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An introduction to electronics
Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to electronics

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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Financial methods in environmental decisions
Nature & Environment

Financial methods in environmental decisions

...write down some commons in the context of sustainable resource management. Answer Your list will no doubt reflect your own concerns about the environment, but the commons that I am most concerned about at present are: the global atmosphere and the build-up of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases the local atmosphere and vehicle exhaust fumes in the high street of the...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Understanding antibiotic resistance Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Understanding antibiotic resistance

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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Measure the Pulfrich Effect
Science, Maths & Technology

Measure the Pulfrich Effect

...write: [L divided by d = s divided by the result of D minus d] and, therefore: [L equals s divided by the product of D minus d, all multipled by d] This equation can be used to find L. What you have calculated so far is the distance that the dim eye’s image lags behind the bright, but our intention is to determine the time lag of the slower, dim eye. That is easily...
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Video 15 mins
The Legacy of Nuclear Power, Part 2
Society, Politics & Law

The Legacy of Nuclear Power, Part 2

...write a sentence which said: “within the terms of present – present knowledge, deep disposal is the approach.” However, that approach needs to be preceded by a whole load of things, which is proper management and storage. And I don’t think we can rush towards that ultimate solution, if it is going to be the solution, and that’s why I'm counselling people to...
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London inside out
Society, Politics & Law

London inside out

...July bombings memorial The Independent remembers each of the killed with a brief biography of each Goldsmith's Victor Seidler asks if the different nature of attacks on them explains why New York and London remember differently Writing in The Telegraph, Peter Clarke - head of The Met's Counter Terrorism Command at the time - shares his view of counter-terrorism operations...
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Article 15 mins
Adaptation and Assimilation: The Irish Catholic Experience in America
OpenLearn Ireland

Adaptation and Assimilation: The Irish Catholic Experience in America

...write (Meaney, O’Dowd and Whelan, 2013, p.89.) Given their preference for life in the big cities, they were also adept at using the American political system to their advantage, especially in Irish dominated cities such as Boston, New York, and Chicago. Tammany Hall in New York, the headquarters of the Democratic Party, became synonymous with Irish political power in...
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Article 5 mins
Supporting young trans people’s rights to health and happiness
Education & Development

Supporting young trans people’s rights to health and happiness

...write. The percentage of left-handed people in the USA has grown from around 2-3% at the start of the 20th century, to around 12% today. Handedness is known to be substantially genetically inherited, and there is no evidence that any genetic shift happened over this time. But attitudes did shift: social acceptance of left-handedness increased. Gender is not as simple as...
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Article 10 mins