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Using digital tools to save languages
Languages

Using digital tools to save languages

...becoming increasingly monolingual. And as linguist Steven Bird has pointed out, research has shown that the brains of monolingual people deteriorate faster. How languages die Languages are influenced by contact with other languages. Sometimes the change is irreversible. The fate of our languages is also decided by socio-politics. For instance, public policies determine...
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Make a meadow, whatever the scale and the diversity of meadows
Nature & Environment

Make a meadow, whatever the scale and the diversity of meadows

...Become a master of your own meadow. Whether it’s a pot on a balcony, a small patch of garden, a shared community space, or several hundred hectares, you can make it richer in grasses and wildflowers by following these simple steps: Stop To make a meadow, you could simply stop cutting your grass so regularly and see what grows. Cut once in summer and again in winter,...
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How to age well while self-isolating
Health, Sports & Psychology

How to age well while self-isolating

...become seriously ill because of coronavirus. Of those people who will become ill, the ones who eat a balanced diet, drink plenty of clear fluids, exercise regularly and keep themselves socially and cognitively stimulated will recover faster and more fully. Useful links and resources Diabetes UK British Heart Foundation Health watch World Health Organisation (WHO) British...
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England’s Historic Battlefields: the Wars of the Roses
History & The Arts

England’s Historic Battlefields: the Wars of the Roses

...becoming part of our national heritage. Yet the process of naming a battlefield could often take many years. Towton was most frequently referred to as ‘Palm Sunday Field’ in the years immediately after 1461, a reference to when it took place, not its geographical location. It was also known as the ‘York Field’ and ‘the battle at Shirbourne beside York’, before...
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How we can all tackle our digital carbon footprints
Nature & Environment

How we can all tackle our digital carbon footprints

...become. Reason 2: Cross-cutting Our digital activities influence and impact our emissions across other categories, including emissions associated with housing and travel. Reason 3: Empowering As mentioned in the remote working article (linked below), some of the actions we can take to reduce our personal digital carbon footprints are small, yet impactful. These...
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Public Health and Behaviour Change: from naïve sociology to naïve psychology
Society, Politics & Law

Public Health and Behaviour Change: from naïve sociology to naïve psychology

...becomes very much issue-led. This then hints at two senses of the public: the idea of ‘the public as a social entity or target for an intervention’; and the public as ‘the mode of intervention, which requires some form of collective action’. Taking either or both of these approaches means that public health is always ‘political’: governments commission and...
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Why are maggots making a comeback in hospitals?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why are maggots making a comeback in hospitals?

...become infested with maggots. His first instinct was to clean out the larvae but then, like other doctors before him, he noticed something strange: the wounds with maggots didn’t become infected, they healed faster, and the soldiers were much less likely to die of their injuries. After the war, Baer returned to Johns Hopkins and brought his insights into maggot therapy...
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Why I believe 'yes' is only a matter of time
Society, Politics & Law

Why I believe 'yes' is only a matter of time

...become called now the English question. So one of the big ironies of the Scottish Independence Referendum is it’s resulted in a huge debate about this thing England and Englishness. Now, the party who has got most to gain from that in Scotland is of course the Scottish National Party, because the more that England starts to behave as England and looks for devolution in...
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