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Sir Bernard Lovell: An appreciation

Robert Alexander & doramusic.com under CC-BY-SA licence

Introductory Level Duration 5 mins Updated 07 Aug 2012

By Dr Stephen Serjeant

Sir Bernard Lovell died on August 7th, 2012. Stephen Serjeant celebrates his contribution to science - and to the war effort.

Dallas Campbell meets Frank Drake

The Open University

Introductory Level Duration 30 mins Updated 04 May 2011

By Dallas Campbell, Dr Frank Drake

If there are other intelligent cultures around the universe, why haven't we met them yet? And why haven't we heard from them? Frank Drake explains.

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Does glass flow downwards?

Lawrence OP under CC-BY-NC-ND licence

Introductory Level Duration 5 mins Updated 08 Apr 2011

By Stephen Byrne

Is it true that glass is a liquid, slowly trickling downwards - and is this why old stained glass panels are thicker at the bottom?

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The history of medicine: A Scottish perspective

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Intermediate Level Duration 10 hours Updated 18 Jun 2013

By The Open University

In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the approach to medicine was vastly different from today. Health is now recognised, at least in most European countries,...

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