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The meaning of home in later life
Health, Sports & Psychology

The meaning of home in later life

...family and friends, our life history. It varies depending on our age, gender, culture and generation. Given this complexity there is a vast multi-disciplinary literature on the concept of home from many disciplines. This includes sociology, anthropology, social/emotional geography, social policy, psychology, architectural studies and design. For all ages home builds and...
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How do fire controls harm biodiversity?
Nature & Environment

How do fire controls harm biodiversity?

...trees that are close to one another, has decreased the light incidence in that region”, Durigan tells SciDev.Net. “When a fire is eliminated, the chemical processes needed to maintain the [natural] environment are affected.” Biologist William Hoffmann, from North Carolina State University in the United States, and a co-author of the study, says that while ceasefire...
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Past-Time Lover: Amelia Earhart
History & The Arts

Past-Time Lover: Amelia Earhart

...trees, hunting vermin and investigating the world with my younger sister Pidge. My first exhilarating experience of flight was when I burst out of the crushed box that remained of my broken sled, which had flown from the ramp I had built from my tool shed as a child. After a few back-and-forths we moved to Chicago, where I investigated local High Schools to find the very...
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One refugee's story: A long, risky journey
Society, Politics & Law

One refugee's story: A long, risky journey

...family,” he recalls. Orfahli is one of thousands of men, women and children fleeing war-torn countries in the Middle East. He calls Syria home — or at least he used to. Not long ago, he was a law student in Lebanon. He regularly went back to visit his family in Jobar, not far from the Syrian capital Damascus. Life was good. Then came the war. The bitter fighting...
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Year of the Horse: Chinese Lunar New Year
Languages

Year of the Horse: Chinese Lunar New Year

...family gatherings, and expressions of hope for the year ahead. ...The upcoming Lunar New Year, beginning on 17 February 2026, marks the arrival of the ‘Year of the Horse’. In Chinese culture, the horse carries rich symbolism. It represents energy, momentum, vitality, freedom, and forward movement. These qualities are deeply embedded in centuries of folklore,...
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Between humanity and space
Science, Maths & Technology

Between humanity and space

...trees.]From the sixteenth-century galleon to the twentieth-century Space Shuttle, we’ve used colonial ideas of ‘discovery’ and ‘exploration’. But often that language is used to cover up historical tragedies, such as proclaiming the westward push across America in the nineteenth century as ‘manifest destiny’, not as genocide of indigenous peoples. So we must...
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Small Data: Summer petrol prices
Money & Business

Small Data: Summer petrol prices

...families will be heading off soon on summer holidays. But how has the cost of petrol changed over the last ten years?...[Tourist attraction sign pointing to a forest] How much will it cost to drive to a tourist spot? Are we nearly there yet? Every August, families around the UK pile into the car and head out on day trips and holidays (or "staycations" as nobody calls them...
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LGBTQ youth and homelessness: We can all make a difference
Society, Politics & Law

LGBTQ youth and homelessness: We can all make a difference

...families. Although a disproportionately large percentage of LGBTQ youth do ‘run away’ from home, as evidence by the population-based research that has established that LGBTQ youth are at a significantly higher risk of homelessness (see for example Morton and colleagues’ 2018 paper). A recent estimate provided in the prestigious journal, Pediatrics, reported that...
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