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Second-hand smoke: when you work in others’ homes, where do their rights end and yours begin?
Every year 800,000 people around the world die of passive smoking. Maradon333/Shutterstock Ruaraidh Dobson, University of Stirling and Sean Semple,…
COVID: The three barriers that stop people being vaccinated
Getting everyone in a country vaccinated is like watching software updates load: it whizzes along for the first 80% or…
Second-hand smoke: when you work in others’ homes, where do their rights end and yours begin?
Every year 800,000 people around the world die of passive smoking. Maradon333/Shutterstock Ruaraidh Dobson, University of Stirling and Sean Semple,…
Writing can improve mental health – here’s how
Any kind of writing can help. Yulia Grigoryeva/ Shutterstock Christina Thatcher, Cardiff Metropolitan University Ernest Hemingway famously said that writers…
How palm oil became the world’s most hated, most used fat source
Oil palm fruit in North Aceh, Indonesia. Fachrul Reza / Barcroft Media via Getty Images Jonathan E. Robins, Michigan Technological…
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A child psychiatrist who knew those killed in the London terror attack offers advice on helping kids deal with trauma
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