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How staying hydrated helps us age well
Health, Sports & Psychology

How staying hydrated helps us age well

...OU’s School Health, Wellbeing & Social Care. Discover more about Dr Jitka Vseteckova and her work. References, credits and acknowledgments This video was written and presented by Dr Jitka Vseteckova and produced by The Open University in Wales. United Nations (nd) Global Issues: Ageing. Available at: https://www.un.org/en/global-issues/ageing (Accessed 1 April 2025)....
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Methods of studying children: the background
Education & Development

Methods of studying children: the background

...OU/BBC series 'Child of our Time' explores...The three methods most commonly used by Developmental Psychologists to study children are: 1: Cross-sectional studies - comparisons are made of the behaviour or abilities of two or more different groups of children, with each group covering a different age range. This makes it less expensive to carry out the study, and results...
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Living the Legacy
Science, Maths & Technology

Living the Legacy

...OU and Roberta Kacowicz from The British Council in Brazil, discuss the various initiatives that they have been involved in all over the world to promote Darwin. Their work shows that he can still be both relevant and exciting, and that diverse methods can be used to introduce young people and a variety of modern communities to Darwin’s theories and the fundamentals of...
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Water supply and treatment in the UK
Science, Maths & Technology

Water supply and treatment in the UK

...OU lecturer Dr Suresh Nesaratnam explains why the case studies were selected and gives an overview of the academic context in which water supply and treatment is studied. This material forms part of The Open University course T210 Environmental control and public health... Water supply and treatment in the UK An introduction to the contents of this album. Preserving water...
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Climate threat as grave a risk as nuclear war - Climate News Network
Nature & Environment

Climate threat as grave a risk as nuclear war - Climate News Network

...become “vanishingly small”, but the chances of exceeding 7°C will increase and could become more likely than not within the next century. The authors see very little chance that global sea level rise will slow down, and every chance that it will accelerate. The only question is by how much. “While an increase of somewhere between 40cm and 1m looks likely this...
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What makes near-future Sci-Fi especially scary?
History & The Arts

What makes near-future Sci-Fi especially scary?

...become increasingly indistinguishable from humans, the series explore notions of what it is to be human: societally, culturally, and psychologically. The second series was particularly concerned with the rights associated with being able to think and feel – and the right to a fair trial. Odi, an outdated NHS caregiving Syth who features in both seasons, chooses a form...
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Welcome to nowhere special
Languages

Welcome to nowhere special

...become bilingual and largely follows the Vienna Convention on Road Signs and Signals. Article 14 stipulates that “The inscription of words on informative signs […] in countries not using the Latin alphabet shall be both in the national language and in the form of a transliteration into the Latin alphabet reproducing as closely as possible the pronunciation in the...
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Veganuary: can it make a positive difference?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Veganuary: can it make a positive difference?

...becoming a normal feature of the cultural calendar. In fact, research shows that over three-quarters of people in the UK have heard of Veganuary. But its rapid expansion may be surprising. The brainchild of its founders Jane Land and Matthew Glover, Veganuary began with just 3,300 sign-ups in 2014. Since then, it’s mushroomed (no pun intended!) to 1.8 million people...
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