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Can coral rings predict tsunamis?Creative Commons Image dachalan under CC-BY-NC-SA licence

By The Naked Scientists (Guest)

28 February 2011

Can coral give us warning of tsunamis?  Read more : Can coral rings predict tsunamis?

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92Rewind: Beating the swingometerCreative Commons Image Syniq under CC-BY-NC-ND licence

By The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

29 April 2010

What tricks did the TV networks pull out of their bags for election night in 1992?  Read more : 92Rewind: Beating the swingometer

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Are we really free to choose? By Famosissimo Biole via Flickr under Creative Commons licence

By Professor Russell Stannard (The Open University)

25 February 2010

All day long we have to make choices. Professor Russell Stannard asks if we’re really free to choose.  Read more : Are we really free to choose?

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Did we see the downturn coming?Copyrighted Image The Open University / Karen Parker

By Dr Ysanne Carlisle (The Open University)

16 March 2009

If the warning signs of a recession were there all along, why did we ignore them?  Read more : Did we see the downturn coming?

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Past success and short termism trump foresight and wisdomCopyrighted Image The Open University / Karen Parker

By Dr Devendra Kodwani (The Open University)

13 March 2009

Even if they'd seen the recession coming, Devendra Kodwani asks whether businesses would have behaved differently?  Read more : Past success and short termism trump foresight and wisdom

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Joe and the Argo buoy*Copyrighted Image Mark Brandon

By Dr Mark Brandon (The Open University)

28 September 2008

Find out more about Argo buoys, those useful little devices for predicting weather and climate  Read more : Joe and the Argo buoy*

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Numbers In BusinessBBC

By Professor Kevin McConway (The Open University)

21 June 2005

There's more than pounds and dollars at the heart of how business uses numbers, says Kevin McConway.  Read more : Numbers In Business

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