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Why would you want to make a bee wear a backpack?
Nature & Environment

Why would you want to make a bee wear a backpack?

...rates based on the insects' visits to flowering trees, or quantify the number of flowers in threatened meadows. They could also be used to calculate the value of pollination services to agriculture and horticulture. There’s certainly a future for bee backpacks.[The Conversation] This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article....
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Reviewing science funding
Science, Maths & Technology

Reviewing science funding

...Spend Review riding high, benefiting from some slight-of-hand, but also from some genuinely farsighted decisions. However as the European negotiations reach their moment of truth in December, he may find that the challenge of turning the UK into an innovation dynamo has only just begun. This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article....
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Can your friend be your therapist?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Can your friend be your therapist?

...article looks at some the differences that exist between the roles of someone providing talking therapies, such as might be accessed through IAPT (Improving Access to Psychological Treatment), and the informal support provided by friends and relations. The Collins Dictionary definition of ‘therapy’ is typical of many: ‘the treatment of physical, mental, or social...
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The dog beyond the mirror: Experiments with dog consciousness
Health, Sports & Psychology

The dog beyond the mirror: Experiments with dog consciousness

...him or he is thinking about us. Maybe both. It will be, however, easier to recognize that the age of empathy that was anticipated by the great ethologist Frans de Waal has finally arrived. Meanwhile top cat scientists are still trying to determine if we are intelligent or not… This article was originally published at Lunatic Laboratories under a CC-BY-NC-ND licence...
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Why the bands played on: Live music in the shadow of the Paris attacks
History & The Arts

Why the bands played on: Live music in the shadow of the Paris attacks

...end of practical and ideological issues surrounding cultural exchange. Recent events look to be tightening the squeeze from both ends. The Beastie Boys may have been joking when they sang “Fight for Your Right to Party”. Turns out, it’s not a laughing matter.[The Conversation] This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article....
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When is the best time to buy plane tickets?
Money & Business

When is the best time to buy plane tickets?

...to monitor the offered prices for some time before committing. The best strategy for booking within the last couple of weeks before the flight, however, is not to delay the purchase, but to try getting quotes from several agents, which is easy to do in the internet age.[The Conversation] This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article....
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Five missing kings and queens – and where we might find them
History & The Arts

Five missing kings and queens – and where we might find them

...a letter to seek confirmation. The abbey is now in ruins, but no archaeological excavations have taken place to certify the last resting place of (most of) the last independent Welsh ruler. [The Conversation] Charles West, Senior Lecturer in Medieval History , University of Sheffield This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article....
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The obscure history of the ‘virgin’s disease’ that could be cured with sex
History & The Arts

The obscure history of the ‘virgin’s disease’ that could be cured with sex

...intercourse did the job. Or, to look at it another way, if this set of common symptoms appeared in a girl of marriageable age, the only diagnosis possible was “the disease of virgins”. [The Conversation] Transcript Helen King, Professor of Classical Studies, The Open University This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article....
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