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Running: ibuprofen use is common – but many athletes are unaware of the risks
IR Stone/ Shutterstock Whether you’re an ultra-marathoner or have just started, injuries and muscle soreness from running are inevitable. But instead of taking a break, many runners reach for ibuprofen or other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) to get through injuries or pain. Not only can doing this make recovery moreContinue Reading
Coronavirus: Beijing outbreak shows China’s plan for preventing a second wave
On June 11, Beijing reported its first new coronavirus case in nearly two months. Over the next two days, the city government swung into action, sealing off certain neighbourhoods and closing Xinfadi, the vast wholesale market where the outbreak is believed to have begun. International reports initially suggested that BeijingContinue Reading
How stories of success can help increase diversity among medical students
wavebreakmedia/Shutterstock At the turn of the century, the majority of students in UK medical schools were white, male and middle-class. Over the past 20 years, though, there has been success for some groups of students in getting through the doors. Medical schools have made changes to how they admit students,Continue Reading
Five ways online university learning can be better than face-to-face teaching
Stanislau Palaukou/Shutterstock The University of Cambridge has announced that all lectures will be offered online for the academic year beginning in October 2020. Other UK universities are expected to adopt similar policies, adopting a format which blends online learning with more traditional teaching. The announcement has disappointed and worried someContinue Reading
Teaching primary school children about LGBT+ relationships: is the government taking the right approach?
DGLimages/Shutterstock English primary schools will follow revised guidance on education about relationships from September 2020. The guidance emphasises teaching about diverse families, and this approach includes recognition of LGBT+ people. For many schools, this will not be the first time children have been taught about same-sex parents. Since 2011, theContinue Reading
Coronavirus scams: the science of how to spot and deal with nuisance callers
Shutterstock/GaudiLab Most of us have experienced unwanted calls at home. This is in spite of efforts by regulators, including the Information Commissioner’s Office and Ofcom, whose most recent report shows that around half of the UK population still receive nuisance calls. Many of these unsolicited calls annoy us because theyContinue Reading
How young black people in care made their voices heard
Ahturner/Shutterstock The rediscovery of the UK’s black histories is long overdue. This includes the lives of young black people in care. Their story reflects the historical struggles of other black groups in making themselves heard – a struggle which underlies the current Black Lives Matter protests. My research has examinedContinue Reading
Digital homeschooling: we need to rethink our worries about children’s screen time
Oleksandr Zamuruiev/Shutterstock We’ve spent the last decade being anxious about the increasing amount of time young people spend in front of screens. However, in the last two months, children have been encouraged to dive into digital like never before. This has thrown up all kinds of questions about how toContinue Reading
Social media helps reveal people’s racist views – so why don’t tech firms do more to stop hate speech?
GoodStudio/Shutterstock This article contains examples of racist, Islamophobic and threatening language Twitter has finally permanently removed right-wing commentator Katie Hopkins from its platform for violating its “hateful conduct” policy. Many would ask why it took so long for Twitter to ban someone with such a long record of offensive comments.Continue Reading
Coronavirus: our study suggests more people have had it than previously estimated
People Image Studio Many people suspect they’ve been infected with COVID-19 by now, despite the fact that only 0.5% of the UK’s population has actually been diagnosed with it. Similar numbers have been reported in other countries. Exactly how many people have actually had it, however, is unclear. There isContinue Reading