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Haymaking is critical to our heritage meadows, but is later really better?
Nature & Environment

Haymaking is critical to our heritage meadows, but is later really better?

...study will be gathering this data from three floodplain meadows in Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire, looking specifically at changes in nutritional minerals and anthelmintic compounds that can help to combat parasitic gut worms and reduce reliance on pharmaceutical drugs. A mixed methods design will also look at the acceptability of different approaches to the timing of...
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Do whales commit suicide?
Nature & Environment

Do whales commit suicide?

...studies also point to features on the coastline and at sea that might disorient whales and dolphins. Finally, even whales and dolphins make mistakes, as in the below video of a killer whale, filmed earlier this year. Transcript It is also worth remembering that many of these species live in social groups. As in human communities, if an individual is affected by any of the...
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An American Classic: How Spam became a success
Money & Business

An American Classic: How Spam became a success

...studies on consumers’ brand attachment, they showed that in order to form meaningful attachment with brands, consumers need to experience them in ways beyond simply buying and using the product. Hormel seemed to intuitively understand these ideas. Simply selling a cheap, useful product wouldn’t be enough. In creative and humorous ways that went beyond traditional...
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Ancient ideas: where does the soul go?
History & The Arts

Ancient ideas: where does the soul go?

...Studies qualifications The Underworld The earliest Ancient Greek poetry features descriptions of the Underworld. Also known as Hades, this was the destination for souls after the death of the physical body. The soul – a wispy and insubstantial image of the deceased – would emerge from the corpse and flit away on its next journey, often guided by messenger god and...
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Perseus: what’s in a name?
History & The Arts

Perseus: what’s in a name?

...Studies, lifts the lid on the details behind its namesake, Perseus, a mythological character whose story has been told time and time again...[Perseus statue] As you’re enjoying the spectacular sight of the Perseids streaking across the night skies, you might find yourself wondering how this phenomenon came by its name. Although this meteor shower actually consists of...
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Wangari Maathai: standing up for women and the environment
Nature & Environment

Wangari Maathai: standing up for women and the environment

...study in the West, secure a prestigious job in Kenya and still put local population needs at the heart of her work at grassroots. Her non-conformity meant she paid dearly and personally for her choices – from beatings at rallies, political isolation, losing her job, becoming bankrupt, family break-up, and even losing her personal freedom by going to jail. Yet she seems...
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English Literature, Racism and Rehabilitation
History & The Arts

English Literature, Racism and Rehabilitation

...study English literature, its rewards are often even more profoundly felt and yet difficult to quantify. Literature is an aesthetic experience and a solace, an entertainment and a time machine, an infinite store of ideas and experiences. [A photograph of a woman reading to a group of children] Does literature have the transformative power to change the perspective of...
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The history of surfing
Health, Sports & Psychology

The history of surfing

...knowledge. Environment - journeys through a changing world introduces you to environmental studies and the consequences of environmental changes. Environment shows you how you can disseminate information to make up your own mind about the environment and discusses what it is that make environmental issues so hotly debated by everyone, from presidents to postmen....
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