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The Galapagos
Science, Maths & Technology

The Galapagos

...world's iguanas, it's the best place for researchers to study them. First - catch your iguana Setting up a laboratory to study the iguanas. Which tortoise dropped that?! Collecting hormones from faeces for research into mating behaviour of the giant tortoise. Testing times How to catch and measure the stamina and speed of a marine iguana, and how to get a blood sample...
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Design Essentials: are you sitting comfortably?
Science, Maths & Technology

Design Essentials: are you sitting comfortably?

...world. One school, modernism, laid the foundation for machine-inspired design. Protest, provocation and social responsibility: Gerrit Rietveld’s Crate Chair Designs don’t just have utilitarian or aesthetic functions they can also have economic, social and political ones. Here Emma Curtis, of the Design Museum, discusses examples of designs that are driven by social...
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Brexit: What’s this fine mess you’ve gotten us into? (Apologies to Laurel and Hardy)
Society, Politics & Law

Brexit: What’s this fine mess you’ve gotten us into? (Apologies to Laurel and Hardy)

...world. Vague memories of bygone days when Britain ruled the economic world through free trade and gunboats became increasingly contrasted with resentment over European rule by the Eurocrats in Brussels. Others have focused more on the related belief that the share of the State in national economic activity has become too great; and by extension therefore the European...
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Why don't statistics reveal when sports matches have been fixed?
Science, Maths & Technology

Why don't statistics reveal when sports matches have been fixed?

...world-class player losing to another who isn’t considered that good really proof that the former is losing deliberately? If there was no uncertainty in the outcomes of sporting events then it wouldn’t be much of a game. A certain amount of upset is integral to any sport. Just last year South Africa suffered a shock defeat to Japan in the Rugby World Cup, Holly Holm...
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10 things that ended in 2006 (when OpenLearn was born)
History & The Arts

10 things that ended in 2006 (when OpenLearn was born)

...World was said to be part of the reason why he left his role. Could you be the next Sven? Find out more about management in football with this free course: The Business of Football 2: The Western black rhino species [Black rhinos in crater] The western black rhino (a sub-species of the black rhino) emerged about 8 million years ago. While its population was once the...
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Is it true that the poorer you are, the more likely you are to eat junk food?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Is it true that the poorer you are, the more likely you are to eat junk food?

...world. Because it’s considered relatively inexpensive, there’s an assumption that poor people eat more fast food than other socioeconomic groups – which has convinced some local governments to try to limit their access. Food journalist Mark Bittman sums up the sentiment succinctly: “The ‘fact’ that junk food is cheaper than real food has become a reflexive...
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Remedying the impact of school closures: be kind, thank a teacher
Education & Development

Remedying the impact of school closures: be kind, thank a teacher

...world of phonics. Remedying the impact of school closures won’t be based on children repeating a year of learning or attending catch-up classes, but it will be based on what quality teaching and learning has always been based on – relationships. Headteachers know this, and they’re finding all manner of ways to support all staff; teachers and support staff know this,...
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Club, Country, Continent: Juggling fan identities at Euro 2020
Health, Sports & Psychology

Club, Country, Continent: Juggling fan identities at Euro 2020

...world – and most of them will not be playing for the England team. The 2020/21 English Premier League champions Manchester City FC, for example, won the Premier League with a Spanish coach and a squad containing 12 different nationalities. Perhaps you will take more of an interest in the performances of your own club players? If you follow Chelsea FC, you are likely to...
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