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Studying mammals: The insect hunters
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: The insect hunters

...out their prey. In this free course, Studying mammals: The insect hunters, you will learn about these adaptations, along with survival strategies for when food is scarce. This is the second course in the Studying mammals series...From pygmy shrews to armadillos, a wide range of mammals survive on a diet made up largely of insects. Many of these have fascinating...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Innovation, markets and industrial change
Society, Politics & Law

Innovation, markets and industrial change

...out what would happen in an accident. Now a collision can be simulated by computer for around $100. BP Amoco uses 3D seismic-exploration technology to prospect for oil, cutting the cost of finding oil from nearly $10 a barrel in 1991 to only $1 today … Thanks to rapidly falling prices, computers and the Internet are being adopted more quickly than previous...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
How did Trump win the White House?
Society, Politics & Law

How did Trump win the White House?

...out the Vote” organization is indispensable. The conventional wisdom in 2016 thus held that Trump’s lack of a grassroots organization was a huge liability for his campaign. But as it turned out, he didn’t need an organization. Trump has been in the public eye for over 30 years, which meant that he entered the race with nearly 100 percent name recognition. Trump’s...
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The String Quartet
History & The Arts

The String Quartet

...out the leak in the larder, and left my glove in the train; if the ties of blood require me, leaning forward, to accept cordially the hand which is perhaps offered hesitatingly— "Seven years since we met!" "The last time in Venice." "And where are you living now?" "Well, the late afternoon suits me the best, though, if it weren't asking too much——" "But I knew you...
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Queen Victoria on William Shakespeare
History & The Arts

Queen Victoria on William Shakespeare

...out...Friday 26th January 1838 Said I was going to see Hamlet tonight. [Lord Melbourne] observed that it was a fine play but a heavy and very long play. He spoke of the different scenes, of Hamlet's character, said it was an obscure play to understand, &c.,&c. I observed that many of Shakespeare's plays were not readable for young people. He quite agreed in that, but...
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Returning to STEM Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Returning to STEM

...out the correct answer. For the badge quizzes, if you're not successful in getting 50% the first time, after 24 hours you can attempt the whole quiz, and come back as many times as you like. We hope that as many people as possible will gain an Open University badge – so you should see getting a badge as an opportunity to reflect on what you have learned rather than as a...
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Level 3: Advanced 24 hrs
Numbers, units and arithmetic
Science, Maths & Technology

Numbers, units and arithmetic

...out. In practice you probably won’t want to write the headings in the columns each time. But do keep their meanings in mind...Numbers, units and arithmetic: Try some yourself - Activity 1 Can you answer the following questions: (a) Write ‘twenty thousand one hundred and forty-four’ as a number. (b) Say (or write) the number 31 002 103 in words. Answer Your answers...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Dominic Weston - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Dominic Weston - Earth in Vision

...out of Life on Earth and present stuff from that. And then I got involved in birdwatching, a member of the YOC… so the Young Ornithologists Club and then also the XYZ Club, which was Exceptional Young Zoologists, which was an offshoot from the Zoological Society of London, because I lived in Greater London, so I’d get free tickets to go to Whipsnade and London Zoo. So...
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Video 30 mins