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Exploring ancient Greek religion
History & The Arts

Exploring ancient Greek religion

...world was populated by numerous figures they both recognised and worshipped as divinities. Among these figures was Amphiaraos, an ancient Greek hero who was later worshipped as a god and popularly associated with healing through the medium of dreams. But there was no sacred book (like those which exist in many religions today) which told the ancient Greeks what to believe...
Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
How can a genetic mutation shared by many Brazilians help in the fight against cancer?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How can a genetic mutation shared by many Brazilians help in the fight against cancer?

...world. There were only 280 families described in the medical literature at that time, and I had 30. So I thought, ‘Either I’m over-diagnosing or something unique is happening here.’” Her colleagues in Brazil were as intrigued as she by what she was seeing in her clinic and encouraged her to take her story to a cancer conference in France in 2002. There Achatz...
Lisa Sargood - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Lisa Sargood - Earth in Vision

...world by running around in the middle of it. I loved it. My favourite programme That’s an interesting question, actually, because if I think historically there are all kinds of big shows that I could name, but at the moment, I have to confess I don’t watch much television, because I work a lot of the time, so what I do is download radio and listen to an awful lot of...
The Legacy of Nuclear Power: Part 1
Nature & Environment

The Legacy of Nuclear Power: Part 1

...world as well. Because I do try and say something about: okay, these are places of interest, but what do they tell us? What do they mean? Why are they important and fundamentally what should we do about them? Petr Jehlička: Indeed, and that’s what we are discussing today. I was wondering whether you could briefly mention the main themes? You mentioned there is a lot of...
Exploring philosophy: faking nature
History & The Arts

Exploring philosophy: faking nature

...world of the arts, where a distinction is made between the value of the original and the value of a copy. In continuing to read Elliot’s article, there is one example you will need to know about: the Hetch-Hetchy valley. If you visited there today, you would see a lake that sits in a stunning setting between the mountains. The lake is artificial: ‘an ecological...
Climate change
Nature & Environment

Climate change

...world, depending on the cloud cover and surface characteristics. The planetary albedo is the combined figure for the Earth as a whole: on average, it has a measured value of 31% (31 units). The remainder (69 units) is absorbed by the atmosphere and materials at the Earth's surface (the oceans, soils, vegetation and so on). SAQ 2 What is the rate per unit area at which...
Level 2: Intermediate 18 hrs
The power of infographics in research dissemination
Education & Development

The power of infographics in research dissemination

...World Wide Web (WorldWideWebSize, 2017). This plethora of information ranges from commercially generated websites and adverts intended to sell us things (or persuade us to believe things) through to information that may be relevant, valuable and deeply interesting to the researcher but which may be obscured by more attention-grabbing web pages. Tim Wu’s The Attention...
Modern slavery
Society, Politics & Law

Modern slavery

...world and affects millions of people worldwide. Modern slavery takes various forms, e.g. trafficking in human beings (THB), forced labour and bonded labour. THB is a complex issue, which poses a challenge to legal regulation, particularly in a human rights context. It is an excellent and timely example of modern slavery, which is likely to challenge existing...
Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs