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Becoming a University of Sanctuary
Society, Politics & Law

Becoming a University of Sanctuary

...human rights, or livelihood. They may include people who are fleeing conflict, those who are at risk of persecution in their home countries, or people displaced through natural or environmental disasters. It may include those forced to move because of climate change, with the UNHCR reporting that extreme weather events are already inducing 23 million people to leave their...
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Christmas at war: 1915 - A wish deferred
History & The Arts

Christmas at war: 1915 - A wish deferred

...humanity, without which "The pillar'd firmament is rottenness And earth's base built on stubble" There is, too, our duty to the children, that perennial source of hope and joy, without which we might well be content to let the world slide. And even greater at the present time is our duty to those brave soldiers and sailors of the kingdom and Empire who are fortunate...
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How can you exercise safely in the heat?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How can you exercise safely in the heat?

...humans, though, one of the greatest things is that we are well designed at regulating our temperature compared with other animals. This enables us to run long distances in the heat. With regular exposure to high temperatures, the body learns to adapt, and the stresses and strains of running in the heat can be reduced. Adaptations to the body include increased sweat rates...
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Stoke-on-Trent, where they’re loving angels instead...
History & The Arts

Stoke-on-Trent, where they’re loving angels instead...

...human soul, mind and personality continue to live ‘in spirit’ and that it is possible to communicate with those spirits via ‘mediumship’. Mediums, such as Fanny and Gordon, will transfer information from a spirit to a living recipient, thereby aiming to provide evidence of survival beyond death. The Spirit World, accessible through such mediumship, is full of...
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Can eating seaweed and algae keep the world fed?
Nature & Environment

Can eating seaweed and algae keep the world fed?

...human food source. Farming these organisms in the right way could even help counter some of the effects of climate change on the rest of the food chain. For example, growing more seaweed lowers the amount of CO2 in the surrounding water, reduces acidification, and improves the environment for oysters and other shellfish. Managing seaweed harvest correctly will also...
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Big data and bioinformatics: Powerful tools for decoding DNA
Science, Maths & Technology

Big data and bioinformatics: Powerful tools for decoding DNA

...human samples. Bioinformatics for cancer Using this genetic data and combining it with data from other studies provides greater power to find their functions and links that may underlie cancers. For example, there are a number of identified and confirmed breast cancer causing variants that are associated with certain genes, (segments of a DNA sequence that causes the...
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Mastering our fear of death with the Jack-o’-lantern
History & The Arts

Mastering our fear of death with the Jack-o’-lantern

...human, but it’s hollow; the lights are on, but there’s nobody home! The uncanny is also that which is simultaneously homely and scary, since it reminds us of our repressed fears. When we encounter it, what we’ve tried to forget has again returned and come to light (Reuers, 2019). Insofar as we can take pleasure in reawakening beliefs we once had in infancy, the...
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Infographic: 12 things to know about Einstein's Theory of Relativity
Science, Maths & Technology

Infographic: 12 things to know about Einstein's Theory of Relativity

...Human Nature’ was a big influence on Einstein’s thinking about space and time. Hume was an empiricist and skeptic, believing that scientific concepts must be based on experience and evidence, not reason alone. He also held that time did not exist separately from the movement of objects. ‘It is very well possible that without these philosophical studies, I would not...
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