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Is ‘Barbenheimer’ going to save cinema?
History & The Arts

Is ‘Barbenheimer’ going to save cinema?

...think that Barbenheimer signals a reverse in fortune for theatrical screenings. But can Barbenheimer save cinema? What kind of cinema are we talking about saving? And does it really need saving at all? ['Barbenheimer' text in a pink Barbie branded font]Barbenheimer text in a pink Barbie-branded typeface. It’s important to note that most analysts believe Barbenheimer has...
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The Silver Bridge Disaster: The collapse
Science, Maths & Technology

The Silver Bridge Disaster: The collapse

...think public opinion would have overridden whatever they may have felt. Walter Carpenter They couldn’t get it out of their minds, the fate of this bridge was sealed. The National Transportation Safety Board had no other recourse than to say they had to condemn the bridge because they couldn’t prove it was safe, and they were no doubt right in coming to that...
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On Brexit, Hamsters & Hungry Pythons!
Society, Politics & Law

On Brexit, Hamsters & Hungry Pythons!

...think that the whole debate is little more than a blue on blue civil war and that progressive politicians should not even be sharing a platform with pro-EU Conservatives. The idea of a Tory civil war certainly seems credible after John Major’s extended and brutal assault on people in his own party on the BBC’s Andrew Marr Show. Perhaps his most telling and harsh...
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Population ageing: a global health crisis?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Population ageing: a global health crisis?

...systems, Making health care affordable to all And we can do this not just because we care for them, because we also care for those to come. Read more about aging in the June 2011 issue of Finance and Development, a publication of the International Monetary Fund. www.imf.org/fandd Produced by Babar Ahmed for The International Monetary Fund Original music composed by...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
What do historians do?
History & The Arts

What do historians do?

...think of a historian? Figure 1 shows Asa Briggs (1921–2016), an influential and successful historian, a Cambridge and London University graduate, former soldier, codebreaker at Bletchley Park and the third Chancellor of The Open University (1978–1994). Asa probably fits many people’s ideas of how a friendly historian might look. These days historians are more...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Attachment in the early years
Education & Development

Attachment in the early years

...system and proposing how it serves to provide security to individuals while also encouraging them to be active in the world. Research based on this theory is revealing the significance of the early years of life in the formation of attachments that go on to be central throughout life. This free course gives an introduction to this exciting area of contemporary study. This...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Why I believe 'yes' is only a matter of time
Society, Politics & Law

Why I believe 'yes' is only a matter of time

...think it’s possible to differentiate the three of them; they overlap and interrelate in different ways. Interviewer: I see. One of your core arguments is that the Scottish Independence Campaign was never about nationalism in the narrow sense of the term, rather that the campaign was driven by demands for social justice. Could you expand on that? Gerry Mooney: Yes,...
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What are waves?
Science, Maths & Technology

What are waves?

...thinking about waves you may first think of ocean waves. These are a great example of a wave as they are regular, repeating movements of water and a wave may be defined as a periodic, or regularly repeating, disturbance that transports energy from one place to another. In this short course you will discover the difference between transverse and longitudinal waves and gain...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs