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Housing beyond borders
Society, Politics & Law

Housing beyond borders

...circulation of money, knowledge and information, it can be helpful to think about how contemporary cities are permeated by all kinds of different relationships and connections with places elsewhere. And yet, the remaking of cities in the name of economic growth is far from politically uncontested. One area where this has become acutely contentious is housing. Transformed...
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Article 5 mins
History of reading: An introduction to reading in the past
History & The Arts

History of reading: An introduction to reading in the past

...circulated from the seventeenth century onwards, in all kinds of formats – large and small, expensive and cheap. But how exactly did people read this most important of all books? And what impact did Bible reading have on them? There are many records in the UK RED site of Bible reading – nearly 1000 in total, and the number grows all the time. These enable us to...
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Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr
Depression, mood and exercise
Health, Sports & Psychology

Depression, mood and exercise

...circulation and good hydration and nutrition we will maintain our tissues (such as muscles, tendons) and organs in good function for longer, as we are all ageing. This increases our fitness, feelings of health and wellbeing, both physical and mental, and helps us to be ready to live better for longer. Regular physical activity, together with good hydration and nutrition...
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Article 10 mins
Pharmacotherapy while ageing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Pharmacotherapy while ageing

...circulation. Metabolism is very much affected by age-related changes on our basic metabolic rate and age-related changes on the liver, which is the main organ responsible for processing the medications we take. We need to be mindful that the ability of the liver to withstand stress and trauma (for example relating to shock state, acute illness and/or injuries) decreases...
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Video 10 mins
5 reasons why exercising outdoors is great for people who have dementia
Health, Sports & Psychology

5 reasons why exercising outdoors is great for people who have dementia

...circulates regularly, making sure all organs have the necessary supply of nutrients and oxygen to function well for longer. Interventions carried out with people living with dementia in and outside of nursing homes (including people with mild cognitive impairment) reported improvements in gait speed and muscle strengthening of the lower body (Frandin et al, 2009). Such...
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Article 10 mins
Eutrophication
Nature & Environment

Eutrophication

...respiring overnight can deplete the water of oxygen, resulting in fish dying through suffocation even if they tolerate the toxins. SAQ 8 Are fish most at risk from suffocation in warm or cool water? Answer Warm water, because oxygen is less soluble at warmer temperatures and is therefore more rapidly depleted by respiring organisms, especially as respiration rate also...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Fake news during COVID-19
Science, Maths & Technology

Fake news during COVID-19

...circulating on social media, from diverting blame to touting unverified cures. What are your thoughts about it? Elisabeth: I am sad to see how gullible and not-critical some people are. It seems that suddenly everyone is an expert in viral epidemiology and anyone who says something online about a new way to solve the COVID-19 crisis will quickly gain a lot of followers....
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Article 10 mins
How can you turn desert into farmland?
Nature & Environment

How can you turn desert into farmland?

...circulate, and the presence of microbes and other organisms to break down organic matter, to how often the soil is disturbed by a plough or compressed by heavy machinery. The structure of the soils – which the soil experts sometimes refer to as soils physics – is also important, and centres around large and small clumps of soil that hold together. Six explains that in...
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Article 20 mins