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Astronomy
Science, Maths & Technology

Astronomy

...Revealing the power source for stars and galactic jets. The Expanding Universe Russell Stannard uses simple analogies to explain difficult concepts. The expansion of space, and the cosmological red-shift, or doppler shift. Geometry of the Universe Russell Stannard explains why standard Euclidean geometry doesn't apply when considering the geometry of outer space....
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Introducing Health Sciences: Visual Impairment
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing Health Sciences: Visual Impairment

...simple interventions are not available in some poorer countries. The 15 video tracks in this album explore the impact of visual impairment and corrective treatments. Derek Child explains how he learned to adapt to losing his sight and the training that helps him stay mobile and independent. Experts from Contamac reveal the science behind lens production. The Good Health...
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Audio 54 mins
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Get started with OpenLearn

...simple. Click here if you still have questions about starting a free course. Statements of participation and digital badges Almost every course completed earns you a statement of participation, while our range of badged courses will also earn you a digital badge and continuing professional development points. Statements and badges will appear in the ‘My achievements’...
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Why did millions march against Trump?
Society, Politics & Law

Why did millions march against Trump?

...simple question. As a team of sociologists we have developed a multi-method, multi-site research project, Mobilizing Millions: Engendering Protest Across the Globe. We want to understand why people participate in a march of this scale, at a critical historical juncture in our political landscape. Within weeks of discussion of the first march, there were already...
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Thinking Outside the Box
Society, Politics & Law

Thinking Outside the Box

...simple ideas of ‘us’ and ‘them'...[Thinking Outside The Box artwork] Alena & Lisa: On your website you describe yourself as an illustrator and visual facilitator. How do you see these roles in relation to your artistic practice- in what sense do they inform your art, in what sense are they separate? What is the advantage of being a visual facilitator and an artist?...
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How you can be more secure than the President
Digital & Computing

How you can be more secure than the President

...simple. If you want to ensure your machine is being kept up-to-date, here’s how to do it on some of the most common: Microsoft Windows 10 By default, Windows 10 performs regular checks for updates from Microsoft. The update is then automatically downloaded and installed on your computer. Windows will warn you if it needs to restart the computer to complete the update...
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Trump and Brexit: What do they owe to economists?
Society, Politics & Law

Trump and Brexit: What do they owe to economists?

...simple narratives...[Chickens protesting against Donald Trump during a 2018 march in London] Protests against the visit of Donald Trump to the United Kingdom, July 2018 Economists notoriously disagree among themselves both at the level of analysis and in the normative and political positions they take. But, while it is possible to find economists who believe that Brexit...
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Learning to swim in murky seas: Exploitation of the Electorate via Social Media
Health, Sports & Psychology

Learning to swim in murky seas: Exploitation of the Electorate via Social Media

...simple lines again and again and again and that becomes your brand.” The effect described in this quote is a tried-and-tested influencing method psychologists call the mere-exposure effect. Simply by exposing people to things, causes them subconsciously to develop a preference for it. There is no reason that this would not work for messages such as: “We want our...
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