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Tackling abuse: the triumphs of women rugby players
Health, Sports & Psychology

Tackling abuse: the triumphs of women rugby players

...change resulted in even stricter or more rigid classification, for example in sport, where physical traits are often used to determine eligibility? Rather than broadening the understanding of gender to allow for a more inclusive spectrum, certain systems may have inadvertently reinforced narrow, essentialist ideas of what it means to be ‘truly’ male or female. It...
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What part did citizen science play in hurricane disaster relief?
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What part did citizen science play in hurricane disaster relief?

...changing response priorities, the Planetary Response Network team could select which sets required urgent analysis, immediately load them onto the Zooniverse platform and launch a fresh call for volunteers. A joint effort After each round of analysis is complete, the Machine Learning Research Group at Oxford runs the results through machine learning algorithms. These...
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What can emoji teach us about human civilization?
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What can emoji teach us about human civilization?

...changed all this. When people – originally in Mesopotamia (present-day Iraq), and then in Egypt – began carving small pictures on clay and bone as a way of keeping track of their goods, the first steps were taken towards creating a system which would not only allow language to travel across space, but also across time. It’s writing that lets us communicate directly...
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Year of the Horse: Chinese Lunar New Year
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Year of the Horse: Chinese Lunar New Year

...change with enthusiasm. In 2026, the horse year is specifically a ‘Fire Horse year’ (火马年 huǒ mǎ nián); the added element of fire intensifies this sense of motion, suggesting a year of breakthroughs, innovation and high energy, though also one requiring balance and care amidst rapid shifts. Cultural connotations of the horse In traditional Chinese thought, the...
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Children are at risk from junk food advertisements on social media
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Children are at risk from junk food advertisements on social media

...changed our lives, children’s exposure to advertising on social media is rarely discussed. This is ironic, as advertising pays for social media. It drives the design of new platforms, which relentlessly seek to capture users’ attention. [Child eating cookie ] 9.6% of children in reception classes in 2016-17 are obese (source: NHS) Advertising to children is widely...
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Five tips on how to plan new self-care routines
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Five tips on how to plan new self-care routines

...changes and uncertainties of life, including caring responsibilities or work demands which make time for ourselves limited. Self-care activities allow us to take time out of our usual routine to nurture ourselves, to comfort ourselves, and to provide space to reflect on our own thoughts, all of which will allow us to maintain a sense of equilibrium that will ensure we...
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Planetary Protection of Icy Worlds
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Planetary Protection of Icy Worlds

...change to the conditions considered as the limits for life. Since Cassini analysed the gas and ice in Enceladus’ plumes during a series of passes through them, suggestions for future sample return missions have also been made. Any such plans would attract the most stringent Planetary Protection requirements (Category V), both to minimise contamination to the moon and to...
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The art of performing under pressure
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The art of performing under pressure

...changes: he gave Donald a new competitive practice regime (ie, with pressure), he improved his posture and body language, and he taught him visualisation to create an air of inevitability about his shots. “You have to rehearse all that, it’s about the processes that involve a certain mindset.” Over the next 18 months, Donald won six tournaments and had three top-11...
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