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Strange coloured teeth; strange coloured bones
Science, Maths & Technology

Strange coloured teeth; strange coloured bones

...become stably incorporated into bone. They've been detected in skeletons from ancient Sudan and Egypt, a possible explanation being these populations ate food contaminated with tetracycline-producing bacteria. Bones containing tetracycline glow yellow-green under ultraviolet light. Eating urchins can cause the bones and teeth of the sea otter (Enhydra lutris) to turn...
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The Z Files: Professor Geoff Palmer
Health, Sports & Psychology

The Z Files: Professor Geoff Palmer

...becoming a respected scientist...Transcript Benjamin Zephaniah I’ve come to Edinburgh to meet Professor Geoff Palmer, one of the world’s most respected scientists working in grain and cereals. He’s broken almost every stereotype going. He was born in the same part of Jamaica as my mother and has encountered poverty, racism and some of the educational difficulties I...
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Year of the Ox: Chinese New Year
Languages

Year of the Ox: Chinese New Year

...become popular on Chinese social media recently: 牛’转乾坤 niú zhuǎn qián kūn Oxing/turning things around This pun is created by two words sharing the same pronunciation as the first character 牛 niú (cow/bull/ox) in the phrase above and the first character 扭 niǔ (to turn; to twist) in the well-known four-character proverb below are pronounced niu (although...
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Do music lessons help with children's other classes?
Education & Development

Do music lessons help with children's other classes?

...become smarter because they have learned how to play the piano or sing in a choir. Rather, smarter people are more likely to engage and excel in intellectual activities such as music. So while musicians may well be smarter than the general population, this does not prove that music-skill transfers to other abilities. Song and dance Overall, our review shows small effects...
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Can high blood pressure protect the over-80s from dementia?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Can high blood pressure protect the over-80s from dementia?

...become less able to compensate for fluctuations in blood pressure, such as when standing from a sitting position. About 30% of people over 70 years of age experience a feeling of dizziness, light-headedness or weakness when going from sitting to standing (termed postural hypotension). This occurs because of a drop in the amount of blood getting to the brain. In fact,...
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Machine translation in language learning and teaching
Languages

Machine translation in language learning and teaching

...become increasingly accurate and efficient, making them invaluable aids in the language learning journey. [Described image] Figure 1 In the first session of this course, you will learn about the history of OMT and the benefits and limitations they pose for language learners. You will also find out about the role reflection plays when using OMT. In the second session, you...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Can the way research is reported play into sexist assumptions?
Society, Politics & Law

Can the way research is reported play into sexist assumptions?

...becomes not just descriptive, but prescriptive: statements that ‘men/women are like this’ can quickly mutate into insinuations that ‘men/women should be like this’. Social psychological research confirms that people are more likely to agree with gender stereotypes and behave in discriminatory ways after encountering biological accounts of gender differences. By...
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Who are otherkin - and how should we view them?
Society, Politics & Law

Who are otherkin - and how should we view them?

...becoming animals. “The Biblical King Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, roamed the land for seven years as an ox and countless other tales turn on human to animal transformations,” writes Feijó. “During the 18th century, accounts of lycanthropy were left behind as the European Enlightenment movement classified them as irrational and obscure. But people who belong to...
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