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The taste of love on different tongues: What language tells us about love
Languages

The taste of love on different tongues: What language tells us about love

...thinking that it consists solely in the swooning, star-crossed romance of falling deeply “in love”. But on reflection, love is far more complex. Indeed, arguably no word covers a wider range of feelings and experiences than love. So how can we ever define what love really is? In my new study, published in the Journal for the Theory of Social Analysis, I’ve made a...
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Do people need Peeple?
Digital & Computing

Do people need Peeple?

...thinking with the planned launch of the Peeple app – described as “Yelp for people”. [This couple don't have matching ratings] What happens when people start rating each other like Amazon purchases? Having reportedly raised US$7.6m from venture capitalists, Peeple aims to use the crowdsourced review model of Yelp, TripAdvisor and other sites where customers review...
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Do animals really raise human babies as their own?
Nature & Environment

Do animals really raise human babies as their own?

...thinking about the phenomena of feral children, a topic I had considered in my book about human-animal interactions more generally. Certainly in some exceptional circumstances I can now appreciate how it might be possible for a human child to be cared for by a non-human surrogate. [A female wolf in the snow] Shall I be mother? In Kipling’s original The Jungle Book,...
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An American Classic: How Spam became a success
Money & Business

An American Classic: How Spam became a success

...think of Spam as a basic canned meat, it’s actually one of the greatest business success stories of all time: Since Hormel Foods Corporation launched the affordable, canned pork product in 1937, it’s sold over eight billion cans in 44 countries around the world. On July 5, Spam celebrates its 80th anniversary. It’s fitting that this comes only a day after the...
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The benefits of outdoor green and blue spaces
Health, Sports & Psychology

The benefits of outdoor green and blue spaces

...think of three levels of engagement with nature: viewing nature (through window, book, television); being in the presence of nature (e.g. cycling through a park); active participation in nature (e.g. gardening, farming, trekking). Nature includes green spaces (vegetation) and ‘blue spaces’ referring to the visible surface waters of lakes, rivers and coastal water....
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English Literature, Racism and Rehabilitation
History & The Arts

English Literature, Racism and Rehabilitation

...think that the process of reading improves or enriches them, and a common societal assumption is that reading is an intangible good: we encourage children to read on the grounds that it feeds the imagination, informs us about the world and teaches a kind of empathy through the different perspectives it affords. (More concrete evidence exists for the benefits of regularly...
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The five billion dollar franchise: How much will Disney make from Star Wars merchandise
Money & Business

The five billion dollar franchise: How much will Disney make from Star Wars merchandise

...thinking of how to maximise these at retail.” Disney has certainly maximised the potential of the Star Wars brand and the US$4 billion for Lucasfilm was money well spent on a proven merchandising winner. It could be argued that anyone who grew up in the 1970s or 80s knows the figures of Chewbacca, Luke Skywalker, Darth Vader et al. As David Barnett wrote in the...
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Climate change and the built environment
Science, Maths & Technology

Climate change and the built environment

...think about for our built environment, as we face a future increasingly affected by climate change. [Construction site, sky full of cranes] What is the built environment? Our built environment includes physical objects such as buildings, roads and pavements, sewerage treatment works and landfill sites. It also plays an essential role in our social world, providing us with...
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