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Paying It Forward: The Psychology of Random Good Deeds

Sandi Mann | Posted 09.04.2013 | UK Lifestyle
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Sandi Mann

Paying it forward is not a concept that has gathered huge momentum in the UK. I think if some random stranger paid for my coffee here in Manchester, my reaction would be more suspicious than grateful; we in the UK, are simply not used to strangers performing arbitrary acts of kindness for us.

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In The Thicko Of It

The Huffington Post UK | Ted Thornhill | Posted 13.11.2012 | UK
Read More: UK Science, Evolution, UK News, Genes, Stanford University, Charles Darwin, UK News

Modern society clearly has its benefits – hot showers, supermarkets, transport infrastructures and so forth. But research suggests that all this ...

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Why Are CIA Drones Still Causing the Death of Innocents in Pakistan?

Clive Stafford Smith | Posted 24.11.2012 | UK Politics
Read More: UK Impact, Cia Drones Pakistan, Pakistan Drones, UK Politics, Pakistan, Pakistan Drone Attacks, Reprieve, CIA Drones, Stanford University, Stanford, Drones, UK Politics News
Clive Stafford Smith

In Pakistan there are 800,000 people playing Russian Roulette. They do it 24 hours a day, seven days a week. It's not a voluntary game. Someone else holding the gun, refusing to tell how many projectiles there are in the chamber, or even who the weapon is currently aimed at.

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Solar-Powered Bionic Eye Unveiled By Scientists

Huffington Post UK | Melanie Hick | Posted 15.05.2012 | UK Tech
Read More: Cyborgs, Science, UK Tech, Bionic Eye, Gadgets, Stanford University, Tech News, UK Tech News

A solar-powered bionic eye prosthetic has been unveiled by scientists. The high-tech prosthetic will have high pixel density and is a revolution i...

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Steve Jobs Succeeded Against all the Odds

Mark Hillary | Posted 06.12.2011 | UK Tech
Read More: Cell Phones, Iphone, Steve Jobs, Ipod, Computing, Apple, Stanford University, Pixar, Interracial Marriage, Buddhism, Adoption, Death, Ipad, UK Tech News
Mark Hillary

What more can be said about the visionary co-founder of Apple, Steve Jobs, that has not already been said in the thousands of obituaries flooding the ...

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Neanderthal Sex 'Helped Human Race'

Press Association | Posted 25.10.2011 | UK
Read More: Video, Sex, Homo Sapiens, Evolution, Stanford University, Denisovans, Neanderthals, UK News

PRESS ASSOCIATION -- Neanderthal nookie thousands of years ago boosted the health of the human race, scientists believe. Sex between ancestors of m...

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