Author Kelly Oakes

Kelly Oakes

Recent articles by Kelly Oakes

Social fitness is the biggest predictor of a happy life. Here’s how to improve yours

Enjoying the weather? Did you see the game? Small-talk and simple face-to-face interactions have a bigger effect on our wellbeing than you might think. So, do you fancy a cuppa?
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It's not just you, hay fever season is getting a whole lot worse. Here's why

Hay fever sufferers may have noticed their allergies getting worse. What role is climate change playing?
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Five things the ISS has done for us

The International Space Station is 20 years old - here are some of the marvellous scientific advances that have been made in low Earth orbit.
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How to survive a space disaster

With the new film Gravity featuring two astronauts whose spacecraft is hit by debris, what are the real dangers posed by exploring the high frontier? Kelly Oakes finds out.
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