, Burkhalter, & Black, 2007;...
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What is the haka and why is it performed at rugby matches?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What is the haka and why is it performed at rugby matches?

...skills and prowess including balance, hand and eye co-ordination, dexterity and poise under pressure. The All Black teams perform two types of haka – Ka Mate and Kapa o Pango. Ka Mate was composed by the Ngāti Toa chief Te Rauparaha, around 1820, as a celebration of life over death after his lucky escape from pursuing Ngāti Maniapoto and Waikato enemies. Having played...
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Meet the OU experts behind 'Hospital'
Health, Sports & Psychology

Meet the OU experts behind 'Hospital'

...studies, gives us a view of the OU's involvement in the series and what the audiences will gain from watching: "As an academic consultant for the BBC, I got the unique opportunity to see how this production took shape. I got involved when the series had been commissioned but hadn’t been filmed yet. Of course, lots of work has already gone on to get the series to that...
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What is biomedicine?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What is biomedicine?

...studies in the western world?...Find out more about The Open University's Biology courses and qualifications [Green antibiotic pills] Adapted from the Open University module K203, Working for Health. Modern western scientific medicine is often called "biomedical" because it explains health in terms of biology. It attaches importance to learning about body structure...
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Understanding Female Genital Mutilation and its impact across the lifespan podcast
Health, Sports & Psychology

Understanding Female Genital Mutilation and its impact across the lifespan podcast

...skills that health and social care professionals and other vital frontline professionals need to have and the role that a multi-agency approach plays. It is essential to recognise and respond to key risk indicators, to protect vulnerable children and young people from FGM, and to work with people in a sensitive and respectful way. Of particular interest is the dialogue...
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