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Minds and mental phenomena: an introduction
History & The Arts

Minds and mental phenomena: an introduction

...Data in the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation is an example. As viewers well know, various comic moments are created by Data's superior intelligence and rationality but absence of emotions. Moreover, it is often said that even the most complex machine is in principle incapable of imagination and creativity: a computer, for example, could never invent...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
Moons of our Solar System Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Moons of our Solar System

...analysis of lunar and terrestrial basalt PDF gives you a table of data that shows the composition of two basalt samples, analysed using sophisticated X-ray fluorescence spectrometry in laboratories on Earth. The totals lie close to 100%, although not exactly, because there are small errors in the analysis of each element, shown as its oxide. Both the analyses totals shown...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Introduction to polymers
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to polymers

...data from British Plastics Federation Figure 1 Growth in demand for polymers in the UK, 1980–2000. [Figure 2] Source: data from BPF Statistics, 1995 Figure 2 UK plastics applications 1995...Introduction to polymers: 1.2 Polymer types - Traditionally, the industry has produced two main types of synthetic polymer – plastics and rubbers (Figure 3). The distinction is...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
The social nature of being human
Society, Politics & Law

The social nature of being human

...data? Discussion There are many questions that you can ask and you can interrogate this event from many angles. One angle we will now focus on concerns not the event itself (i.e., the interruption of the concert) but the way it is represented by the BBC. After all, the video is quite obviously an edited material. And as such, it will not simply represent an event but will...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Embodied Carbon: Three reasons we should care
Nature & Environment

Embodied Carbon: Three reasons we should care

...from Policy to Practice, p. 10. Zhang, X. and Wang, F. (2017) ‘Analysis of embodied carbon in the building life cycle considering the temporal perspectives of emissions: A case study in China’, Energy and Buildings, vol. 155, pp. 404–413 [Online]. DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2017.09.049. Disclaimer: no windows or window salesman were harmed in the making of this article....
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Tokyo 2020 in 2021: Do the best things come to those who wait?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Tokyo 2020 in 2021: Do the best things come to those who wait?

...analysis', European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience, 271(2), pp. 223-234. Klosok, A. and Church, B. (2020) Athletes come to terms with 'heartbreaking' Tokyo 2020 postponement. Available at: https://edition.cnn.com/2020/03/25/sport/athletes-reaction-tokyo-2020-olympics-postpone-spt-intl/index.html (Accessed: 12 July 2021). Mon-López, D., García-Aliaga,...
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60 second adventures in microgravity
Science, Maths & Technology

60 second adventures in microgravity

...analysis OU scientists can prove that the species that do survive are all related. Some bugs love space! In fact, they thrive in it. This means these experiments are helping us to understand how life originated here on Earth, and the potential for life to survive elsewhere in our Solar System and beyond. A live Facebook Q&A We also ran a Facebook Live event, demonstrating...
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‘Not our jobs to sell’: Scottish Women’s Factory Occupations, 1981-1982
Society, Politics & Law

‘Not our jobs to sell’: Scottish Women’s Factory Occupations, 1981-1982

...analysis of these occupations. Through archive research and the creation of new oral history interviews, I have attempted to reconstruct and interpret the industrial actions that were launched by women across Scotland in 1981 and 1982. In doing so, I have developed the argument that these occupations collectively represent the most significant period of working-class...
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