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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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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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Will the next Secretary-General of the United Nations be a woman?
Society, Politics & Law

Will the next Secretary-General of the United Nations be a woman?

...work. The UN Charter advocates for women’s equality and empowerment. Equality, equity and diversity are enshrined in the founding principles of the United Nations, the world’s most important institution tasked with enabling our collective peace and security. Guterre’s himself upheld this commitment by championing gender equality in UN programming and women now make...
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Properties of gold
Science, Maths & Technology

Properties of gold

...worked by humans. They are both relatively easy to reclaim from the rocks in which they’re found, and are easy to work. Gold is extremely unreactive and doesn’t tarnish like most other metals. Consequently, gold jewellery can survive essentially unchanged for thousands of years. Gold is also extremely heavy, with a density of 19.4 g cm-3. The density of lead, by...
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How does COVID-19 affect cancer treatment?
Science, Maths & Technology

How does COVID-19 affect cancer treatment?

...working at The Open University answer cancer-related questions about the new coronavirus in this series of articles...Who are we? We are cancer researchers working at The Open University. Our daily job involves identifying and testing new therapies and new diagnostic technologies for cancers. For this reason, we are regularly in contact with cancer charities and patient...
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Why is discovering gravitational waves from a neutron star collision a big deal?
Science, Maths & Technology

Why is discovering gravitational waves from a neutron star collision a big deal?

...work leading to the discovery of gravitational waves, first announced in February 2016. Since then, detecting gravitational waves from colliding black holes has started to feel like familiar territory – with four further such events detected. But as far as we know, colliding black holes offer purely a window on the dark side of the universe. We haven’t been able to...
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