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Babylonian mathematics
Science, Maths & Technology

Babylonian mathematics

...out of a rabble of small city-states into an empire whose capital was Babylon, which was on the river Euphrates sixty miles south of present-day Baghdad. It is in this area, the valley of the two rivers Euphrates and Tigris which lead into the Persian Gulf, that there is the most ancient evidence for writing, some 1500–2000 years earlier still (see Figure 1). [Figure 1]...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Understanding children: babies being heard
Education & Development

Understanding children: babies being heard

...out some of the things that very young babies can do. You will also discover how babies can contribute to family life and relationships from birth. You will look at what they need from other adults and children, and what they can learn...In this free course, Understanding children: babies being heard, you will find out some of the things that very young babies can do. You...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Essay and report writing skills
Education & Development

Essay and report writing skills

...out my progress. Discussion Assignments are not just about producing something to please your tutor and gaining good marks, nor about moving bits of course material around into a slightly different form. The process of writing is an integral part of your personal learning development, improving your skills and understanding of the subject area...Essay and report writing...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Managing and managing people
Money & Business

Managing and managing people

...out what to do despite uncertainty, great diversity, and an enormous amount of potentially relevant information getting things done through a large and diverse set of people despite having little direct control over most of them. Thus, the seemingly pointless and inefficient behaviour is, in fact, an efficient and effective way of: gathering up-to-the-minute information...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Bowie as a conduit
History & The Arts

Bowie as a conduit

...out into uneasy silence. The whole of side 2 is a sequence of abstract instrumentals – itchy guitar lines and synthesizers fidget over troubled, would-be soothing xylophones. This was a route to modern classical music as it mimics the minimalism of Steve Reich and Philip Glass. Lyrics (where they appear) are patches of non-sequiturs which hint at depression, failing...
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Article 5 mins
UK must balance food farming impacts
Nature & Environment

UK must balance food farming impacts

...out how to turn agricultural land – which currently produces 10% of the nation’s greenhouse gas emissions – into a “carbon sink” that soaks up carbon dioxide. The answer is simple: take more land out of food production, restore natural habitats, and allow forests to grow again. If, in the next 35 years, the UK increased forest cover from 12% to 30%, and...
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Article 10 mins
How did Fidel Castro shape Cuba's history?
History & The Arts

How did Fidel Castro shape Cuba's history?

...Many dissatisfied Cubans simply left the island. In the wake of his death, some were out on the streets of Miami celebrating. The revolution’s continuation was called into question in the early to mid-1990s during the “special period”, when food shortages took hold. Cuba was struggling to survive the end of its relationship with the Soviet Union and change had to come. In the search for hard currency the economy began to......
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Article 5 mins
How are drones keeping track of songbirds?
Nature & Environment

How are drones keeping track of songbirds?

...out similar techniques using a variety of UAVs and recorders in different types of habitats and geographic areas. “I have a vision that within a few years, quieter UAVs will be surveying large areas of terrain within just a few hours, and that the technology will have advanced to the point where all bird vocalizations are automatically identified and plotted in...
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Article 5 mins