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Piston power Featuring: video, Used with permission

By Jem Stansfield (Guest), Dr Graham Hollister-Short (Guest)

12 October 2010

Power is wealth - and gunpowder is power indeed. Explore how Leonardo's groundbreaking designs for a gunpowder powered piston ultimately led to the invention of steam engines.   Read more : Piston power

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Pathology in Renaissance ItalyUsed with permission

By The Renaissance Secrets team (The Open University)

01 September 2005

Historians have argued that the Church saw dissection as a desecration of God's creation. But Katherine Park has found evidence of numerous dissections.  Read more : Pathology in Renaissance Italy

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Are we suffering from information overload?BBC

By The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

09 August 2005

Open University sociologist David Goldblatt is tired of fighting the daily battle against the data glut. He wants to focus our attention on better communication...  Read more : Are we suffering from information overload?

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As the Olympic flame wings its way around the UK, the OU's Aarón Alzola Romero asks: just how immemorial is the Olympic torch relay?

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