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What happens to our brain as we age and how can we stop the decline?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What happens to our brain as we age and how can we stop the decline?

...physical activity, social and cognitive stimulation. [Mediterranean diet. Fruit, vegetables, grain, nuts olive oil and fish on wood] Increasing moderate exercise is very beneficial especially if we can get outdoors (more on green and blues spaces here). Aiming for healthy nutrition, especially a Mediterranean style diet, provides protection against cardiovascular disease...
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Article 10 mins
Revealing the surface of an asteroid using robotic telescopes
Science, Maths & Technology

Revealing the surface of an asteroid using robotic telescopes

...Physical Sciences digs into the research...At the Open University we are looking at asteroids with the OpenScience Observatories to study their rotation and surface. To understand the conditions present in the early solar system, we must study the remnants of its formation. By studying the dynamical and physical properties of the asteroidal bodies we see today, we can...
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Article 10 mins
What is Open Thanatology?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What is Open Thanatology?

...physical, ethical, medical, spiritual, sociological and psychological elements of death as well as interdisciplinary studies about how dying and death are managed and how people grieve, including the use of rituals. Open Thanatology is the Open University’s interdisciplinary research group for the study and education of death, dying, loss and grief across the life...
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Article 14 hrs 15 mins
Othello and apartheid
History & The Arts

Othello and apartheid

...The play as a metaphor Janet Suzman explains how she used a 400 year old play to bring attention to contemporary issues. Othello The character of Othello represents the ‘other’, the foundation of racial prejudices. Breaking Racial Taboos Janet Suzman decided to go ahead with the controversial physical aspect of Othello and Desdemona’s interracial relationship....
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Evolution
Science, Maths & Technology

Evolution

...Analysing how they live and what they eat. Mainland Species Biology Inside the stomach Svalbard Reindeer The threat of starvation. How this sub-species has adapted to arctic conditions, lack of food and the absence of predators Evolution in Action Comparing physical and behavioural characteristics in both types of reindeer reveals the process of evolution at work....
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Listening to young children: supporting transition
Education & Development

Listening to young children: supporting transition

...physical factors. One line of the table is completed with an example. Alternatively you can reflect on a past transition that a child you know well experienced. In the table record the strategies that you noticed were in place and the barriers that were encountered. Table 1 Thinking about a transition NEEDS STRATEGIES BARRIERS A good knowledge of the layout of the room...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Promoting equality through the Arts
History & The Arts

Promoting equality through the Arts

...physical space to be pushed, extended or manipulated, with each participant having full control over what they do with, or on the set. Back to Back Theatre describes their work as being about collaboration rather than facilitation. The process of working with local people during the period of the residency and giving them the opportunity to explore and express their ideas...
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Article 20 mins
What is trauma?
Society, Politics & Law

What is trauma?

...physically groggy/foggy/‘spaced out’ confused/unsure about what happened/what they’re feeling uninterested/scared/disgusted in sex/intimacy Responses to sexual trauma are numerous and varied. Rape Crisis list the following psychological, physiological and behavioural responses: intrusive/unwanted thoughts/ feelings physical feelings, e.g. nausea/sweating/shaking...
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Article 5 mins