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Critically exploring psychology
Health, Sports & Psychology

Critically exploring psychology

...system and hormones function to affect behaviour, and how different behaviours, such as drinking alcohol, taking drugs or exercising, can affect us both internally and externally in the behaviours we exhibit. Biological psychologists also focus on neurological data and investigate the contribution of different brain areas, or communication between areas, to particular...
Explainer: how do you read an election poll?
Society, Politics & Law

Explainer: how do you read an election poll?

...system. Even if you knew exactly what the national shares of the vote would be, that doesn’t tell you how many parliamentary seats each party will win. In the 2010 general election, for instance, Labour got 29% of the country’s votes, and almost 40% of the parliamentary seats, while the Liberal Democrats got 23% of the votes and only 9% of the seats. UKIP got 3% of...
Using digital tools to save languages
Languages

Using digital tools to save languages

...systems, and their work allows us today to discover many fascinating stories from those cultures. While it is interesting and advantageous to know more than one language, our native language is particularly important, as it is the tool in which we most easily encode and decode our emotions, our stories, and our secrets. If we don’t start documenting languages...
Make a meadow, whatever the scale and the diversity of meadows
Nature & Environment

Make a meadow, whatever the scale and the diversity of meadows

...system of channels and sluices. The time and trouble devoted to producing hay at that time illustrate how valuable the crop was. Only a handful of working water meadows still survive in England on the chalk streams of Hampshire, but similar vegetation exists on the wetlands of the Somerset Levels and the Norfolk Broads. [Photo of field with flowers] A water meadow in...
How to manage the digital-related stress of technology
Health, Sports & Psychology

How to manage the digital-related stress of technology

...system of accreditation for wellbeing apps in the UK, the NHS recently launched a test library for those they recommend. And ORCHA UK has compiled a searchable review of mental health apps that may be able to point you in the right direction. But if you want to know whether an app you find is any good… one of the best ways to find out is to do a little digging yourself....
Does handing a company on to the children work?
Money & Business

Does handing a company on to the children work?

...systems that might fail to protect owners from devious CEOs — and also owner-managers preferences for being their own boss. If we accept family control is the necessary (or preferred) control structure for many firms, it is crucial to understand what may be the barriers to investment in better management practices within family firms. What can CEOs do? While...
Reparations for slavery in Barbados
Education & Development

Reparations for slavery in Barbados

...system of chattel Slavery”. The Committee developed a 10-point plan, calling for: Full apology Repatriation Indigenous people’s development program Cultural institutions Public health crisis (action) Illiteracy eradication African knowledge program Psychological rehabilitation Technology transfer Debt cancellation The (brief) arguments For: Slavery created vast...
Why are maggots making a comeback in hospitals?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why are maggots making a comeback in hospitals?

...system. The result in all these cases is wounds that won’t heal. The process gets stuck permanently in the very first stage. White blood cells hang around the wound longer and in higher numbers, secreting chemicals that interfere with the growth of new cells. They also trigger production of a group of enzymes that break down the base layer of collagen upon which wound...