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Ageing well by connecting and learning about nature outdoors
Science, Maths & Technology

Ageing well by connecting and learning about nature outdoors

...work with the public on citizen science projects, for example our May Hogwatch initiative where members of the public and volunteers help us to monitor hedgehogs across the city. We also promote the annual RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch every January to encourage local people to spot bird species in their parks and gardens.’ We’re very lucky in Milton Keynes to have so...
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The unique relationship between the fig and the fig wasp
Nature & Environment

The unique relationship between the fig and the fig wasp

...work their way out of their growth chamber, picking up pollen from other flowers, and exit through the holes left by their male siblings. Seeds develop in the pollinated flowers, the fig matures and becomes sweet and attractive to birds and mammals that eat it and disperse the seeds in their faeces. The emerged females fly to another fig tree, dismember themselves to...
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Jean-Pierre Gattuso - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Jean-Pierre Gattuso - Stories of Change

...work near a CO2 vent in the Mediterranean and we have to recognise the fact that those vents are windows to the future, but they are imperfect windows to the future because they don’t incorporate the warming effect; only ocean acidification is manipulated by those CO2 vents, not the warming of the water. So this is not something that is taken into account by...
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Exercising at 50
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exercising at 50

...work on achieving good posture by thinking about it more regularly. In summary, as we get older we need to focus more on physical activity to increase our life expectancy. At 50 years of age, incorporating more physical activity into your routine will give you more energy, make you happier, provide a better quality of life and help you to live for longer. All you need to...
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How can acceptance and commitment therapy help carers in challenging times such as the COVID-19 pandemic?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How can acceptance and commitment therapy help carers in challenging times such as the COVID-19 pandemic?

...work out what helps us live in line with these values, and what ‘hooks’ us, or pulls us back from living this way. It is common to think that the hooks must be practical things such as time or money, but there is always a way to live in line with values, no matter how small the first steps. Hooks can also be emotional, such as not feeling deserving, worry about what...
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The Psychology of Decision Making
Health, Sports & Psychology

The Psychology of Decision Making

...work lives, if we did not filter information and discard options we would suffer from analysis paralysis: the inability to make any decision in the face of the complexity and the ambiguity of the real world. However, this filtering comes at a cost and introduces some significant biases into the judgements we make. One is overconfidence: we tend to be unduly optimistic...
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The Eurozone: Magnet or Black Hole?
Money & Business

The Eurozone: Magnet or Black Hole?

...work towards the Euro convergence conditions (on inflation, interest rates, government deficits and debt), although it also undertakes not to adopt any policies that would “jeopardise the attainment of the objectives of the EMU.” Supporters of continued EU membership say this gives the UK the best of both worlds. It can enjoy the economic boost from the EU single...
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The Life of Saint George
History & The Arts

The Life of Saint George

...work on the lives of the saints tells the story of England's patron saint...[Saint George depicted in the 15th Century] Saint George depicted on a 15th Century Eastern European plaque About the Year 303. ST. GEORGE is honoured in the Catholic church as one of the most illustrious martyrs of Christ. The Greeks have long distinguished him by the title of The Great Martyr,...
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