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Why is the media still fascinated by Brady and Hindley's crimes?
Society, Politics & Law

Why is the media still fascinated by Brady and Hindley's crimes?

...research, we have examined TV and news reports of the trial as well as subsequent media coverage of the crimes. In this work, we found no evidence that Brady or Hindley’s mental health was an issue at the time of the trial itself. No defence of diminished responsibility was put before the court. Brady was examined by psychiatrists following his conviction and there was...
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Rugby: A game of risk and reward
Health, Sports & Psychology

Rugby: A game of risk and reward

...researcher I wanted to explore this risk through people’s thoughts, feelings and emotions. In other words the real stories of the risks of rugby. George Robinson’s Story In July 2015 an English school boy, George Robinson (aged 17) suffered a transection of his spinal cord whilst playing rugby for his school in Cape Town. George underwent surgery in South Africa and...
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Is a technological solution always the best? The politics of toilets
Health, Sports & Psychology

Is a technological solution always the best? The politics of toilets

...research actually revolves around an invention of sorts, but rather than innovating in new areas of material science my colleagues and I have been trying to design something that could be manufactured locally and easily repaired. Our Open Source Condom Vending Machine (OSCVM.org) is an attempt to build reliable, low-cost condom vending machines in Ghana. All the...
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Can cartoons help keep indigenous Mexican languages alive?
Languages

Can cartoons help keep indigenous Mexican languages alive?

...research and adaptation team. He stressed the importance of participation of the indigenous people and communities that have shared their stories of popular tradition. When asked about the reception of the project, Gabriela shared with us the following: En general, las comunidades con las que nos hemos acercado lo han recibido con emoción, por ver en un video parte de su...
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Climate change’s costs are still escalating
Nature & Environment

Climate change’s costs are still escalating

...research fellows Jamal Hisham Hashim and José Siri write that humanity faces “substantial health risks from the degradation of the natural life support systems which are critical for human survival. It has become increasingly apparent that actions to mitigate environmental change have powerful co-benefits for health.” The author of the paper on heat stress, Tord...
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Displaced children of our time
Education & Development

Displaced children of our time

...Research into conditions within these detention centres has highlighted the poor conditions, with complaints of sexual abuse, fights, and inmates working for extremely low or no wages, and the despair and uncertainty felt by detainees. Even for young refugees whose age is not officially disputed, turning 18 can come as a difficult milestone. The rights they are afforded...
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How does Coronation Street bring politics home?
Society, Politics & Law

How does Coronation Street bring politics home?

...research shows how dramas like Coronation Street can help make sense of abstract political debates, explains Robert Topinka...The study of politics is often the study of war, conflict, terrorism, and statecraft, of the exceptional rather than the everyday. But political identities and ideologies also take shape in the space of ordinary life, in daily routines and banal...
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Why did millions march against Trump?
Society, Politics & Law

Why did millions march against Trump?

...research project, Mobilizing Millions: Engendering Protest Across the Globe. We want to understand why people participate in a march of this scale, at a critical historical juncture in our political landscape. Within weeks of discussion of the first march, there were already “sister” march pages national and internationally. While it is beyond the scope of this post...
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