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The animals are rebelling because they are dying. And we should too. Lessons from a modern-day fable
Nature & Environment

The animals are rebelling because they are dying. And we should too. Lessons from a modern-day fable

...projections, there may not be a happy ending to this morality tale. Bearish instincts and their ability to plan and act propels them to enter the human domain. The language of media refers to an ‘invasion’ emphasising that to humans they are in many ways unwanted refugees, immigrants fleeing from disaster and heading into a hostile world that does not understand them...
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Humphry Davy, laughing gas and the era of self-experimentation
History & The Arts

Humphry Davy, laughing gas and the era of self-experimentation

...project where the young Davy had been taken on as laboratory assistant. It had opened the previous March in Hotwells, a run-down spa at the foot of the Avon Gorge outside Bristol. Originally developed to rival nearby Bath, Hotwells had dwindled to a downmarket cluster of cheap clinics and miracle-cure outfits offering hydrotherapy or mesmerism to those in the desperate...
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Do as Dumbledore does: the benefits of private speech
Languages

Do as Dumbledore does: the benefits of private speech

...manages to hide. The short conversation that follows between Draco and Dumbledore caught my attention: Albus Dumbledore: Good evening, Draco. What brings you here on this fine, spring evening? Draco Malfoy: Who else is here? I heard you talking. Albus Dumbledore: I often talk aloud to myself. I find it extraordinarily useful. The fact that Dumbledore was lying in this...
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Sharenting: What is it and are you doing it?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Sharenting: What is it and are you doing it?

...manage the more significant share of childcare. They broadly take primary responsibility for family photos and updates offline and historically led the curation of paper family albums and sharing of photos. So there are similarities with how mothers engage with others through pictures and updates on and offline.​ ...photos are not just a representation of affection, but...
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The growing demand for drugs in UK prisons
Society, Politics & Law

The growing demand for drugs in UK prisons

...manage life in this meaningless and dehumanising penal abyss. Drugs, especially cannabis, can be a means of controlling unstructured time by inducing sleep, thus making time consciousness much less evident. Psychoactive drugs, such as Spice, alter perception, mood and can even induce unconsciousness. That psychoactive drugs, including Spice, cause serious damage to health...
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The Bottom Line Expert Opinion: The Northern Powerhouse
Money & Business

The Bottom Line Expert Opinion: The Northern Powerhouse

...manage regional policies and growth. Broadly, some object on democratic ground to the concentration of too much power in a single city executive rather than councils. It also appears to make Manchester the centerpiece of the strategy instead of broadening it to encompass other Northern cities and areas. This devolution also threatens to lead to a “race to the bottom”...
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Can computers be therapists?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Can computers be therapists?

...2009) Depression in Adults: The Treatment and Management of Depression in Adults. London: NICE. STASIAK, K. FLEMING, T. LUCASSEN, M.F.G. SHEPHERD, M.J. WHITTAKER, R. & MERRY, S.N. (2015). Computer-Based and Online Therapy for Depression and Anxiety in Children and Adolescents. Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology. 25. p. 1-11. Learn more about mental health...
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Telegram brief history. Stop
Digital & Computing

Telegram brief history. Stop

...managed to send messages via insulated electrical wires. However, the American Samuel Morse is commonly regarded as ushering in the era of the telegram by sending his famous message 'WHAT HATH GOD WROUGHT' down electrical wires from Washington to Baltimore in 1844. Within 20 years, the east and west coasts of the US were connected. By 1902, submarine cables encircled the...
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