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The taste of love on different tongues: What language tells us about love
Languages

The taste of love on different tongues: What language tells us about love

...change over time. 14 flavours So, what are these flavours? The first three do not concern people at all. They refer to people’s fondness and passion for certain activities (meraki), places (chōros) and objects (eros). Note that this usage of eros reflects its deployment in classical Greece, where it was often used in the context of aesthetic appreciation rather than...
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Resilience: The magic ingredient for Olympians?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Resilience: The magic ingredient for Olympians?

...changes to his training programme, to win Olympic Gold in the 200m swimming freestyle. But what is it about these athletes that allows them to bounce back, be resilient, and take positives from such adversity into future performances? Personal qualities that support athletes to be resilient The research on Olympic champions by Fletcher and Sarkar (2012) identified five...
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Teaching equality: unconscious bias in education
Education & Development

Teaching equality: unconscious bias in education

...change...Let me introduce you to a mentoring vignette. It is 2010. I am an eye-poppingly keen Newly Qualified Teacher. I have recently been observed by my mentor Brian with my favourite class. We smashed it, I love them and this meeting is going well. Until. ‘And what about Ellen?’ Brian is looking at me, tapping her name on my planner with the end of his pencil....
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Education & Development

Taking your first steps into higher education

...changes in scientific understanding over time. The Collins Paperback English Dictionary (1999) defines art as: ‘The creation of works of beauty or other special significance’ and ‘Human creativity as distinguished from nature’. How far does this reflect your own views? If you want to amend your own definition in the light of this, do so now...Week 3: Art history...
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Could Islamic law be the key to defeating ISIS?
Society, Politics & Law

Could Islamic law be the key to defeating ISIS?

...change Sharia doctrine for Muslims on any subject. There is no equivalent of the Vatican and papal infallibility. How Sharia is interpreted by the many different communities of Muslims (from Sunni and Shia to Sufi and Salafi) is, at base, the product of an intergenerational consensus of the scholars and leaders of each community. Islamic belief and practice is...
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Brexit and the Irish border
OpenLearn Ireland

Brexit and the Irish border

...changing geographical relationship between the UK and Ireland...[The European union and Irish flags] Brexit and the Irish border: an introduction I started writing this article on February 1st, 2017, as the House of Commons voted to trigger Article 50 starting the process of withdrawal from the EU. One week previously the UK Supreme Court confirmed that the so-called...
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Why do female footballers experience knee injuries and what can be done?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why do female footballers experience knee injuries and what can be done?

...changes that may increase their risk of an ACL injury. This includes the generalised laxity of ligaments, dominance of the quadricep muscle in knee stabilisation and higher turning forces occurring at the knee (Marmura, Bryant and Getgood, 2021). It has been proposed that sex hormones (e.g. relaxin, progestin and oestrogen) may increase the risk of an ACL injury in...
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The Borders of Astrobiology
Science, Maths & Technology

The Borders of Astrobiology

...changes over time. Going into space in any extensive way is a multigenerational endeavour, and so only considering what a few people currently think inherently risks missing important insights yet to be had, and thus risks causing irreversible harm. [Launch of NASA Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover mission. ] Launch of NASA Mars2020 Perseverance Rover mission. (NASA/Joel...
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