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A graph showing life expectancy of males and females by age in England and Wales, 1700-2013. The graph shows that life expantancy has improved over time, but the difference is much greater at younger ages..   There are many curious misconceptions about life in the past, but a particularly...
Archaeology, Health, Society

Life ends at 40? Mythbusting ideas of age in the past

Author Alice Rose Date June 1, 2023
Alice Rose
Tagged age, archaeology, elderly, Health, life expectancy | Leave a comment |
  As a person living in England, the COVID-19 lockdowns of 2020-21 meant a...
Archaeology, Health, Society

Eat out to help out or eat in to stay alive: how have modern and historical pandemics changed our eating habits?

Author Alice Rose Date April 27, 2022
Alice Rose
Tagged archaeology, Black Death, Covid-19, diet, food consumption, pandemics | Leave a comment |
Every 3.2 seconds another person gets dementia! The most common form of dementia, up...
Biology, Health

Can we detect Alzheimer’s disease earlier?

Author Samaneh Abolpour Mofrad Date December 13, 2019
Samaneh Abolpour Mofrad
Tagged Alzheimer's Disease, Dementia, Machine Learning, Mild Cognitine Impairment | Leave a comment |
When I ask my friends in Bergen why they don’t ride their bikes more...
Air, Climate, Culture, Health, People, Society

Do Bergen cyclists care about rain?

Author Kristine Flacké Haualand Date May 22, 2018
Kristine Flacké Haualand
Tagged Bergen, cycling, habits, Rain, Weather | Leave a comment |
Meningitis is a deadly disease that causes massive damage to the human brain. Young...
Climate, Health, People, Society, Systems

How wind brings death to West Africa

Author Frank Brenner Date April 28, 2016
Frank Brenner
Tagged Climate, East Africa Summer School, Infectious Disease, Meningitis, Sub-Saharan Africa | Leave a comment |
Satellite data is revolutionising the way we look at our planet. From tracking deforestation...
Climate, Health, Land, Life, People

Certainly uncertain! Do satellites help to monitor food security in Africa?

Author Robert Luetkemeier Date April 22, 2016
Robert Luetkemeier
Tagged East Africa Summer School, Food Security, Modelling, Rainfall Uncertainty, Remote Sensing, Sub-Saharan Africa | Leave a comment |
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