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Ageing well by connecting and learning about nature outdoors
Science, Maths & Technology

Ageing well by connecting and learning about nature outdoors

...data for scientific use and environmental monitoring. Here Pocock and team tested people’s exposure to nature with both observation as well as citizen science, and confirmed that active engagement with the natural world positively affects people’s wellbeing. This is influenced by the quality of the time they spend in nature, and their nature connectedness (the sense...
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Exercising at 50
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exercising at 50

...Journal of Spine Surgery, vol. 7, pp. e29-e38. World Bank (2018) Public Data Life Expectancy [Online]. Available at https://www.google.com/publicdata/explore?ds=d5bncppjof8f9_&met_y=sp_dyn_le00_in&hl=en&dl=en#!ctype=l&strail=false&bcs=d&nselm=h&met_y=sp_dyn_le00_in&scale_y=lin&ind_y=false&rdim=region&idim=country:GBR&ifdim=region&tdim=true&hl=en_US&dl=en&ind=false (Accessed 19 March 2019). Read the other articles ......
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The Open University's Carbon Calculator
Nature & Environment

The Open University's Carbon Calculator

...data sources and what they include. This calculator attempts to be comprehensive by including the effects of income, goods and services consumption and infrastructure emissions as well as the usual energy, food and transport footprints. For this article we are using the current version of the calculator used in the U116 module (Environment: journeys through a changing...
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Writing your proposal and preparing for your interview
Education & Development

Writing your proposal and preparing for your interview

...data in ways that will help you answer your research questions and achieve your research aims. An important part of your methodology will be a section on ethics. Citations and referencing Citing others’ work is an important part of your proposal. When you report on others’ findings, ideas or theory you must provide an in-text reference and the full reference in the...
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Can we overcome cyber-fatigue to secure ourselves online?
Digital & Computing

Can we overcome cyber-fatigue to secure ourselves online?

...data disclosed in 2015. Among other things, the resulting advice is the same: Users should change their passwords and make their login process more complicated (and more secure) by enabling two-factor authentication. The affected services often require users to reset their passwords, but research shows very few people enable features like two-factor authentication. And...
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Supporting parents through pregnancy and birth distress
Health, Sports & Psychology

Supporting parents through pregnancy and birth distress

...data indicates that 26% (national average) of women/birthing people will experience perinatal mental health conditions (Office for Health Improvement & Disparities, 2025). If left untreated, mental health issues can have significant negative and long-lasting effects on the woman, the child, and the wider family (Office for Health Improvement and Disparities, 2022; Howard...
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Understanding depression and anxiety
Health, Sports & Psychology

Understanding depression and anxiety

...data that the volume of the hippocampus, and of areas in the prefrontal cortex, is lower in people with depression (Campbell et al., 2004; Drevets et al., 1997). There is also evidence that activity in the prefrontal cortex is reduced in areas that are thought to be implicated in the control of emotions (Drevets, 1998). Via its effects on the hippocampus and the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
What can Earth tell us about Mars?
Science, Maths & Technology

What can Earth tell us about Mars?

...data about conditions on Mars comes from the missions – the landers and rovers that have explored Mars, taken samples and analysed them. From these analyses we are starting to get a better idea of variation from place to place on Mars. We know for example that some regions of Mars are very rich in sulphur and that perchlorates are present on its surface at very high...
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