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To the Moon and beyond
Science, Maths & Technology

To the Moon and beyond

...et al published a paper looking at green glass which is produced in firefight interruptions to the moon surface and they found significant quantities of volatiles present. This led to a reanalysis of all the polar samples found a few tens of ppm to a few hundreds of ppm of water especially present in lunar rocks and this water is primordial water thought to be have been...
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Tokyo 2020 in 2021: Do the best things come to those who wait?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Tokyo 2020 in 2021: Do the best things come to those who wait?

...et al., 2021) and elite athletes are not immune to this. Elite athletes were found to experience increased symptoms of mental health difficulties (e.g. depression) during COVID-19 lockdowns (Simons et al., 2021). As such the need for psychological intervention to support athletes is paramount (Reardon et al., 2021). The impact on the training schedules of athletes was...
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Money & Business

Personal branding for career success

...profile at work, helping you to win interesting projects, promotions and the respect of your colleagues. It will also increase your chances of being the successful candidate at job interviews or attracting clients to your business if you’re self-employed. Personal branding is a popular theme for online blog posts and articles. Individuals are encouraged to use tried and...
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Intuitive eating: a new relationship with food, or another fad diet?
OpenLearn Ireland

Intuitive eating: a new relationship with food, or another fad diet?

...et al., 2009), the attentional blink paradigm (Piech, Pastorino & Zald, 2010) and dot probe tasks (Placanica, Faunce & Soames Job, 2002), to test what people focus on have found that people’s attention is biased toward food stimuli when they are calorie deprived. Moreover, brain imaging studies have found increased activity in areas relevant for attention when calorie...
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Past-Time Lover: Charles Darwin
History & The Arts

Past-Time Lover: Charles Darwin

...Profile of Charles Darwin] Charles Darwin Likes: Nature, wildlife, mutations Dislikes: Peacock tails Nicknames: 'Gas' Age: 142 Personality traits: Inquisitive, dedicated, well-travelled A bit about me: You may know me from my work on the theory of evolution? I published a book entitled On the Origin of Species, which provided evidence towards the theory of evolution, but...
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Dyscalculia, maths anxiety and numerophobia in nursing practice
Health, Sports & Psychology

Dyscalculia, maths anxiety and numerophobia in nursing practice

...style. Practise maths skills using curated content. Seek assessment and institutional support. Drawing on her extensive experience, Allison has created a maths textbook for nurses which she believes could be useful to many of our nursing colleagues (including myself!) The take-home message is that having dyscalculia, maths anxiety or numerophobia doesn’t mean that...
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Cynicism: Philosophy for dogs?
History & The Arts

Cynicism: Philosophy for dogs?

...style is recognisably his. Cynicism never became one of the great schools of philosophy, but the Cynics left an important legacy. Their emphasis on simplicity, self-sufficiency and living in accordance with nature were taken up by later philosophers, especially the Stoics. Many of their concerns -- free speech, personal liberty, cosmopolitanism -- are still pressing...
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Growing the popularity of women’s football: an update
Health, Sports & Psychology

Growing the popularity of women’s football: an update

...profile of professional players. As the 2025 edition of the Euros approaches it is perhaps timely to reflect on the extent to which progress has been made in these areas. 1 An expanded WSL. On 20 June 2025, The FA approved the expansion of the WSL from 12 to 14 teams from the 2026–27 season. This will also be achieved by maintaining relegation from the WSL and provides...
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