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TOTEM LATAMAT: an Indigenous reminder we are all part of the ecosystem
Nature & Environment

TOTEM LATAMAT: an Indigenous reminder we are all part of the ecosystem

...research is funded I’m not sure we can even go that far. It is certainly not “good” in itself, and without a moral and cultural framework to support it, it can cause disaster. Even if Sen is right and there are technological solutions available, it will require a paradigm shift to persuade anyone to enact them. The big question that we face is not “What do we do...
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Create stunning images of the Universe
Science, Maths & Technology

Create stunning images of the Universe

...research. The power of astronomy The science of astronomy is an incredibly diverse topic with branches ranging from atomic physics, the fusion process powering stars, right the way up to the cosmology of the Big Bang Theory which gives us an understanding of where everything came from. It also provides an unprecedented vehicle for teaching a huge number of topics in the...
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Refugee Creativity and Communities of Solidarity
Society, Politics & Law

Refugee Creativity and Communities of Solidarity

...researchers at Pikpa Refugee Camp on the island of Lesvos in Greece in 2016. Lesvos, historically an island of refugees, has been at the frontline of welcoming Iraqi, Afghan, Syrian and other refugees to Europe since 2012. Pikpa offers a home to some of the most vulnerable refugees and families and is run entirely by volunteers and with donations. It is worlds away from...
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Indigenous ceremonies and climate change
Nature & Environment

Indigenous ceremonies and climate change

...research about the potential of Indigenous ceremonies and festivals to making a better world. Many people are overwhelmed by despair when faced with the enormity of Climate Change and other global challenges. This can even be exacerbated by the magnitude of some of the proposed solutions, especially the most ambitious technical ones. Something needs to intervene between...
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Addressing health inequalities in greenspaces to age well: Part II diversity and safety
Health, Sports & Psychology

Addressing health inequalities in greenspaces to age well: Part II diversity and safety

...researched the barriers to accessing greenspace amongst girls and women. Sadly, women generally feel less safe in parks than men, and therefore don’t visit as often. They therefore miss out on exercise, fresh air, and mental health benefits. Make Space for Girls are campaigning for park managers to implement new safety measures to make parks more equitable, for example...
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Bumblebees
Nature & Environment

Bumblebees

...Research labs . Although these results haven't yet been published, quite a bit of experience has been built up in providing artificial nests and we give you three suggestions here. For the solitary mason bee You need hollow bamboo or buddleia stems, all cut to the same length, and an old tin (a coffee tin would be perfect). The hollow stems are pushed into clay in the...
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How do microplastics make their way into our food?
Nature & Environment

How do microplastics make their way into our food?

...be the largest global reservoir of microplastics The use of sewage sludge in agriculture in the UK is regulated by the Sludge (Use in Agriculture) Regulations 1989 https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/1263/made Listen to this BBC Inside Science episode discussing the new research trying to find the sources of the microplastics that are accumulating in UK riverbed...
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Charles Dickens and the dinosaurs
History & The Arts

Charles Dickens and the dinosaurs

...research, Dawson might have traced briefly the early nineteenth-century roots of paleontology from the pioneering work of either Mary Anning or Gideon Mantell to Owen. In so doing, he would have provided readers with a parallel commentary on the historical and cultural influences that shaped the lives and careers of both Dickens and Owen. Though serial publication of...
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