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Resilience: The magic ingredient for Olympians?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Resilience: The magic ingredient for Olympians?

...social support. Athletes with these characteristics were able to positively evaluate a stressor (and their own thoughts about it) and perceive that they were able to cope with the demands placed on them, enabling optimum performance. It could be argued, therefore, that Andy Murray was able to take confidence from his performance in the 2012 Wimbledon final, despite his...
Jurors are subject to all kinds of biases when it comes to deciding on a trial
Society, Politics & Law

Jurors are subject to all kinds of biases when it comes to deciding on a trial

...social psychology, and individual differences) to unlock the processes behind the decisions jurors reach. The aim of our recent review was to bring together different areas of psychology to identify potential sources of bias that may influence how jurors make decisions. [Autopsy of a Crime Lab | An Interview with Itiel Dror] The big three biases We identified three main...
COP28: inside the United Arab Emirates, the oil giant who hosted the 2023 climate change summit
Nature & Environment

COP28: inside the United Arab Emirates, the oil giant who hosted the 2023 climate change summit

...social contract, in which citizens of the six gulf states mostly occupy bureaucratic public sector positions administering an oil-based economy with expatriate labour dominating the non-oil private sector. Tech-fixes, targets and the future How does the UAE plan to cut its own emissions? Adnoc and other international oil companies are banking on select technologies (to...
The global pursuit of equitable football coaching legacies from Africa and The Caribbean to the UK
Health, Sports & Psychology

The global pursuit of equitable football coaching legacies from Africa and The Caribbean to the UK

...social issues. Lack of senior leadership: Although it is complicated to provide a precise, definitive number of UK football clubs owned by racially minoritised organisations or individuals. This is most likely because many clubs have complex ownership structures (e.g., trusts, partnerships, private entities) that can make it difficult to determine who ultimately owns the...
Dallas Campbell meets Frank Drake
Science, Maths & Technology

Dallas Campbell meets Frank Drake

...works. Dallas Campbell: Shall we turn it on? Frank Drake: Is it plugged in? Dallas Campbell: I don’t think it is plugged in. Frank Drake: This is the original thing and it was before computers. It’s, this whole thing, in fact at the time of Project Ozma there were no computers. It was all done by eye and ink on paper tapes. Dallas Campbell: So this is the original...
Microbes – friend or foe?
Nature & Environment

Microbes – friend or foe?

...works (shown schematically in Figure 5), it is first filtered to remove large objects (e.g. condoms, tampons and cigarette ends) which have got into the system. These usually go to a landfill site or incinerator. The remaining material is then allowed to ‘settle’so that much of the solid material drops to the bottom of a tank. This solid material is then removed and...
Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
The science of nutrition and healthy eating Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

The science of nutrition and healthy eating

...work, too. So when I feel my energy levels completely depleting, too, that’s when I know I need a break. And it happens at different times throughout the day, actually. It might vary from between about like 11:30 to about 1 o’clock SPEAKER 12 I always eat around 1 o’clock so that I can meet my friends. So we all come from different departments and meet up together...
Introducing ICT systems
Digital & Computing

Introducing ICT systems

...work. You will also look at how ICT systems convey, store and manipulate data, and how they process data. Finally you will learn how these systems are used...Information and communication technologies (ICTs) systems now dominate our everyday lives. This free course, Introducing ICT systems, will explain what constitutes such a system and how ICT systems work. You will...
Level 1: Introductory 9 hrs