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...research shows that over three-quarters of people in the UK have heard of Veganuary. But its rapid expansion may be surprising. The brainchild of its founders Jane Land and Matthew Glover, Veganuary began with just 3,300 sign-ups in 2014. Since then, it’s mushroomed (no pun intended!) to 1.8 million people being directly supported by Veganuary in 2024, and an estimated...

...researchers have also found that reminders of death increase our desire for fame and for children, both of which are commonly associated with symbolic immortality. It turns out that we do want to be immortalised through our work and our DNA. When asked, we do not seem, perhaps not even to ourselves, to fear death. Nor would we guess that thinking about death has such...

...research on doping may illustrate some of the topics and arguments that make up a contemporary issue identify how contemporary issues, such as doping, often benefit from a little social context and/or background history to help explain the present day describe how the framing, arguments made and overall evaluation of a contemporary issue benefit from a critical approach...