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Hidden soil allies – fungi that help plants face drought
Nature & Environment

Hidden soil allies – fungi that help plants face drought

...systemic acquired resistance (SAR). If fungi are so helpful, why isn’t every farm already using them? Here’s where it gets tricky. Modern agriculture, with its heavy ploughing, chemical fertilisers, and monocultures, often disrupts these delicate fungal networks and make plants less dependent of this symbiosis. Tillage, for example, breaks apart the fungal threads,...
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Dealing with Change
Health, Sports & Psychology

Dealing with Change

...system, moving to a new desk), a change in a relationship (new partner or colleague, death of a family member) or a change in life circumstances (retirement, redundancy, birth of a child, changes to physical and mental health). Changes can be positive or negative, expected or unexpected, planned or unplanned. The impact of the change can sometimes be experienced in...
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How yoga conquered Britain: the feminist legacy of Yogini Sunita and Kailash Puri
Health, Sports & Psychology

How yoga conquered Britain: the feminist legacy of Yogini Sunita and Kailash Puri

...system, and Wilfred Clark (1898-1981), who founded the British Wheel of Yoga, have legacies which are much easier to document. Why British women embraced yoga But the significance of these two women in inspiring other women should not be underestimated. Women quickly became the majority of both students and teachers of yoga in Britain, comprising of 70-90% of those...
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Does the universe have a heartbeat? The science of cosmic connection
Science, Maths & Technology

Does the universe have a heartbeat? The science of cosmic connection

...systems. 2. Can a dead star have a heartbeat? [Artist's impression of a pulsar]Artist impression of a Pulsar. While the Heart Nebula gives us the image of love, Pulsars give us the rhythm. In 1967, a PhD student named Jocelyn Bell (who later became an Open University Professor) noticed a ‘bit of scruff’ on her radio telescope charts. It was a signal from deep space...
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Is your social media use impacting your future?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Is your social media use impacting your future?

...systems and ‘reviews’ can tell us how a service is performing from the user perspective or, alternatively, it can give us professional information about health and social care workers through organisational online profiles. However, if too much of our personal information is made to be public this could provide a negative view of the person; e.g. evidence of profane...
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Merry microbes: how might festive feasting affect your gut microbiota?
Science, Maths & Technology

Merry microbes: how might festive feasting affect your gut microbiota?

...system function and regulation, energy regulation, and even complex conditions such as Autism and Alzheimer’s disease as well as inflammatory conditions. Inflammation is how the body naturally reacts to infection. It is a protective mechanism designed to help the body heal and combat harmful invaders. Inflammation is a complex process that involves the activation of...
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Resilience: The magic ingredient for Olympians?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Resilience: The magic ingredient for Olympians?

...system [online]. UK Coaching. Available at: https://www.uksport.gov.uk/news/2017/10/24/uk-sport-statement-on-culture [Accessed 25th November 2020]. Sarkar, M. (2019) How to create psychological resilience [podcast]. The Athlete Development Project. Available at: https://athletedevelopmentproject.com/2020/01/ep-72-mustafa-sarkar-how-to-create-psychological-resilience/...
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How Bitcoin works
Digital & Computing

How Bitcoin works

...system. Cashing out So what happens if you want to turn your Bitcoins back into a more familiar currency such as pounds or dollars? This function is performed by exchange websites who accept Bitcoins and return other currencies. Bitcoins can be exchanged for currencies such as US dollars, British pounds, Euros, Yen and Roubles, or for credit such as pre-paid credit cards...
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