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TOTEM LATAMAT: an Indigenous reminder we are all part of the ecosystem
Nature & Environment

TOTEM LATAMAT: an Indigenous reminder we are all part of the ecosystem

...trees and humans, humans emerging from birds and animals, earth and air embracing and connecting humanity. As the Totem made its journey to Glasgow for COP26, it encouraged people to think in a different way about their reciprocal relationship with other beings, to recognise ecological unity, and to change their way of being in the world. In his new book Einstein’s...
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Mycoprotein - could this meat alternative be a food for the future?
Science, Maths & Technology

Mycoprotein - could this meat alternative be a food for the future?

...trees, releasing large amounts of sequestered carbon. Deforestation and other land conversion practices are primary drivers of biodiversity loss, as the removal of vegetation communities for agriculture destroys habitats and creates low diversity landscapes in which few wild animal species can survive. [An ariel image of the Amazon rainforest showing the extent of...
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Indigenous ceremonies and climate change
Nature & Environment

Indigenous ceremonies and climate change

...tree into a totem that is travelling to Glasgow for the COP26 meeting. Tiburcio and those facilitating the totem’s journey intend to share powerful Indigenous responses to the global challenges confronting us. I’m involved because of my research about the potential of Indigenous ceremonies and festivals to making a better world. Many people are overwhelmed by despair...
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Sherry is not just for Christmas
Science, Maths & Technology

Sherry is not just for Christmas

...tree. This was sweet sherry and for a long time I thought there was no other. I must admit to not being as abstemious as my grandmother and over the years I have developed a taste for wines. So I have become more familiar with the varieties of sherry and realised that dry Sherries are really quite good. As a chemist I wanted to understand what makes a good sherry wine? Is...
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How can honour killings be stopped?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How can honour killings be stopped?

...family’ or ‘troubled families’ approach which loses its primary focus of protecting victims and holding perpetrators to account. It is also woefully inadequate in meeting the challenges of the collective nature of domestic violence/HBV where codes of ‘honour’ are used to justify, collude or inflict abuse by multiple perpetrators in extended BME families and...
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'Hate the poor!': the new politics of loathing in vitriolic Britain
Society, Politics & Law

'Hate the poor!': the new politics of loathing in vitriolic Britain

...families'. There had already been a continual parade of welfare scroungers, such as the stereotypical couple out of work or on incapacity benefits with double digit children in council housing in central London where notional property prices are highest, in the Daily Mail, The Sun and Daily Express. However, the characterisation of the young rioters and benefit claimants...
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Why EU nationals in Britain are hurrying to get one piece of paper
Society, Politics & Law

Why EU nationals in Britain are hurrying to get one piece of paper

...family members will have to fill in a separate form for residency paperwork, although they can put in their applications as a family group. The clout of these bits of paper will depend on the agreement reached between Brexit and EU negotiators. But what’s clear is those who had the right to reside in the UK before June 23 – even if they did not have a piece of paper...
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Self-managed abortion in the UK
Health, Sports & Psychology

Self-managed abortion in the UK

...family, which enhanced their overall sense of ease. However, some felt worried or uncertain about the abortion process itself, suggesting a complex mix of feelings may be common. An absence of sufficient in-person support, and difficulties in understanding written instructions, contributed to these feelings. The study was conducted while restrictions relating to Covid-19...
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