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Parks and green spaces are important for our mental health – but we need to make sure that everyone can benefit 0
- BUSINESS
- August 8, 2020
How does walking through a forest make you feel? Peaceful? Blissful? Reflective? For many people, lockdown brought a new appreciation of nature and what it means for our well-being. The health benefits of immersing ourselves in “greenspace” are now widely accepted. Living in areas with grass and trees has been linked to lower risk of
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Coronavirus: Zoos and safari parks set to reopen from 15 June – PM 0
- BUSINESS
- June 10, 2020
Image copyright PA Media Image caption London Zoo had said it faced an “uncertain future” Zoos, safari parks and drive-in cinemas are set to reopen in England from Monday, the PM is due to announce. Boris Johnson is expected to outline the latest step in the easing of the coronavirus lockdown at Wednesday’s daily briefing.
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Singapore releases the robot hounds to enforce social distancing in parks • The Register 0
- TECHNOLOGY
- May 11, 2020
Singapore is trialing robot dogs to enforce social distancing in its parks, to assist the national coronavirus-control effort. As outlined by GovTech Singapore, the nation’s digital advancement agency, the beast is a Boston Dynamics Spot device that’s been programmed to roam a 3km stretch in the River Plains section of Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park during
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UK coronavirus death toll rises by 48 in ONE day as Boris Johnson threatens to shut down UK parks 0
- BUSINESS
- March 22, 2020
Boris Johnson warned the British public today that they had 24 hours to take social distancing measures seriously or he will implement an Italian-style total lockdown, after thousands continued to flout anti-coronavirus measures. The PM said there was ‘no doubt’ he would act to close open spaces and limit all movement outside homes if people continued
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Rosa Parks Barbie doll reflects popular misunderstanding of civil rights struggle 0
- BUSINESS
- September 1, 2019
The toy company Mattel recently released a Rosa Parks Barbie doll as part of its Inspiring Women Series, a promising addition to a collection that presents strong female role models to children. But the way the company describes Parks points to broader problems of remembering the American Civil Rights Movement by focusing only on the
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China builds dozens more ‘cruel, deadly’ dolphin and whale theme parks 0
- BUSINESS
- March 10, 2019
China has nearly doubled the number of ocean theme parks it has, spearheading a global rise in whales and dolphins kept in captivity in recent years, a study has found. The popularity of watching marine mammals in pools and tanks has soared in the country, driving a jump in aquariums from 39 in 2015 to
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