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The search for water on Mars
Science, Maths & Technology

The search for water on Mars

...DNA. Indeed, she was the first person to photograph DNA, determine its dimensions and unravel it’s double helix structure. Since the rover’s main objective is to look for signs of life, it is named in honour of the scientist who first determined life’s fundamental building blocks. [This figure is a black and white photograph of Rosalind Franklin looking down a...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Understanding ADHD
Health, Sports & Psychology

Understanding ADHD

...DNA. Early GWAS failed to identify any variants associated with ADHD but a recent meta-analysis (a type of study that pools results across several different studies) of several GWAS has proved more successful. In this case, the meta-analysis included 20 183 individuals with ADHD and 35 191 control participants, and identified 12 possible SNPs in the genome (Demontis et...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
The social in social science
Society, Politics & Law

The social in social science

...DNA, forests, mountains, planets) are clearly separate from the researcher. For the time being, we will not challenge this assumption but instead concentrate upon its implications for studying people. The treatment of objects of analysis as separate from the researcher is more problematic in the social sciences. For example, when we study the family, education or culture,...
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Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs
Hybrid working: skills for leadership
Money & Business

Hybrid working: skills for leadership

...DNA? Looking at the specific characteristics that enable some people to be more resilient than others helps us to think about why some people show greater degrees of resilience than others when faced with a similar situation. [This is a decorative image of the DNA double helix structure.] Figure 7 The importance of DNA. But why do individuals develop these characteristics...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Studying mammals: Life in the trees
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: Life in the trees

...DNA sequence comparisons, has also led to further subdivisions. If you add to the score the many lemur species that have become extinct over the past few thousand years, the total number of evolved species is close to 50. As I've mentioned, lemurs are the only primates on Madagascar (humans apart) and their evolutionary development over the past 50 million years or so has...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Understanding autism Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Understanding autism

...DNA). DNA has a precise sequence of units, with a section of these units together constituting a gene. Each gene contains the instructions for making a specific protein which in turn instructs our cells and tissues how to interact, grow or respond to damage and diseases. For example, there is a gene containing instructions for making the hormone insulin, a substance with...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Studying mammals: The social climbers
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: The social climbers

...DNA fingerprinting. This technique reveals that each male has sometimes fathered one of the twins; you may notice that LoM makes a contrary claim [p. 264], but I'm describing more recent research here. Without the assistance of both males and the older juveniles, the newborn twins are likely to die; thus there is survival advantage in this system of communal care....
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Exploring sport coaching and psychology Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring sport coaching and psychology

...DNA – seems perfectly adapted to tennis … You get these blessed freaks of nature in other sports too. (Nadal and Carlin, 2011, p. 13) There is a tendency for some to gravitate towards ‘nature’ (i.e. fixed, born or genetic) as an explanation of champions’ successes because physical attributes are tangible. However, some people think that sporting success is more...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs