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Hat makers, Greek gods and the great poisoners
Science, Maths & Technology

Hat makers, Greek gods and the great poisoners

...changes such as irritability, depression and shyness. In extreme cases delirium was experienced – as illustrated so well by the character of the mad hatter in Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. However, it wasn’t just hatters who suffered from metal poisoning. In the Bronze Age, arsenic was often added to copper to strengthen it when tin was not...
How does trauma influence identity and engagement with extremism?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How does trauma influence identity and engagement with extremism?

...change in society in line with the group/individual beliefs. Examples of terrorist groups include Al Qaeda, ISIL and Boko Haram. Many factors have been identified as to why people join extremist groups. There are push factors, that is conditions that lead to a person wanting to engage such as poverty, discrimination, lack of opportunities, history of abuse, bullying, low...
Deplaning: Why is the 747 coming to the end of the runway?
Science, Maths & Technology

Deplaning: Why is the 747 coming to the end of the runway?

...change not only aviation but the entire tourism industry. Its economic design did much to move international travel within reach of middle-class holiday goers rather than just the privileged few. [A cargo-carrying 747] However, the venerable Boeing 747 may be nearing the end of its production life – its manufacturing rate is to be halved to six a year. A shift towards...
How Elvish has had greater impact than Esperanto
Languages

How Elvish has had greater impact than Esperanto

...changing things, which evolve to reflect the culture of the communities who speak them. The idea of an international auxiliary language, on the other hand, is to provide a stable, unchanging code, which can be easily learnt by anyone. But human languages are never static; they’re always dynamic. So Esperanto has a fundamental flaw built into its very conception. And the...
The many forms of workplace bullying
Money & Business

The many forms of workplace bullying

...changes and restructuring can often lead to bullying. Here it seems the uncertainty around job security, hours, status, pay, position and work overload can often lead to workers lashing out at each other and a rise in bullying incidents can occur. Bully or victim? Targets of workplace bullying were traditionally thought to be introverts – submissive, shy, and quite...
Why do we keep running?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why do we keep running?

...changed completely our ways of working, leaving us desperately searching for the easiest means to exercise because it is no longer a part of our working day, but an addition to it. The number of runners will only continue to increase in the coming years, as austerity bites and convinces us to work ever longer hours, over more days. In rejecting our lethargy, we will...
Blood, bruises and belief: how England’s women’s rugby team embody physical and mental endurance
Health, Sports & Psychology

Blood, bruises and belief: how England’s women’s rugby team embody physical and mental endurance

...changing room becomes a crucible – a place of intense pressure and transformation – where focus sharpens, rituals are repeated and the ‘game face’ goes on. That game face is more than a stare. It’s the product of years of physical and psychological battles. It’s the mindset that lets an athlete walk into the arena with purpose and conviction, no matter what...
The OU meets Pink Floyd
History & The Arts

The OU meets Pink Floyd

...change that I’m conscious of is the way that drum kits now are so much heavier weight. They’re built to be played in a far more ferocious fashion actually. When you look back to the first kit I had, or any of the vintage kits that fascinate people now, the drums themselves are terrific, but the fittings are absolutely appalling, and small wingnuts and so on to hold...