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Half man, half circuit: Who are the people who are choosing to become cyborgs?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Half man, half circuit: Who are the people who are choosing to become cyborgs?

...simple: a tiny glass object about the size of a grain of rice is injected into the soft part of the hand between the thumb and forefinger – it’s as easy as drawing blood. The magnet implant process that Michael undertook at the cyborg fair is more invasive and not entirely painless. Later in the day, one enthusiast almost fainted and had to lie on the floor, feet up...
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Does counting calories work?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Does counting calories work?

...simple. And part of the problem goes way beyond individual self-control. The numbers logged in Nash’s Fitbit, or printed on the food labels that Haelle reads religiously, are at best good guesses. Worse yet, as scientists are increasingly finding, some of those calorie counts are flat-out wrong – off by more than enough, for instance, to wipe out the calories Haelle...
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Dreaming of an answer to narcolepsy: Why don't we understand sleep?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Dreaming of an answer to narcolepsy: Why don't we understand sleep?

...simple – I just need to get the orexins (or something similar) back inside my brain. So why am I still waiting? *** In April 1972, a toy poodle in Canada produced a litter of four. Eager families were quick to snap up the cute puppies, but one of them, a silver-grey female called Monique, soon developed what her owners described as “drop attacks” when she tried to...
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Article 15 mins
For some people, staying awake might help fight depression
Health, Sports & Psychology

For some people, staying awake might help fight depression

...simple as staying awake overnight bring about such a transformation? Unpicking the mechanism isn’t straightforward: we still don’t fully understand the nature of depression or the function of sleep, both of which involve multiple areas of the brain. But recent studies have started to yield some insights. The brain activity of people with depression looks different...
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Form and uses of language
History & The Arts

Form and uses of language

...simple: line 2 consists entirely of words of one syllable, and much of the rest of the poem is the same, with only one word of more than two syllables (‘incompetent’) in the whole poem. There are no unusual or unfamiliar words. Its simplicity is almost exaggerated. Interestingly, though, he did not spell out an explicit message in this poem. If you feel that you have...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Exploring languages and cultures
Languages

Exploring languages and cultures

...simple fare. The hosts had had a busy day and did not have time to shop or cook. The hosts did not think the occasion was particularly special. His hosts wanted him to try a traditional German meal. Activity 6 The best way to avoid unhelpful cultural generalisations is to find ways of checking whether your assumptions are correct. Think of three ways in which the author...
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Level 1: Introductory 14 hrs
Introducing ethics in Information and Computer Sciences
Education & Development

Introducing ethics in Information and Computer Sciences

...code of conduct, influencing their experiences and perceptions and mediated by the values and their culture. Naturally these answers are articulated in different styles, but the word ‘good’ appears explicitly in all of them, which is particularly interesting. Did you include the term in your own definition as well? Activity 2 Having now read the activity comments for...
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Level 3: Advanced 40 hrs
Groups and teamwork
Science, Maths & Technology

Groups and teamwork

...simple prescription for being a good leader; yet there are some characteristics that most effective leaders have in common...Groups and teamwork: 2.1 What is a group? - Our tendency to form groups is a pervasive aspect of organisational life. As well as formal groups, committees and teams, there are informal groups, cliques and cabals. Formal groups are used to organise...
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Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs