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A brief history of sex education
Health, Sports & Psychology

A brief history of sex education

...accounts of lessons on the reproductive systems of rabbits, or the pollination of flowering plants, suggest that much school sex education in the UK in the 1950s and ‘60s, was carried out through the descriptions, though not the observations, of the reproductive habits of plants and non-human animals. It seems likely that boys, especially if educated in the public...
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What Human Rights Day means to me
Society, Politics & Law

What Human Rights Day means to me

...account for their actions concerning human rights abuse, although this often happens too late after their human rights abuses took place. The International Human Rights Day is relevant today. We need to hold institutions dealing with asylum claims and other migration-related applications accountable. There is resistance to human rights; indeed I have been reminded in my...
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The Valentine's rose trade story in a dozen roses
Nature & Environment

The Valentine's rose trade story in a dozen roses

...account for over half of all global imports. AI is being used for precision farming and streamlining complex international supply chains. Import values are rising rapidly in non-traditional markets such as Brazil, Georgia and Moldova. Consumers are increasingly prioritising Fairtrade, organic options, and lower carbon footprints. As opposed to production in South America...
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52 things you never knew about OpenLearn
Miscellaneous

52 things you never knew about OpenLearn

...account you must be over the age of 13). Why do we give out content for free? The queen told us to! It’s written in our Royal Charter ‘Advancement and dissemination of learning and knowledge… to promote the general wellbeing of the community’. 13.6 million people visited our website last year – that’s more than the number of people who visited the UK’s most...
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53 things you never knew about OpenLearn
Education & Development

53 things you never knew about OpenLearn

...account you must be over the age of 13). Why do we give out content for free? The queen told us to! It’s written in our Royal Charter ‘Advancement and dissemination of learning and knowledge… to promote the general wellbeing of the community’. 13.6 million people visited our website last year – that’s more than the number of people who visited the UK’s most...
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Article 20 mins
What is The Wilson Doctrine? The one minute guide
Society, Politics & Law

What is The Wilson Doctrine? The one minute guide

...account and I felt that it was right to lay down the policy of no tapping of the telephones of Members of Parliament. This promise - The Wilson Doctrine - was subsequently extended to include members of the House of Lords, and in 1997 Tony Blair stated that it applied to all electonic communications (i.e. email as well). The doctrine doesn't cover members of other elected...
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Week 5 Civilisations: The debate
History & The Arts

Week 5 Civilisations: The debate

...account of the interdependencies that bound Europe to the rest of the world. In this episode Simon Schama looks at a wide range of art, architecture, and material culture, to think about how different types of ‘Renaissances’ were taking part all over the world, creating some astonishing works of art and architecture. This was a time when objects, commodities, ideas,...
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The Speed of Extinct Organisms
Nature & Environment

The Speed of Extinct Organisms

...account for factors such as bending knees. Was T. rex actually a slow coach? An alternative approach for estimating speed in extinct organisms has recently been applied to T. rex. This involves calculating the strength and size of muscles in the legs relative to the size of the animal. For instance, this showed that T. rex probably could not run because the muscles needed...
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