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What can emoji teach us about human civilization?
Languages

What can emoji teach us about human civilization?

...adults also they can serve an educational purpose. The fact that they’ve evolved from similar basic practices as all other forms of writing means that examining how they work can be an excellent prism for understanding human communication in general. And they’re especially insightful for understanding the increased role that’s played by technology in our life –...
Children are at risk from junk food advertisements on social media
Society, Politics & Law

Children are at risk from junk food advertisements on social media

...adult airtime accounted for nearly 70% of children’s viewing, children were still exposed to high levels of junk food advertising. Therefore, as the WHO has repeatedly stressed since 2010, children’s overall exposure to junk food marketing needs to be reduced, wherever it’s encountered. And now, as the broadcast era cedes to online media dominance, ethical and...
Subjugation and slavery: fake news in the nineteenth-century press
History & The Arts

Subjugation and slavery: fake news in the nineteenth-century press

...adult intelligence in ‘negroes’ as their intellectual development will stop at an early age. Another anthropological society meeting discussed the ‘Negro and his place in Nature’. Scientists compared black people as ‘of shorter stature […] whose arms were long in proportion, thus enabling the negro […] to touch his knee’, and as closer to the apes. They...
Nutritional psychiatry is the future of mental health treatment
Health, Sports & Psychology

Nutritional psychiatry is the future of mental health treatment

...adults. He believes that antidepressants are over-prescribed and that there is little evidence that they are safe for long-term use. Antidepressants are said to create dependency, have unpleasant side effects and cannot be relied upon to always relieve symptoms. Nutrition and poor mental health In developed countries such as the UK, we eat a greater variety of foodstuffs...
East Asian Heritage month: a celebration of Studio Ghibli films
Education & Development

East Asian Heritage month: a celebration of Studio Ghibli films

...adult-themed. Audiences in Western Europe are sometimes surprised at the content of PG-rated anime films too – there is quite a cultural difference there. Studio Ghibli films have some vivid scenes, e.g. the Princess Mononoke battle scenes, however many of them are lyrical coming-of-age stories or celebrations of the natural world. Japanese religious faith and culture...
How yoga conquered Britain: the feminist legacy of Yogini Sunita and Kailash Puri
Health, Sports & Psychology

How yoga conquered Britain: the feminist legacy of Yogini Sunita and Kailash Puri

...adult education system, and Wilfred Clark (1898-1981), who founded the British Wheel of Yoga, have legacies which are much easier to document. Why British women embraced yoga But the significance of these two women in inspiring other women should not be underestimated. Women quickly became the majority of both students and teachers of yoga in Britain, comprising of 70-90%...
Employee engagement
Money & Business

Employee engagement

...de rigueur, whereas staying with a company for over three years becomes more acceptable with age. As employees hit the content and loyal period (55 plus), they are at their happiest in terms of working life. People have progressed to a level they are content with, or are resigned to the fact they may not go further, and so are less focused on getting ahead. The highest...
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Introducing social work: a starter kit
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing social work: a starter kit

...adults five social work tasks or roles with children and families. When you have completed your lists, reveal the suggestions in the answer below and see how many tasks on your lists are included on the lists you find in the comment box. Try to resist reading the answer until you have recorded your ideas! Answer Here are some examples of typical social work tasks. They...