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Dirt, waste and revulsion: How cultures cope with leftovers and mess
Health, Sports & Psychology

Dirt, waste and revulsion: How cultures cope with leftovers and mess

...course pigs are dirty, full of infections and so there's a good scientific reason for doing it"' but, of course, the Old Testament doesn't say that at all, the Old Testament says that certain foods are taboo because they don't fit the proper categories. So fish can be eaten so long as they have scales and if they don't have scales are they fish or aren't they fish - they...
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Oliver Sacks: "You are in the hands of a master storyteller"
Health, Sports & Psychology

Oliver Sacks: "You are in the hands of a master storyteller"

...course, I am envious. All I want is to do what he does. Is that so much to ask? Here are a few of his first paragraphs. They are promises, whispered softly and calmly, that something good is coming. Many of my childhood memories are of metals: these seemed to exert a power on me from the start. They stood out, conspicuous against the heterogenousness of the world, by...
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Methods in Motion: Becoming relativist
Society, Politics & Law

Methods in Motion: Becoming relativist

...course, may be neither denial nor despair, but to take humanity’s new existential situation seriously and conceive of it as an opportunity. Nietzsche at times wrote as if he wanted to use Becoming as the most general metaphysical concept with which to refer to reality. This he thought would be the first conceptual step in an attempt to develop better methods and...
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Ads of our time – are teens susceptible to food ads in digital media?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Ads of our time – are teens susceptible to food ads in digital media?

...course, these factors don’t apply to all teens – who vary just as adults do. Some focus on health, or ‘clean eating’, and some certainly make sensible choices about their snacks, among many other things. But marketers in social media can use data to aim messages promoting unhealthy foods and soft drinks specifically at those young people who are more likely to be...
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Can protective headgear increase the risk of injury to rugby players?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Can protective headgear increase the risk of injury to rugby players?

...reduce injury. This is encouraging because children who are taught correct technique from a young age are more likely to retain safe tackle behaviours if they continue to play rugby. And this of course helps to reduce injury rates, and makes the sport safer at all levels of the game. This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article....
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When two worlds collide: achieving wisdom in online groups
Science, Maths & Technology

When two worlds collide: achieving wisdom in online groups

...courses and qualifications. Watch the animated version of the comic below, to see the distinctions between both worlds and how effective we can be when we work together in groups. Transcript Disclaimer: The views expressed in the videos and the graphic novel are those of the author and not of The Open University. Find out more about S World - M World Below is a series of...
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What is crime?
Society, Politics & Law

What is crime?

...courses and qualifications Crime is an essentially contested concept. There is no universally agreed definition of what a crime is. However, the most straightforward way of thinking about crime is to look at it in terms of a legalistic perspective - from this approach a crime is an act which is illegal. It’s against the law. Specifically it is against the criminal law....
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The Death of Socrates
History & The Arts

The Death of Socrates

...course'. In refusing to conform to the social propieties proscribed by Eusebia, Socrates angered many of the more important men of the city who could, rightly, accuse him of breaking the law by violating these customs. In 399 BCE Socrates was charged with impiety by Meletus the poet, Anytus the tanner, and Lycon the orator who sought the death penalty in the case. The...
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