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Telephone bereavement support: does it work?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Telephone bereavement support: does it work?

...Becoming increasingly time and income poor is a common experience for those whose partner has died. However, accessing support via phone provides options for fitting support around other aspects of life. What we don’t know Whilst there’s quite a body of research around the effectiveness of telephone support, there is very little written specifically about telephone...
Do people need Peeple?
Digital & Computing

Do people need Peeple?

...become a repository of unwarranted criticism and personal attacks (after all, Yelp itself has been abused this way): Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. http://t.co/sQIvkkeqrZ pic.twitter.com/Sj6i4e6Gs7 — Heather Champ (@hchamp) October 1, 2015 Given the prevailing business model for online services however,...
Do animals really raise human babies as their own?
Nature & Environment

Do animals really raise human babies as their own?

...to be exclusively human. Also increasing are documented cases of animals from a variety of different species showing empathy towards vulnerable others. Or rescuing them from a range of different circumstances. And so the stories of feral children become more plausible. [The Conversation] This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article....
The Curious Geography of Weetabix: A Cereal Tale for Our Times
Society, Politics & Law

The Curious Geography of Weetabix: A Cereal Tale for Our Times

...become the company’s ‘local’ roots. In 1936, the company changed the product name to ‘Weetabix’ to distinguish it from its antipodean counterpart, and likewise changed the company name to Weetabix Limited. Past and present geography So, for Weetabix Ltd, its prized ‘localness’ today is not all that it would seem. It would be a mistake, though, instead to...
How Do Batteries Work?
Science, Maths & Technology

How Do Batteries Work?

...becomes positively charged and the other end negatively charged. The difference in charge causes electrons to move through the wire towards the positive terminal of the battery, where they are removed from the wire. At the same time, the negative terminal supplies more electrons to the wire, so the charges don’t continually build up at the battery terminals. In other...
Do whales commit suicide?
Nature & Environment

Do whales commit suicide?

...become confused, or get injured or injure themselves trying to flee. Like human divers who surface too quickly, some even get the bends (decompression sickness). There are also long-term trends, which are linked to tougher environmental conditions. Perhaps food stocks are low, temperatures are unusually high or low, or pollutants enter the water. Any of these factors...
Hands-free phone tech is dangerous - so why do car firms still promote it?
Digital & Computing

Hands-free phone tech is dangerous - so why do car firms still promote it?

...become too much to manage and your performance in one or both tasks can break down. Other research more specifically suggests that workload increases to these unmanageable levels because the two tasks need the same attentional resources, leading to competition between the tasks. A driver can’t share their attention between tasks effectively because both tasks are...
Trouble in paradise: The Dutch golden age
History & The Arts

Trouble in paradise: The Dutch golden age

...become roiled by costly and disastrous wars with England and a growing public backlash against its liberal, republican rulers and their values. Into the fray came a remarkable book – and a remarkable author – which aimed to defuse the situation and protect the fragile republic. The Theological-Political Treatise [Anonymous portrait of Spinoza, c. 1665] Anonymous...