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Ten top tips for writing a novel
History & The Arts

Ten top tips for writing a novel

...Projects like NaNoWriMo are great for motivation, but a month of non-stop writing can feed into the notion that producing a novel is a manic and insatiable activity, and that the best way to resolve this is to do everything as fast as possible. Writing is like dieting – crash diets can make your fatter, not thinner and if you think you can write a novel in a month, you...
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Being human: spirit, consciousness and being (or not being) in bodies
Health, Sports & Psychology

Being human: spirit, consciousness and being (or not being) in bodies

...projection. ‘Spirit’ or consciousness might exist independently in other ways we are yet to fully understand, but without the body the human experience is diminished. In The Man With Two Brains, Dr Hfuhruhurr discovers the soul he has fallen in love with inhabits a very different body to the one he envisaged, but true love wins through nonetheless. So, this is a...
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A school reaches for the stars with an online astronomy course
Science, Maths & Technology

A school reaches for the stars with an online astronomy course

...Project] Alan concludes: "The contribution of the school has been invaluable. I have been extremely impressed by the enthusiasm and ability of the STEM pupils and in the quality of the results that they have obtained from COAST". Variable stars and citizen science The Denny pupils are now completing the second half of the course which involves taking measurements of...
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A very brief history of AI
Digital & Computing

A very brief history of AI

...Project on Artificial Intelligence the following summer. The study is to proceed on the basis of the conjecture that every aspect of learning or any other feature of intelligence can in principle be so precisely described that a machine can be made to simulate it. An attempt will be made to find how to make machines use language, form abstractions and concepts, solve...
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COVID-19: Making decisions based on flawed statistics
Science, Maths & Technology

COVID-19: Making decisions based on flawed statistics

...managing the COVID-19 disease.’ It might be relevant to note that the study authors are experts in biology and medicine, such as being affiliated with the Salford Royal Hospital, but modelling an epidemic requires epidemiology expertise. The USA is similar to the UK in the sense that both countries have had a very high total number of deaths from COVID-19, and a number...
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Sustainable Scotland
Nature & Environment

Sustainable Scotland

...managing overall consumption: that is the SMART opportunity, according to The Climate Group report. The ICT industry has inaugurated The Green Grid to encourage and share good practice in increasing its energy efficiency. This Green Grid is not without its detractors. Activity 3 You might want to visit The Register website as there are various IT-related white papers that...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Astrobiology from the ground up
Science, Maths & Technology

Astrobiology from the ground up

...projects, but I have continued to mentor Masters students, which has kept relationships alive through gaps in funding until new projects emerged. Finally, what’s the next step in your research? AstrobiologyOU has brought people together in ways that we couldn’t imagine. I’m confident that the group will thrive and develop collaborations beyond astrobiology....
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Olaudah Equiano, the Abolitionist and Author
History & The Arts

Olaudah Equiano, the Abolitionist and Author

...project on Olaudah Equiano’s life in Cambridge and his contribution to the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade. This project revealed fascinating insights into the social and working relationships between eighteenth-century free Black men in England, English scholars, and clergymen. The significance of this is their active involvement or connection with the...
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