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Heaven: What might it be like?
History & The Arts

Heaven: What might it be like?

...universal, selfless love could be a path towards this internal experience of heaven. Many centuries later, Leo Tolstoy took up this theme as the title of a book The Kingdom of God Is Within You first published in German and English (1894) in which he outlined principles of non-violent resistance in the face of violence. Mohandas Gandhi was deeply moved by reading this...
Why are black and white cats black and white? And why are there piebald horses?
Science, Maths & Technology

Why are black and white cats black and white? And why are there piebald horses?

...universities of Bath, Edinburgh and Oxford have been working to unlock the mystery of how these animals get their distinctive patterns. We have discovered that the way these striking pigment patterns form is far more random than originally thought. Our findings have implications for the study of a wide range of serious embryonic disorders in humans, including diseases...
How can you exercise safely in the heat?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How can you exercise safely in the heat?

...University with people running and training in our heat chamber for events such as the Marathon des Sables and Badwater, demonstrates that with enough preparation, hydration and being sensible about how hard you run, it is possible to run safely in high temperatures. But it is important to note, that these races do take a lot of preparation and acclimatisation and running...
Self-managed abortion in the UK
Health, Sports & Psychology

Self-managed abortion in the UK

...University researchers highlighted several factors which it may be useful and important for health professionals and those seeking abortion to be aware of. The factors identified relate to how someone self-managing abortion might be best supported; as well as the importance of effective communication about pain and other effects of the medications that might be...
Medicine in ancient Greece and Rome
Health, Sports & Psychology

Medicine in ancient Greece and Rome

...universal panacea, the cabbage, for which he describes endless uses, both internal and external, from a hangover cure to treatment for wounds and sores. Dioscorides’ De materia medica (On Medicines) gave detailed descriptions of how to harvest, prepare, store and test for contamination of medicinal herbs and continued in use well into the Renaissance. Midwives were...
Meddwl yn feirniadol – Sgil a phroses
Education & Development

Meddwl yn feirniadol – Sgil a phroses

...mewn etholiad. Mae meddwl yn feirniadol yn gwthio ni ein hunain a'n hamgylchedd i addasu a gwella yn barhaus. Pan fyddwch yn meddwl yn feirniadol, byddwch yn agor ffordd newydd sbon o ymgysylltu â'r byd o'ch amgylch. [university ready - white back ] Mae'r adnodd hwn yn rhan o'r hwb Barod ar gyfer Prifysgol. Gallwch ddod o hyd i fwy o adnoddau fel hyn ar hafan yr hwb....
Sgwrsio am Brifysgol - podlediad am y profiad myfyrwyr go iawn
Education & Development

Sgwrsio am Brifysgol - podlediad am y profiad myfyrwyr go iawn

...gwirioneddol myfyrwyr, ffyrdd newydd o astudio, rheoli amser, astudio trwy gyfrwng y Gymaeg, yr her o ddelio ag aseiniadau ac arholiadau - ac yn bwysicach na dim, y cymorth a’r gefnogaeth sydd ar gael pan fo’i hangen. [university ready - white back ] Mae'r adnodd hwn yn rhan o'r hwb Barod ar gyfer Prifysgol. Gallwch ddod o hyd i fwy o adnoddau fel hyn ar hafan yr hwb....
How a centuries-old poem hints at Shakespeare’s herbal ‘muse’
History & The Arts

How a centuries-old poem hints at Shakespeare’s herbal ‘muse’

...Author’s note: I am most grateful to Chris Bennett for directing my attention to the “The Praise of Hemp-seed” by John Taylor (1620). [The Conversation] Francis Thackeray, Phillip Tobias Chair in Palaeoanthropology, Evolutionary Studies Institute, University of the Witwatersrand This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article....