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Science doesn't know how free divers do it
Health, Sports & Psychology

Science doesn't know how free divers do it

...worked out what they saw. They worked out what they understood about the human body and the effects of pressure on it and they said: “Well, look, your lungs are going to be crushed and you’re going to be spitting blood by the time you’re at 30 or 40 metres. So there’s no way that you can do this on breath-hold diving. It just can’t be done.” But of course,...
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Homeless people could avoid life-saving services, if there’s a risk of deportation
Society, Politics & Law

Homeless people could avoid life-saving services, if there’s a risk of deportation

...work this way, it would raise two problems. It implies that the right to life is dependent on a person’s paperwork, and not their humanity. And it doesn’t make provision for those who are scared and unwilling to risk seeking help. What’s more, as a result of drawn-out and unfair asylum decisions (a third are reversed if they get to appeal), administrative issues and...
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Iron from the sky: Meteors, meteorites and ancient culture
Science, Maths & Technology

Iron from the sky: Meteors, meteorites and ancient culture

...work was needed to establish how the iron beads originated. When examining three Gerzeh iron beads held at the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, UCL and another one at The Manchester Museum, I noted that all were highly oxidised and realised this would not be a trivial task. The Manchester Museum bead was loaned to me for analysis; non-destructive analysis methods...
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About the stroop test
Education & Development

About the stroop test

...work without consciously making decisions about the route. Being able to do these things automatically frees up our brain to work on other, more important issues. However, on some occasions, being able to prevent ourselves from doing things automatically, or avoid the usual routine action, is also an important human skill. For example, it is this capacity, known as...
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Sometimes a bunny is just a bunny: The Playboy brand and sexualisation of children
Health, Sports & Psychology

Sometimes a bunny is just a bunny: The Playboy brand and sexualisation of children

...work, but not – it transpired during the course of discussion - to her son's poster of Jordan, since Katie Price was 'doing it for herself', rather than exploiting others, and was, like her, a single mother with kids to support. She, and some other working-class mothers in our groups, recognised the sex industry – defined broadly to include lap-dancing nightclubs,...
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How can you tell if a signal from space is an alien communication?
Science, Maths & Technology

How can you tell if a signal from space is an alien communication?

...working at the Arecibo radio telescope in Puerto Rico have detected a weird radio signal, spotted when pointing their telescope at the nearby star Ross 128. They’re not getting too excited about the prospect of an alien civilisation contacting us just yet though. “In case you are wondering, the recurrent aliens hypothesis is at the bottom of many other better...
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The origins of Welsh male voice choirs
History & The Arts

The origins of Welsh male voice choirs

...works of the Swansea district contributed to the mellow tones we associate with Dunvant and Morriston Orpheus; along the northern rim of east Glamorgan and Gwent the still extant choirs of the iron-making townships of Dowlais, Rhymney, Tredegar and Blaenavon are reminders of a ruthless exploitation which nevertheless gave birth to a workforce who found powerful comfort in...
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What's life like for Jordan's LGBTQ community?
Society, Politics & Law

What's life like for Jordan's LGBTQ community?

...work the only option available for them to earn some kind of income. Efforts are being made to raise awareness of LGBT issues, especially in the last few years. In 2015, informal LGBT activists and the Jordan-based LGBT-inclusive magazine My.Kali organized a small event in central Amman for the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia (IDAHOT), where...
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