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The trait can bring mental strength and resilience.
The Portal uses individual stories of meditative transformation to suggest a bigger change is possible.
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A new film contends that meditation can transform us from individuals in chaos to calm beings - and in turn change the world.
Most of us believe that other people are not worried enough about climate change.
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We know less than we should, but we’re worried anyway. By the author of The Perils of Perception: Why We’re Wrong About Nearly Everything.
The Edwardian Bourne Estate, showing fine building work and attention to open space, as far back as 1901.
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There are benefits to society of good housing for all – health, wellbeing, savings from costs of crime and health – that are not captured in its price.
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The approach to housing in the UK hasn’t worked for years. What could we learn from how it’s done in other countries?
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What adults with autism told us about their everyday experiences.
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Men are feeling more and more pressure to get rid of their love handles and beer bellies – and heavy promotion of unrealistic appearance standards are to blame.
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New research found persistent differences between generations of people in the UK when it comes to their attitudes to immigration.
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A more egalitarian power structure is possible.
A refugee family welcomed in Glasgow in 2016.
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A new set of ‘Indicators of Integration’ have been launched by the UK government.
Free movement of people isn’t a huge financial burden on Europe’s welfare states.
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EU migrant households are actually a net benefit on the public purse in much of Europe.
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Whether it’s through begging or building shelters, homeless people are trying to make their lives better.
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Despite what the statistics suggest, many teenage parents say having a baby has transformed their lives.
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By acquiring knowledge of other places and people, travel can make us more peaceful in our interactions with others.
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Consumption has become the primary form of self-identity and self-expression.
What came first – all-seeing Gods or complex societies?
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God only started watching over us quite recently, according to a new study that analysed 414 societies from 30 world regions.
As cultures evolve and societies develop, people’s change the way they think about good and evil.
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An analysis of billions of words in the Google Books database shows the way society has valued moral principles such as compassion, respect for authority, community values and fairness over time.
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Policies to tackle social mobility have been largely misdirected. While rates of upward social mobility have fallen, downward mobility has risen.
Farming life.
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Farmers are closest to the land and their livestock, and have everything to lose by not taking care of it.
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Shambolic rollout of new recording system for people at risk of homelessness means statistics shouldn’t be trusted.