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What is a password manager - and should I be using one?
Digital & Computing

What is a password manager - and should I be using one?

...careful using them on any computer that you do not own or have sole control of, since your data will be stored on the machine and could be misused by another user or an administrator. You should only consider using a browser’s password storage on a machine that you are the sole user of, or one where you entirely trust the other users. Under no circumstances should you...
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What is biomedicine?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What is biomedicine?

...care and proper maintenance by their owners. So a biomedical account is one which gives a physical or biological explanation for health, and offers physical/biological methods for ‘repairing’ bodies when they are not working correctly. Certain tests establish what is wrong. Then antibiotics or other medicines act as a cure, or surgery can repair or replace body parts....
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How can we design for resilience?
Science, Maths & Technology

How can we design for resilience?

...care, and support. Diversity The system fosters diversity in a range of habitat and food crops, and materially in its multi-use spaces for different seasons. There are multiple sources of energy and water given diversity is required for redundancy – or having back-up in case of system element failure(s). Dynamic balance All the sub-systems making up the house that feeds...
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Mass surveillance will never be able to stop all known terrorists
Society, Politics & Law

Mass surveillance will never be able to stop all known terrorists

...care to clarify how exactly the further expansion of mass surveillance in the UK is supposed stop known terrorists committing murder. After all, we already have mass surveillance in the UK, as a cursory search for “Snowden”, “Tempora”, “OpticNerve” or “DRIPA” will make clear. The French intelligence and security services could not keep track of the Kouachi...
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OpenLearn choices for YASS students
Health, Sports & Psychology

OpenLearn choices for YASS students

...care, and Sport and Exercise, the choice you indicated on your form does not restrict your actual study choices. You don’t have to stick to the subjects suggested below, or what you entered on your registration form, you are free to mix and match any combination of subjects and courses, as long as the courses you choose support your study goals. The OpenLearn website...
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Can a space rock from Costa Rica reveal the origin of water on Earth?
Science, Maths & Technology

Can a space rock from Costa Rica reveal the origin of water on Earth?

...care (think extra-terrestrial shortbread biscuit). It is certainly a very ‘fresh’ sample of a 4.5-billion-year-old rock, containing all the ingredients it takes to form a planet. [A small fragment of the Aguas Zarcas meteorite] An image from The Graham Ensor Collection of a small fragment of the Aguas Zarcas meteorite. On the right hand side a fusion crust is...
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Why do a project as part of your study?
Education & Development

Why do a project as part of your study?

...careful not to just assume that you can learn a whole new field of knowledge during the project. Projects often start out too ambitious for the time available and this can cause problems later. Or sometimes people want to do a project in an area where they don’t have the basic skills needed. Again, your tutor or supervisor can help you to work through this to get to a...
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The why and how of green social prescribing in aid of health ageing
Health, Sports & Psychology

The why and how of green social prescribing in aid of health ageing

...caring for public parks in Milton Keynes. Engaging local people with the great outdoors is one of its core missions, and they have dedicated teams of Outdoor Learning and Events practitioners to ensure that residents have opportunities to access the healing benefits of nature. The Trust has recently taken over a programme of Health Walks, which are guided walks in parks...
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