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Practice and experience is vital for acquiring a motor skill like handwriting.
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Climate change could hurt Indian farmers' income by up to 20-25% in the medium term.
Alexander Tretyakov, one of the Russian athletes whose lifetime ban was overturned in January.
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The politics of Russia's Olympic doping ban.
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The leaked government Brexit report reinforces the academic consensus that the harder the Brexit, the worse it will be for the UK economy.
While some are declaring that democracy has had its day, others see this as a time to develop more truly democratic ways of living.
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January 17, 2018
Alice el-Wakil , University of Zürich ; Anna Szolucha , Polish Academy of Sciences ; David A. Teegarden , University at Buffalo, The State University of New York ; Graham Smith , University of Westminster ; Nancy L. Rosenblum , Harvard University ; Peter Wilkin , Brunel University London , and Ryusaku Yamada , Soka University
Is it really time to eulogise democracy, or are we rather on the cusp of a new phase in its long and varied life?
It seems loneliness among older people is expected – by everyone except the elderly themselves.
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Older people are less lonely than we think, but more importantly loneliness is something they face all year round – not just at Christmas.
A helping hand: a volunteer at a food bank in Glasgow.
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The people most affected must be involved in designing the solutions.
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Make that winter dram an intellectual one.
The Lion of London (Daniel Crute) crushes an apple in his biceps at the Dynamic Tensions Physical Culture Show.
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Performing for the crowd, acting up and showing off – how physical culture's origins as theatre have fed into today's toxic masculinity, and how they can help it change.
Academics put Hammond in the spotlight.
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Academics deliver their verdict on Philip Hammond.
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Anne of Denmark proved women could play a key role in the 17th-century patriarchy.
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The uncertainty itself could amount to infringing on the right to private and family life.
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The UK water infrastructure needs rethinking with the increasing population demands and the contaminants found in our water.
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Digital fitness trackers may look cool, but many teenagers don't want them in PE lessons.
Living with your heritage.
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It can be a painful experience to be rejected by your heritage culture.
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Using the right metaphor in science is important.
Dancehall poster.
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The pictures we see of women in sport have changed, but that might not be enough
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328 football clubs, spanning all tiers of the game, are currently involved in the inquiry.
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It helped them conquer the world, three billion years ago.
England’s Lucy Bronze (right) and Spain’s Leila Ouahabi (left) battle for the ball during the UEFA Women’s Euro 2017.
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The reality of life as a female sports star.