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Why labour is such a pain – and how to reduce it

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor
imageFear and tension make the pain much worse.Halfpoint/Shutterstock

Pain during labour and childbirth is a complex combination of physical and psychological factors. Pain comes from the uterus, cervix, pelvic joints and ligaments and, during the actual birth, from the vagina and perineum (the skin between the vagina and anus) stretching to accommodate...

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Home alone feeling scrooged? These Christmas movies deserve some love, actually

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor
imageFrom schmaltzy to savagery, we dissect the classic Christmas flick. Love Actually, Universal Pictures.

The cultural environment in which we watch a film inevitably shapes our response to it. Engaging with the Yuletide ecology by watching Christmas films offers a genuine cinephilic pleasure, be it kitsch, ironic, or sincere.

The following taxonomy...

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Electronics are getting small, and that is causing big problems

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor
imageThe microprocessors on this wafer of silicon have transistors measuring in the nanometres.Shutterstock

Your television, computer, smartphone or any other electronic device wouldn’t work without being able to shuttle electric charges around their circuits.

Yet, as these devices gain in performance, with their individual components getting...

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