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Today’s immigration laws have teeth, and their bite is toxic for people seeking asylum
Society, Politics & Law

Today’s immigration laws have teeth, and their bite is toxic for people seeking asylum

...human rights, refugee rights, and the rights of the child. Home Office policy and legislation advocate rights-based approaches and it has even published a plethora of guidelines on how to adhere to them. And yet there seems little evidence of this Utopia of rights in practice. People seeking asylum are subjected to arbitrary detention, with no time limit in the UK. Abject...
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The ageing brain: 'use it or lose it'
Health, Sports & Psychology

The ageing brain: 'use it or lose it'

...human characters and see them progressing through the book. This enormously stimulates our brain. Get in the habit of learning new things: games, recipes, driving routes, a musical instrument, a foreign language. Take a course in an unfamiliar subject that interests you. The more interested and engaged your brain, the more likely you’ll be to continue learning, and the...
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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?

...human rights and climate action to implementing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and instituting reform within the UN. At the end of 2026, Guterres will step down and hand over the baton to a new Secretary-General who will lead the UN until 2032 – or 2037 if they are elected for a second term. While this may seem a long way off, the selection process is already...
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Properties of gold
Science, Maths & Technology

Properties of gold

...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 comparison, is...
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Five tips to make online teaching neuroinclusive
Education & Development

Five tips to make online teaching neuroinclusive

...human brains work! But for neurodivergent students, attention patterns can be much more unpredictable because they can vary day by day, or according to the student’s stress level or general health. So it’s good to plan ahead and give yourself a menu of adjustments you can deploy if the session doesn’t seem to be running smoothly for everyone. Adjustments might...
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'A Rose By Any Other Name...': The Importance of Words when it comes to Race
Education & Development

'A Rose By Any Other Name...': The Importance of Words when it comes to Race

...human first landed on the moon. It was also the year that I first saw a Black person on the telly. Both events were equally stellar for me. I was allowed to stay up late, even though it was a school night (I was only seven), to watch the grainy but miraculous pictures on our small black and white TV. It was a huge event for the whole family. Only years later, through...
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Mary Shelley: the expert view
History & The Arts

Mary Shelley: the expert view

...human race is being destroyed by plague. Perkin Warbeck came out in 1830, and the semi-autobiographical Lodore and Falkner in 1835 and 1837 respectively. From 1824-40 Mary also produced articles for journals, tales for literary annuals and five volumes of literary biography. Fortunately her last years were relatively contented ones, because Percy was a fine and...
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Thrill seeking and risk taking - what has made extreme sports into a worldwide phenomenon?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Thrill seeking and risk taking - what has made extreme sports into a worldwide phenomenon?

...human actions contain some inherent elements of risk: take the child learning to ride a bike. But the question remains why do some people seek out extreme and high-risk sports while others are content to avoid risk at all cost? Does personality play a part? Research examining personality in high risk sport frequently reports that those who participate tend to score more...
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