Health, Sports & Psychology
One minute methods - sampling
Like the babies in Laura Schultz’s experiments, discover why researchers take care over the generalisations they make. ...Transcript.
Nature & Environment
Half of climate safety level has gone - Climate News Network
...researchers say. That limit seeks to prevent the global warming caused by the burning of fossil fuels exceeding 2°C above the pre-industrial global temperature. The UN’s Paris climate summit later this year aims to ensure that it is not breached. It appears that the human race has taken roughly 250 years to stoke global warming by 1°C. On present trends, we look...
Health, Sports & Psychology
How can knowing how DNA repairs itself help defeat cancer?
...Research UK blog, this idea forms the basis of an entirely new class of drugs for treating cancer, known as PARP inhibitors. PARP – or poly-ADP ribose polymerase, to give it its full name – is a protein found in all our cells, and forms part of this backup repair system. It is particularly critical in cancer cells with faults in genes called BRCA1 or BRCA2, which play...
Science, Maths & Technology
Mars: A collection
OpenLearn has been covering the scientific research into our neighbour in space for nearly twenty years. Dip into our archive...
Languages
Nouvelles mises au point
...children's zone Shows various exhibits in the children's area of the museum where a hands-on approach is encouraged. Discusses whether girls and boys are equally interested in science and if the museum reaches the people it really wants to reach Science Museum: library A look at the multimedia library within the museum - who uses it and why. Science Museum: exhibitions on...
Health, Sports & Psychology
One minute methods - meta analysis
Discover how meta-analyses can help researchers see the bigger picture that no one study alone can show...Transcript.
Society, Politics & Law
Goal-setting for a better world: Millennium Development Goals and Post-2015 Development Agenda
...research collaboration from London International Development Centre (entitled Thinking beyond sectors for sustainable Development) contributes to this effort critiquing what progress has been made so far on the MDGs and introducing current debates to help set the post 2015 agenda. Some of the points raised are: on the limitations of focus of previous goals e.g. deciding...
Languages
Which Poverty and Place: Why how we label different areas matters
...researchers at Kings College London, suggests that a large proportion of the population (61%) see geographical inequality as the most serious form of inequality in the UK, even more than the gap between rich and poor (60%) and racial discrimination (45%). The notion that different levels of deprivation between areas can impact on people’s life chances is well supported...