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What missing lander means for Europe’s quest to find life on Mars
Society, Politics & Law

What missing lander means for Europe’s quest to find life on Mars

...artificial, produced by intelligent life forms. In his 1908 work Mars as the Abode of Life, Lowell states: “We have carefully considered the circumstantial evidence in the case, and we have found that it points to intelligence acting on that other globe, and is incompatible with anything else.” Unfortunately for Lowell, subsequent observations with more powerful...
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Cyborgs and cybernetics
Science, Maths & Technology

Cyborgs and cybernetics

...intelligent robots and nano-technologies, can man keep up with the machines? This material forms part of The Open University course T209 Information and communication technologies: people and interactions... Cyborgs and cybernetics A short introduction to this album. What are cyborgs? Understanding cyborgs: Dr Manfred Clynes and Prof Kevin Warwick explain the fusion...
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Studying Darwin
Nature & Environment

Studying Darwin

...artificial selection - In this course, we describe the theory of evolution by natural selection as proposed by Charles Darwin in his book, first published in 1859, On The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or The Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. We will look at natural selection as Darwin did, taking inheritance for granted, but...
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Level 1: Introductory 1 hr
In Our Time on Psychology: An OpenLearn listening list
Health, Sports & Psychology

In Our Time on Psychology: An OpenLearn listening list

...Intelligence "The debate still rages as to whether we are born with it or whether intelligence is something we develop as we grow, and evidence for either camp seems to pile up almost daily." First broadcast: July 1999 Guests: Dr Ken Richardson; Professor Michael Ruse Listen to the Intelligence episode Explore your verbal fluency Interested in psychology? Discover the...
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What effect does increasing noise pollution have on mammals?
Nature & Environment

What effect does increasing noise pollution have on mammals?

...artificial noise and repeated during quiet control periods - building upon our previous research. Although we expected that the prairie dogs would take longer to respond when distracted by noise, we were surprised by our findings. Unlike the fish and the crabs, in the presence of noise, prairie dogs reacted earlier to the approaching predator and took evasive action more...
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A for effort
Health, Sports & Psychology

A for effort

What motivates children more in a problem-solving task: praising their intelligence or their effort?...Transcript.
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Video 5 mins
Eric King and Bill Binney: Some thoughts on their interview
Society, Politics & Law

Eric King and Bill Binney: Some thoughts on their interview

...intelligence careerists turned whistleblowers like Thomas Drake, is the absolute commitment they had to their craft, preserving, protecting and defending the US Constitution. Binney spent over 30 years with the NSA. Drake had a long career in military intelligence, the CIA, private contractor intelligence and finally the NSA. Now there are discussions to be had about the...
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Video 15 mins
Mass surveillance will never be able to stop all known terrorists
Society, Politics & Law

Mass surveillance will never be able to stop all known terrorists

...intelligence collaboration. Strange since, if the Snowden revelations are to be believed, it’s hard to see how the two countries' surveillance efforts could be any closer entwined. Note to David Cameron In light of all the politicking/electioneering, I do have a question or two for Mr Cameron and perhaps a suggestion or two for the mainstream media hacks who actually...
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