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Club v Country: The psychology of switching support
Health, Sports & Psychology

Club v Country: The psychology of switching support

...become our ‘in-group’. Players and fans of other clubs become an ‘out-group’, and psychologists have found that whilst in-groups will cohere by adopting shared beliefs and behaviours, they will also feel hostility towards out-groups, particularly when groups are put in a position where they must compete against each other. In-group to out-group Of course, the...
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The Science of Fear
Health, Sports & Psychology

The Science of Fear

...become scared - with all the physical manifestations that take place when you become fearful? But why can't he just tell himself that the snake isn't dangerous? He finds it almost impossible to 'turn off' his fear, even when it is irrational. It seems that some 'emotional centre' in his brain doesn't readily listen to his 'reasoning' brain. In a previous the programme on...
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Article 15 mins
Reading communities: why, what and how?
Education & Development

Reading communities: why, what and how?

...become popular. The resultant prizes (a Friday film and popcorn, for example, for the class with the highest percentage of parents’ signatures) are positioned as incentives, but such extrinsic motivators rarely work in the long term. They encourage children to read for recognition, for reward, for their parents, their teachers and/or the school, but not for themselves....
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Article 10 mins
A moment of zen: Jon Stewart leaves The Daily Show
History & The Arts

A moment of zen: Jon Stewart leaves The Daily Show

...students at Indiana University found its political coverage was just as substantive as that of the broadcast television networks in reporting on campaign issues and candidate qualifications. At a time of shrinking public trust in the news media, his self-proclaimed “Best ---- News Team Ever” repeatedly, and hilariously, reminded us of the failures of contemporary...
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How can scientists fight the tide of "fake news"?
Science, Maths & Technology

How can scientists fight the tide of "fake news"?

...students how to spot false reports. But more can be done — for example, the National Academy of Sciences should make part of their mandate a campaign against this type of misinformation. The case for media literacy and science education becomes urgent in the digital era, where 60 per cent of the population gets its information from social media. This is a challenge that...
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One Lump or Two? Understanding the Place of Sugar - Part One
Society, Politics & Law

One Lump or Two? Understanding the Place of Sugar - Part One

...becomes. It's not easy to stack the rough unrefined cubes, but a steady hand is doing just that. A white cube is placed carefully atop a brown cube. The voice over is recognisably Tom Hardy: in his trademark gruff voice, he intones about your monthly data allowance. At this point, the link between the stack of sugar cubes and your data allowance is not clear. Tom lifts...
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Astronomers think they’ve just spotted an ‘invisible’ black hole for the first time
Science, Maths & Technology

Astronomers think they’ve just spotted an ‘invisible’ black hole for the first time

...student, and Prof. Andrew Norton tell us about the different observations scientists made to find an invisible black hole...Astronomers famously snapped the first ever direct image of a black hole in 2019, thanks to material glowing in its presence. But many black holes are actually near impossible to detect. Now another team using the Hubble Space Telescope seems to have...
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Article 11 hrs 27 mins
Heart of a heartless world, soul of soulless conditions
History & The Arts

Heart of a heartless world, soul of soulless conditions

...students of Greece and Rome get to read about dangerous spellbinding crones in the original Latin (for instance on the language module Continuing Classical Latin). The avid letter-writer Pliny (2nd century CE) relishes relating an episode about a haunted house and the discovery of a skeleton in chains waiting for a decent burial. In the racy novel Satyricon a werewolf...
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