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Iron from the sky: Meteors, meteorites and ancient culture
Science, Maths & Technology

Iron from the sky: Meteors, meteorites and ancient culture

...a gift of the gods thus increasing the importance of its presence in ritual events. In modern times scientists will travel the globe in order to recover meteorites as their scientific analysis provides essential information about the formation history of the solar system but clearly in some instances meteorites are also immensely valued as symbolic and sacred objects....
Why has reaching the Chinese internet audience just got a little harder?
Digital & Computing

Why has reaching the Chinese internet audience just got a little harder?

...system, which makes it more difficult for the clients to relocate their DNS servers. One must also bear in mind that the top-level domain .CN is under the management of China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) which is responsible for issuing security certificates to Internet service providers. Last year, Google and Mozilla found out that CNNIC had issued...
A gift of life at the end of life
Health, Sports & Psychology

A gift of life at the end of life

...system. This should increase the numbers of potential organs available for transplant and help save the lives of people urgently waiting for transplants. It’s still important to confirm that family members, next of kin and/or appointed trusted individuals will continue to be consulted and asked to confirm last known wishes. Those people closest to the individual (such...
From curing to caring? Exploring the role of spiritual healing in a biomedical world
Health, Sports & Psychology

From curing to caring? Exploring the role of spiritual healing in a biomedical world

...system overwhelmingly designed to treat illness – rather than preventing it in the first place – is inevitably going to struggle. There are, however, other models of care. Models underpinned not by a search for cures, but by a desire to care. [A woman having a wellness massage] Anyone who has ever looked after a small child will be familiar with the natural human...
The ageing brain: 'use it or lose it'
Health, Sports & Psychology

The ageing brain: 'use it or lose it'

...system but it is much easier to sleep it off. The older we become, the more worn out our bodies and brains get and sleep does not really get better as we grow older. With increasing age, our metabolism slows down, making food processing last longer and become a more energy consuming process. Food processing isn’t the only thing affected by ageing though. The way our...
How does COVID-19 affect cancer treatment?
Science, Maths & Technology

How does COVID-19 affect cancer treatment?

...system, such as protein kinase inhibitors or PARP inhibitors. People who have had bone marrow or stem cell transplants in the last 6 months, or who are still taking immunosuppression drugs. In this series of articles we explore how COVID-19 impacts on cancer patients and their treatment. Read on to explore how COVID-19 affects cancer patients at different stages of their...
Home education for children with special educational needs
Education & Development

Home education for children with special educational needs

...system for those needs. Disputes with a school over the education, special needs or behaviour of the child, in some cases resulting in ‘off-rolling’ or exclusion. Between 2018 and 2020, I conducted research with 99 families, of whom almost three-quarters had intended for their children to be school educated. Parental expectations of schools Parents’ hopes for their...
Exploring Europa
Science, Maths & Technology

Exploring Europa

...System exploration, in which Jupiter’s enigmatic ocean moon Europa will be front and centre. Here we look at what two upcoming missions hope to achieve and why this is important for space scientists and astrobiologists...Europa was first glimpsed up-close by the Pioneer and Voyager probes in the 1970s, but it wasn’t until the Galileo mission in the 1990s and early...