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Antigone: List of Characters
History & The Arts

Antigone: List of Characters

...birds and other creatures. Years ago, he had guided King Oedipus towards the truth about his incestuous marriage. In Antigone, he will return to the Theban royal palace to warn Creon of some horrific omens from the gods. But will Creon believe him? Versions of the Antigone story are explored as part of The Open University module A111 Discovering the Arts and Humanities....
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What is testosterone?
Nature & Environment

What is testosterone?

...human metabolism. Women also produce testosterone, in lower levels, and as well as affecting their sex drive, it helps with energy levels and general sense of well-being. [Testosterone [Image: Linden Tea under CC-BY-NC-ND licence]] Testosterone in a bottle. The testosterone molecule’s structure is C19H28O2. It’s a member of the steroid compounds, of which the...
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Can cartoons help keep indigenous Mexican languages alive?
Languages

Can cartoons help keep indigenous Mexican languages alive?

...humanity. In this sense, the project recognises the indigenous languages as visions of the world and seeks to avoid their extinction. This is illustrated by the following animation, based on the poem “Cuando muere una lengua” (When a tongue dies) by Mexican historian and anthropologist Miguel León Portilla, a prime authority on Nahuatl thought and literature. The...
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Baker Street half-baked: Is Sherlock part of a new anti-intellectualism?
History & The Arts

Baker Street half-baked: Is Sherlock part of a new anti-intellectualism?

...humanity. The Victorian Holmes Holmes as rationalist superhero is a familiar narrative of histories of popular culture. The accelerating pace of life in the Victorian period, so the argument goes, called for the creation of a new kind of fictional hero able to decode the overwhelming signs of urban modernity. But this argument overlooks a crucial point: the intellectual...
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How can scientists fight the tide of "fake news"?
Science, Maths & Technology

How can scientists fight the tide of "fake news"?

...human health. Ivan Oransky and Adam Marcus, co-founders of the website Retraction Watch, which detects academic papers withdrawn due to questionable findings, have also reported a claim that jet plane vapour trails contain toxic materials, not just ice crystals. Other questionable studies include those that linked vaccines to autism, a connection that has long been...
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Do people need Peeple?
Digital & Computing

Do people need Peeple?

...human beings to a five-star rating. So how have people generally reacted to the news of this app? A brief look at the Facebook page for the Peeple app quickly reveals the enormous chasm between the world views of Peeple’s creators who post about the supportive emails they claim to have received, and more or less everyone else commenting on their page. Comments include:...
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The environmental costs of Trump’s wall
Nature & Environment

The environmental costs of Trump’s wall

...human society, but also severe ecological consequences...It looks like Donald Trump’s “great, great wall” is actually going to happen. Its likely impact on human society has been well-noted, but in the longer-term a barrier across an entire continent will also have severe ecological consequences. The US-Mexico border is around 1,900 miles (3,100 km) long and some of...
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Socrates - Teacher, Paragon or Chatterbox?
History & The Arts

Socrates - Teacher, Paragon or Chatterbox?

...human capacity, essential for a good human life. The views of all these philosophers continue to be influential today. Moreover, many of the ethical debates that Socrates triggered in the ancient world are as important now as they ever were. What is justice? Why punish people? How can we be happy? These are all Socratic questions; but they remain questions for us, too....
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