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Does it snow on Mars?
Science, Maths & Technology

Does it snow on Mars?

...study - and photographic evidence - suggests that sometimes it snows on the Red Planet. Dave Rothery explains how...[Frosty Gullies on the Northern Plains of Mars] This image, acquired on April 11, 2015, by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows frost in gully alcoves in a crater on the Northern plains....
Lesbian, gay and bisexual teenagers at much greater risk of depression
Health, Sports & Psychology

Lesbian, gay and bisexual teenagers at much greater risk of depression

...study reveals that lesbian, gay and bisexual young people (LGB or “sexual minority youth”) have about three times the risk of being depressed compared with their heterosexual peers (Lucassen et al., 2017). Our results are based on a meta-analysis of over 165,000 adolescents from eight countries, including the USA, UK and New Zealand. Prior research in the field has...
Is being a student good for your mental health?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Is being a student good for your mental health?

...studies indicating that university students had higher levels of anxiety and depression when compared with young people who were not at university. Since then there have been many other studies that have confirmed that we should be concerned about the mental wellbeing of our student populations. Indeed in September 2018 Sam Gyimah, the Government’s Minister for...
The jury: Why we need to learn more about their collective decision-making processes.
Society, Politics & Law

The jury: Why we need to learn more about their collective decision-making processes.

...studied extensively, the majority of studies have looked at extra-legal factors such as attractiveness, confidence, and pre-trial publicity (for a review see Devine & Caughlin, 2014). The actual decision making of the jury has received less attention and as a result, little is known about how juries make and reach a verdict decision (Gastil, Burkhalter, & Black, 2007;...
Defining your research methodology
Education & Development

Defining your research methodology

...studies - can be replicated by other researchers in similar contexts. Research methodologies Your methodology is the approach you will take to guide your research process and explain why you use particular methods. There are several approaches to choose from and you'll need to decide based on: (a) Your study’s aims and objectives. (b) Your personal perspective...
Everyday maths 2
Science, Maths & Technology

Everyday maths 2

...skills. You can read more on how to study the course and about badges in the next sections. After completing this course you will be able to: understand practical problems in familiar and unfamiliar contexts and situations identify the problems to be solved and identify the mathematical methods needed to solve them select mathematical methods in an organised way to find...
Free course 48 hrs
Gene testing
Science, Maths & Technology

Gene testing

...studies 'proteins'. Starting with a simple analysis of the molecular make up, the course moves on to look at the importance of protein and how they are digested and absorbed...This free course, Gene testing, looks at three different uses of genetic testing: pre-natal diagnosis, childhood testing and adult testing. Such tests provide genetic information in the form of a...
Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
An introduction to material culture
History & The Arts

An introduction to material culture

...study of material culture. It asks why we should study things and outlines some basic approaches to studying objects...This free course, An introduction to material culture, introduces the study of material culture. It asks why we should study things and outlines some basic approaches to studying objects....An introduction to material culture: ......