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...human mind for millennia. Reflecting many religions and cultures over the plethora of centuries that humanity has persevered, it has multiple names and descriptions. Nevertheless, it has common underlining characteristics: it is a dark, unbearably hot, smelly and eerie place, certainly not a place one would choose to reside forever. ‘Hell was often designated with the...
Trees: local heroes in the fight against global climate change
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Under the covers: The emerging critical sleep studies
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...human” lives. Claiming, like many have been doing, that those were, first and foremost, “human” lives and only then accidentally queer, is yet another example of the complexities of LGBTQIA+ politics in the West. We are living through a time when the transgender homicide rate has hit an historic high in the US, when more than 1,700 murders of transgendered...
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...resources including interactives and free courses...[world social work day poster] 15th March is World Social Work Day, a day that gives those in the profession (and students) an opportunity to express international solidarity and send consistent messages to governments, regional bodies and the community. In 2016 the theme is ‘Promoting the Dignity and Worth of...