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Over 70s and those with underlying health conditions advised against cruise ship travel
From the Government: British nationals aged 70 and over, and those with underlying health conditions such as chronic diseases and diabetes, have been advised not to travel on cruise ships […]
Population update from ONS
The population of the UK in mid-2018 was estimated to be 66,436,000. The UK population grew by 0.6% between mid-2017 and mid-2018, the same rate of growth as in the […]
In Rabbit Awareness Week, vaccination is urged
June 1–9 is Rabbit Awareness Week (RAW), an annual campaign raising awareness around the welfare needs of pet rabbits in the UK and Ireland. Rabbit Awareness Week is organised by […]
Marie Kondo: a psychologist assesses the KonMari method of tidying
Netflix Chris Stiff, Keele University Have your friends recently begun obsessively folding their t-shirts, or explaining how they have got rid of a book that no longer “brings them joy”? […]
Should you hide negative emotions from children?
Sharing is good. altanaka/Shuttestock John Lambie, Anglia Ruskin University From crying in the toilet to leaving the house in a rage, many parents and carers don’t want their children to […]
Frida Kahlo to Rihanna: there’s a reason eye-catching brows are front and centre
Frida Kahlo: self-portrait with Bonito. Irina via Flickr, CC BY-SA Niamh Thornton, University of Liverpool Mexican artist Frida Kahlo is the subject of a major exhibition at London’s V&A museum, […]
Blood moon: lunar eclipse myths from around the world
Shutterstock Daniel Brown, Nottingham Trent University Millions of people will have the opportunity to see a lunar eclipse – an event popularly known in the media as a “blood moon” […]
Wimbledon: why Federer is the greatest on grass and Rafa Nadal is the king of clay
Shutterstock Chelsea Starbuck, University of Salford Tennis fans could be forgiven for feeling a sense of deja vu. For the first time since 2012, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer sit […]
The mystery of how babies experience pain
Crying may not tell the whole story. Maesse Photography Laura Jones, UCL Before the 1980s, clinicians actually performed surgery on newborns without giving them anaesthetics or pain medications. This wasn’t […]
Are men cleaner than women?
It has been revealed that men are ‘officially’ cleaner than women but when women do take to the cubicle, they spend far too long in there! With 70% of men […]
