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Learn to live well with self-care on OpenLearn
Health, Sports & Psychology

Learn to live well with self-care on OpenLearn

...and friends, finding ways to relax and more physical exercise. We've got some great ideas to help you get started! ...Explore these articles and courses to help give you inspiration. Change doesn't have to be overwhelming. Just add one change in your life and build from there, even getting out for a walk each day can help boost your mood and improve physical health!...
Exercising at 50
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exercising at 50

...et al., 2004). Strength training can limit the loss of bone density and strengthen the integrity of the joints offering more support and less risk of injury. Additionally, over time, joint supporting tissues (ligaments and tendons) lose their elasticity and the tissues within our joints (collagen and cartilage) lose their fluidity and strength. This degeneration of the...
Sense of self during ageing: how mindfulness and nature can help
Health, Sports & Psychology

Sense of self during ageing: how mindfulness and nature can help

...article on Ageing Brain. Physiological ageing, also called normal ageing, results from a natural wear and tear and affects our brain directly and indirectly. Some examples of indirect age-related changes are: a slowed basic metabolism and changes to our cardiovascular system and blood flow; and the flow to the brain gets slower as arteries narrow. This can easily affect...
Creating a different world: Celebrating Ursula K LeGuin
History & The Arts

Creating a different world: Celebrating Ursula K LeGuin

...a lot of her political and social concerns, the masterful (if rather disturbing) The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas. An imaginary world in miniature, and simultaneously a powerful and memorable “thought experiment”. A micro-capsule of Le Guin’s brilliance. She will be missed. This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article....
How large is the UK alternative finance sector?
Money & Business

How large is the UK alternative finance sector?

...purpose. Incumbents are also playing catch up with their own digital investment, and are closing in on the disrupters’ lead. Meanwhile, platform failures within these growing networks are inevitable. So the question is, will the hard won enthusiasm for these platforms start to wane?” This article was originally published on the University of Cambridge Research website...
Ceres: Is it an asteroid? Is it a comet? Erm...
Science, Maths & Technology

Ceres: Is it an asteroid? Is it a comet? Erm...

...article speculates that ice may still be buried just below the surface while the other suggests that water bound in minerals is abundant. The researchers also investigated the bright feature at the bottom of Occator Crater, the brightest of the white spots, and concluded that they may be hydrated magnesium salts. The salts are deposits left behind from recent sublimation...
Clavius - a lunar mystery
Science, Maths & Technology

Clavius - a lunar mystery

...with a red ‘X’. A close up of the landing site and the Eagle lunar module can be seen at this website. [Clavius - Alan Cayless' images] Panorama of tranquillity base, showing little West crater. Image Credit: NASA, moonpans.com With thanks to Isaac Asimov, whose story “The Key”, published in Asimov’s Mysteries (Asimov, 1969), inspired part of this article....
Llywio drwy les: Edrych ar iechyd meddwl a lles
Health, Sports & Psychology

Llywio drwy les: Edrych ar iechyd meddwl a lles

...et al, 2015). Ânt ymhellach gan ddweud nad oes posibl i ni fod mewn hwyliau cwbl hwyliog oherwydd nad oes gennym reolaeth lwyr ar ein hamgylchedd, na rheolaeth dros yr hyn sy’n digwydd i ni. Yn hytrach, mae cyfleu emosiynau negyddol i ymateb i sefyllfaoedd anodd mewn bywyd yn gwbl iach i’r meddwl. Mesur lles Gan ein bod yn meddwl am ein lles personol, ac yn ei...