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The impact of COVID-19 on linguists and their mental health
Languages

The impact of COVID-19 on linguists and their mental health

...law or public services, they are routinely exposed to challenging situations the general population would never encounter. With the pandemic, their work has become even more stressful. The majority of translators work as freelancers and they have been adversely affected by the economic consequences of the pandemic. Many have lost key clients and valuable income. For these...
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From Astrobiology to Parliament
Science, Maths & Technology

From Astrobiology to Parliament

...laws that directly affect people. This would be a good point to explain how the POST fellowship scheme works. What did you do during your fellowship? One of POST’s functions is to produce impartial, accessible briefings that bring together research on topics of current interest, for use by parliamentarians – both MPs and peers. The topics to be researched are decided...
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Mass surveillance will never be able to stop all known terrorists
Society, Politics & Law

Mass surveillance will never be able to stop all known terrorists

...laws such as section 127 of the Communications Act 2003, which criminalises offensive speech. Equally, perhaps he might care to clarify how exactly the further expansion of mass surveillance in the UK is supposed stop known terrorists committing murder. After all, we already have mass surveillance in the UK, as a cursory search for “Snowden”, “Tempora”,...
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Nos Galan Gaeaf: the traditional Welsh celebration being eclipsed by modern Halloween
History & The Arts

Nos Galan Gaeaf: the traditional Welsh celebration being eclipsed by modern Halloween

...laws, detailed in 13th-century manuscripts, but those references are disappointingly prosaic. And, it is only in the modern period that we have references to Nos Galan Gaeaf customs, exhaustively catalogued in the 20th century by the historian, Trefor M. Owen. [Black and white photograph of Ty Canol woods, Pembrokeshire]Beware the lurking Hwch Ddu Gwta and the Ladi Wen....
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The why and how of green social prescribing in aid of health ageing
Health, Sports & Psychology

The why and how of green social prescribing in aid of health ageing

...law, to providing actual access to nature. Civil society and business play a part, including supporting community groups. There is also scope for educating society about engaging with and appreciating nature and the value of having nature as part of our daily lives. An example of social prescribing: The Parks Trust experience The Parks Trust is a self-financing charity...
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How do we learn language?
Education & Development

How do we learn language?

...law, art and medicine. The rise to our current position of influence is hard to imagine were we not able to share our thoughts and work together with this thing we call language – the powerful mind-manipulation tool that I am using right now to get these ideas from my head to yours without the need for surgery. Despite language being an extraordinarily complex system of...
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In-car technology: are we being sold a false sense of security?
Digital & Computing

In-car technology: are we being sold a false sense of security?

...law allows them to do so providing their hands are on the wheel. This implies it is a safe alternative. But research clearly shows that the driving behaviour and crash risk of a phone-using driver (whether that is hand-held or hands-free) is similar to, and sometimes worse than, that of a drunk driver. Our research has shown that phone use carries a significant cost to a...
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If Infinity Wars had peer review instead of script editors
Science, Maths & Technology

If Infinity Wars had peer review instead of script editors

...laws of thermodynamics. There is no algorithm presented in the Methods that describes the selection process for who gets to live or die. To make this a random process is not only intellectually lazy, but it also contradicts Thanos’s claim that his motivations are benevolent. What about worlds or ecosystems that have already achieved the balance he hopes to create; would...
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