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Journeying through wellbeing: Exploring mental health and wellbeing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Journeying through wellbeing: Exploring mental health and wellbeing

...article, we will explore these terms and how our mental health and wellbeing is shaped by the things that happen to us...We will also help you to understand more about the value of social support, sleep, diet and exercise and how these can protect our wellbeing. Finally, we will explore the treatment options that are available to us if we become unwell, learning more...
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OpenMinds: Why visit Mars and what we might find there?
Miscellaneous

OpenMinds: Why visit Mars and what we might find there?

...article. The Open University is delighted to be taking part in the NI Science Festival for the third year running. [Northern Ireland Science Festival Logo][Copyrighted image Icon][space science masters image]Study space science at postgraduate level to prepare for managing major missions like those to Mars: MSc in Space Science and Technology Study space science at...
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What effects does mercury have on health and the environment?
Science, Maths & Technology

What effects does mercury have on health and the environment?

...to increase even faster). The effects of mercury pollution will be global; because mercury can be dispersed as a vapour it can be deposited anywhere in the world. This article is adapted from course materials produced by The Open University for the course Introducing health sciences: a case study approach. Discover more about Health Sciences with The Open University....
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Do animals have sex for fun?
Nature & Environment

Do animals have sex for fun?

...article to explain, but it seeped into all aspects of Western culture, including science. Not to suggest that sex isn’t involved in reproduction. The gamete exchange that is necessary for conception to occur is, in general, the result of some form of contact between bodies. But when people say that “humans are the only species to have sex for pleasure” they are...
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Do whales use their heads to attack boats?
Nature & Environment

Do whales use their heads to attack boats?

...Although this study demonstrates the ramming hypothesis is plausible, the jury is still out on whether whales regularly engage in this behavior. “We still don’t know enough about sperm whale behavior to explain the full function of this enormous and fascinating structure,” says Huggenberger. This article was originally published by PLOS under a CC-BY licence...
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How we live is seen as a justification: Why the French way of life became a target
Society, Politics & Law

How we live is seen as a justification: Why the French way of life became a target

...abuse religion will not win this war because they will not make us give up what we are. Because we are the targets, we are the soldiers of our own way of life. Continuing to go out, to travel and to live life to the full is a peaceful way of responding to these attacks.[The Conversation] This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article....
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How COVID-19 challenges our notion of a good death
Health, Sports & Psychology

How COVID-19 challenges our notion of a good death

...article is one of them. The current COVID-19 pandemic has brought death to the forefront, challenging societal ideas of what a good death is and the funerary norms we expect after someone has died. We invest in ideals around how death and dying should be – a so-called good death.Some say that death is a taboo in the UK, but along with many other academics, I’d argue...
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What does the French regional election result mean?
Society, Politics & Law

What does the French regional election result mean?

...et Indépendants have staged a recovery but, most spectacularly, the FN has been resurrected from irritating also-ran (winning 11% of the national vote in 2010) to the main contender. On to the next round Looking at a map of the regions, France currently is ‘bleu-marine’ in the north and in ‘le Grand Est’ (Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine), where Le Pen’s...
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