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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...
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Level 3: Advanced 9 hrs
Digital thinking tools for better decision making Badge icon
Digital & Computing

Digital thinking tools for better decision making

...director of the US Office of Scientific Research and Development during the Second World War; Figure 3), mused that: Then, on beyond the strict logic of the mathematician, lies the application of logic in everyday affairs. We may some day click off arguments on a machine with the same assurance that we now enter sales on a cash register. (Bush, 1945, p. 5) Today, there is a wide variety of digital tools for mapping ......
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Canals: The Making of a Nation - Find out more
History & The Arts

Canals: The Making of a Nation - Find out more

...world. The canal engineers [Cogs, winches and other machinery powering a canal lock] The early canal builders struggled with the rugged terrain of England's Pennine hills. Creating a network of canals in this landscape was an uphill challenge - sometimes literally! But connecting the powerhouses of Yorkshire and Lancashire was a great prize at the time of the industrial...
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How can Wikipedia Activism restore diversity to science?
Science, Maths & Technology

How can Wikipedia Activism restore diversity to science?

...world’s most-visited central knowledge base. Adding a scientist can be a big project – but it’s rewarding, and exciting to discover more about people who inspire you. It’s not just that you find new heroes you’d not heard of before either. Their work can change your thinking. That happened to me when I was looking for an African-American woman scientist to add...
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Why do some cities thrive?
Science, Maths & Technology

Why do some cities thrive?

...world. In the USA, for instance, the downturn in the fortunes of Detroit and Cleveland stand in stark contrast to boom cities like San Francisco and Boston. Recent efforts in the UK to rebalance the economy have included the ‘Northern Powerhouse’ investment to boost Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds, Sheffield and Newcastle. “Cities have always had upturns and downturns....
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Can engineering help improve patient safety?
Science, Maths & Technology

Can engineering help improve patient safety?

...The checklists have become the most widely used patient safety intervention in the world and are recommended by the World Health Organization. Yet, the evidence shows that checklists may have little impact, and her research found that in some situations – particularly in low-income countries – they might even make things worse. “The checklists sometimes introduced new risks. Nurses would use the lists ......
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OpenLearn's response to the pandemic
Education & Development

OpenLearn's response to the pandemic

...World of Work in Scotland; Working Wales in Wales; and NIDirect in Northern Ireland. Over 206,000 have accessed OpenLearn via these schemes. I have lost my job as a result of the pandemic and therefore can't afford to pay for another course at this present moment. The free course has helped me improve my knowledge, it has enhanced my employability skills and given me...
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The Psychological Risks in Reality TV and How Aftercare Should be Done
Health, Sports & Psychology

The Psychological Risks in Reality TV and How Aftercare Should be Done

...world in television and to hopefully find ways and means to encourage and perhaps enforce better standards of practice across the broadcast media industry. Heading off harm There is a wide range of potential harms of participating in broadcast productions, especially for people other than professional actors and celebrities (who may be more versed in tackling the...
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