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How have the Conservatives overtaken Labour for the British Indian vote?
Society, Politics & Law

How have the Conservatives overtaken Labour for the British Indian vote?

...or foreign policy towards a Modi-led India, Corbyn is out-of-sync with much of the British Indian population. Labour were once able to rely on the loyalty of British Indians at the ballot box. Times have changed. June 8 could well mark a full Tory takeover of Labour’s Indian estate. This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article....
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What did Voltaire think about Buddhism?
History & The Arts

What did Voltaire think about Buddhism?

...et curieuses, thirty-four volumes of which appeared between 1702 and 1776. The Jesuit accounts of far-flung lands were widely read during the Enlightenment, serving, for example, as important sources for Denis Diderot and Jean le Rond d’Alembert’s seminalEncyclopédie. The contents of the letters were various, but the Jesuits’ mission being what it was, it is...
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What's life like for Jordan's LGBTQ community?
Society, Politics & Law

What's life like for Jordan's LGBTQ community?

...Article Six of the Jordanian Constitution protects citizens from discrimination on the basis of race, language or religion, but these protections do not extend to people of variant sexual identity. This gray area is where discrimination still manages to play out in the daily lives of LGBT persons. Nasser*, a 23-year-old who moved to Jordan about a year ago and identifies...
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Why are people superstitious?
History & The Arts

Why are people superstitious?

...with philosophy”. Transcript References Hobbes, Thomas. (2017 [1651]). Leviathan. Harmondsworth: Penguin. Spinoza, Benedictus de. (2016 [1670]). “Theological-Political Treatise”, in The Collected Works of Spinoza. Volume II, trans. Edwin Curley. Princeton: Princeton University Press. Discover more articles like this Study a free course on human rights and politics...
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Women have heart attacks too - but why do they often go misdiagnosed?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Women have heart attacks too - but why do they often go misdiagnosed?

...as blood pressure, weight, blood sugar and cholesterol, women also need to address psychological and social factors, such as stress and depression. We need to develop health care programs using a gender-based approach to increase awareness of heart disease as a women’s health issue and improve health outcomes. This article was originally published by The Conversation....
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Sebastian Chuwa: environmentalist, conservationist and champion of Tanzanian nature
Nature & Environment

Sebastian Chuwa: environmentalist, conservationist and champion of Tanzanian nature

...article honours and pays tribute to a man who devoted his life to protecting the flora and fauna of Tanzania...Find out more about The Open University's Environment courses. The 3rd of March is Africa Environment Day, also known as Wangari Maathai day in tribute to the late environmentalist and first female African Nobel Peace Prize winner. It should be celebrated and...
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How afraid of death are we?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How afraid of death are we?

...carefully exposing patients to the source of their anxiety – an object, an animal, or even a memory – reduces their fear. In the same way, perhaps this most recent taboo-breaking trend will inoculate us psychologically, and make us more robust in the face of death.[The Conversation] This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article....
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Back to the Future: Is time travel possible?
Science, Maths & Technology

Back to the Future: Is time travel possible?

...world or, if they do – like Marty McFly when he ensures his parents really did get together in 1955 – people just make sure things happen in the past the way they were meant to! This article came Back to the Future from 2013 when it was originally written to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who - discover more perspectives on science fiction and time travel....
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