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What is Blockchain?
Digital & Computing

What is Blockchain?

...work, and what do they do? Read the article to find the answers...A blockchain is a publicly shared immutable ledger, an append-only log of transactions that uses crypto-currency techniques to minimise any security risk. As shown in Figure 1, transactions are contained in blocks that are linked together through a series of hash pointers. Any tampering of a block can be...
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Hallowain't III: Kilifish - the zombie fish
Nature & Environment

Hallowain't III: Kilifish - the zombie fish

...works: Killifish in California have been discovered to play host to a mind-sucking parasite that alters behaviour in order to further its own species. These zombie fish are infected with a fluke, a small, parastitic worm that reproduces in the guts of sea birds. The flukes are able to limit the production of serotonin in the fish’s brain, which makes the fish very...
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Free Course: An Introduction to Public Leadership
Money & Business

Free Course: An Introduction to Public Leadership

...work of senior executives in private sector, profit-making organizations. If you're interested in leadership look no further than OpenLearn where we have produced a range of material to help develop your understanding of leading. Whether you're taking this free course on FutureLearn or would like to view a variety of related content on OpenLearn, we've collated a range of...
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History How-to videos: Crash sites
History & The Arts

History How-to videos: Crash sites

...I found in one wreck, the last person to touch it had been setting that slide rule probably just before the plane crashed. Of course, you can’t do this without permission from the RAF. Crashed planes often have unexploded bombs or weapons in them. Some might also have bodies. So if you’re interested you do need to work with a proper aviation archaeology group. Audio...
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Academic Skills - Key words in essay titles
Education & Development

Academic Skills - Key words in essay titles

...works and so on. Discuss Requires an answer that explains an item or concept, and then gives details about it with supportive information, examples, points for and against, and explanations for the facts put forward. It is important to give both sides of the argument and come to a conclusion. Evaluate/Assess Requires an answer that decides and explains how great, valuable...
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Rundblick: beginners' German second edition
Languages

Rundblick: beginners' German second edition

...Work week, and weekdays What do you do? People and their occupations A day in Berlin 3 Interviews with tourists explaining their plans in Berlin The city of Graz 6 people saying what they like about Graz Die Fuggerei in Augsburg The Fuggerei is the world's oldest social housing complex Das Vinzidorf The VinziDorf is a church-ran programme that takes in the homeless Stress...
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Archaeology: the science of investigation
Science, Maths & Technology

Archaeology: the science of investigation

...work of conservators at the British Museum. Curating Jordanian artifacts A Tell es-Sa'idiyeh conservator explains the initial approach to preserving artefacts. Conserving coins - a demonstration A conservator explains how careful handling is required when cleaning artefacts. X-raying objects The importance of modern technology in the preservation of an artefact from an...
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Analysing European Romanticism
History & The Arts

Analysing European Romanticism

...works. This discussion explores this intriguingly reflexive and critical approach. Goethe As a benchmark figure of modernity, Goethe maintained an intriguing relationship with the Romantics, from early support and engagement to eventual dismissal and vitriolic attack. Romanticism in France French Romanticism took its philosophical cues from Germany and literary...
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