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Year of the Rat: Chinese New Year
Languages

Year of the Rat: Chinese New Year

...of their reproduction rate, married couples also prayed to them for children. The Chinese New Year of 2020 falls on January 25th (Saturday), and the festival will last to February 8th, about 15 days in total. Celebrate the new year by dipping into some of our fantastic resources on China and Chinese. Want to learn some Chinese words and phrases? Explore Chinese culture...
World Book Day
OpenLearn Ireland

World Book Day

...children’s classics to crime fiction, from literary modernism to magical worlds, explore the authors, ideas and stories that continue to inspire readers everywhere – with free courses, articles and quizzes on OpenLearn...Celebrate the stories that shape us this World Book Day – from unforgettable characters and iconic novels to the brilliant authors and illustrators...
How fertility rates affect population
Science, Maths & Technology

How fertility rates affect population

...children born per women in different countries of the world) will inevitably lead to a stabilisation in the total world population: if the average fertility rate is about two, and the proportion of women in the population is about a half (that is, 0.5), then the population will settle down to a relatively constant value... ...eventually... ...because as Hans Rosling...
Do fictional characters shift perceptions of transgender people?
History & The Arts

Do fictional characters shift perceptions of transgender people?

...research in America suggests that characters like Laverne Cox's Sophia Burset in Orange Is The New Black may have more impact on how society reacts to transgender people, than the reported experiences of real people. Erica L Rosensthal and Traci Gillig share some of their findings...[Laverne Cox] Laverne Cox, who plays Sophia Burset in Netflix prison drama Orange Is The...
How can you use sand to store energy?
Science, Maths & Technology

How can you use sand to store energy?

...Researchers in Abu Dhabi are testing a pilot device that can store solar energy in sand to improve the efficiency of power plants and provide energy at night. The technology, developed at the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, uses gravity to drain sand from a higher basin into a lower one, heating up the sand grains with solar power during the transition. In the...
Broken Hearts in Juvenile Dementia
Science, Maths & Technology

Broken Hearts in Juvenile Dementia

...research into the heart problems in juvenile dementia, also called CLN3 - a rare disease. ...[Cardiac myocytes loaded with a fluorescent stain for lysosomes (red) and a dye measuring the intracellular calcium concentration (green)] Cardiac myocytes loaded with a fluorescent stain for lysosomes (red) and a dye measuring the intracellular calcium concentration (green). The...
OpenMinds-Talk: What does Brexit tell us about Britain?
Miscellaneous

OpenMinds-Talk: What does Brexit tell us about Britain?

...researching the British prime minister. Anne Wesemann, Lecturer in Law, Faculty of Business and Law , specialises in European Union Law and comparative constitutional law. Anne's research focusses on the constitutional construct of the European Union and the interrelations with the Member States. As a consequence, she is closely involved in current discussions and debates...
Using art and creative methods to interrogate identity, citizenship and migration
Society, Politics & Law

Using art and creative methods to interrogate identity, citizenship and migration

...research, arts, culture, audience participation and education might learn from each other. You will have the opportunity to first explore a number of conversations from OU academics with artists and media practitioners whose work and engaged practice, uses visual, audio, and digital arts, film, photography, theatre and the spoken word. You will then engage with some...