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Finite Element Analysis
Science, Maths & Technology

Finite Element Analysis

...skill from both drivers and the engineers behind the cars. So what are the secrets of good car design? How are Formula One cars engineered for maximum performance? This album takes a behind the scenes look at Red Bull Racing, a front-runner on the F1 grid. Using thrilling archive and expert testimony, the tracks explore how the techniques of Finite Element Analysis are...
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Audio 48 mins
Belfast - healthy city
Society, Politics & Law

Belfast - healthy city

...skills, perspectives and practice... Belfast - healthy city A short introduction to this album. Healthy Cities: the idea Ilona Kickbusch on how the Healthy Cities Movement began in the mid nineteen eighties as a European initiative. Healthy Cities: the reality Ilona Kickbusch on how the initiative spread out from Europe to the rest of the world, and is particularly...
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Audio 40 mins
Discovering Ancient Greek and Latin
History & The Arts

Discovering Ancient Greek and Latin

...skills required to navigate a passage of Latin, Ancient Greek or both. Note that in this course all Greek is presented twice, first in Greek letters and secondly ‘transliterated’ into English letters. You can therefore study this material without knowledge of the Greek alphabet. You may, however, wish to acquire some knowledge of the alphabet and pronunciation before...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
The Colour of Success: Can uniform colour impact on team success?
Health, Sports & Psychology

The Colour of Success: Can uniform colour impact on team success?

...study revealed that penalty takers wearing red were perceived by the Goalkeepers in two key ways: 1. that they would possesses more positive characteristics than those wearing white and 2. And that their chance of successfully saving penalty kicks from them was lower than those wearing white. While research in sport has predominantly focused on the colour red, some...
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Article 10 mins
What are the secrets of enduring love?
Society, Politics & Law

What are the secrets of enduring love?

...study with over five thousand people in long-term relationships. We wanted to find out what they were actually doing to make their relationships work, so that we could share their secrets with you. In this book we’ve brought together the findings of that study with what we know from other research on love, and from relationship therapy, to give you the low-down on how...
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Video 10 mins
How we found gravitational waves
Science, Maths & Technology

How we found gravitational waves

...study the universe with optical telescopes for hundreds of years. We have expanded that view hugely since the middle of the 20th century, by building detectors and instruments sensitive to all the forms of what physicists mean by light: the electromagnetic spectrum, from gamma rays to radio. Yet the discovery of gravitational waves represents our first steps into studying...
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Video 10 mins
What does toilet paper teach us about poverty?
Society, Politics & Law

What does toilet paper teach us about poverty?

...study question. They found that those in the highest income quintile bought toilet paper on sale 39% of the time, compared to only 28% among those in the lowest income quintile. The highest income quintile also bought more rolls on average compared to those in the lowest 20% (14.6 rolls vs 9.8 rolls). As a result, those of lower income pay about 6% extra per sheet....
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Here’s the truth about false accusations of sexual violence
Health, Sports & Psychology

Here’s the truth about false accusations of sexual violence

...Studies carried out in Europe and in the US indicate rates of between 2% and 6%. It’s important to recognise that even official statistics on false reporting can and have been inflated by other factors. Sometimes police record cases as “no crime” or “unfounded”. This can happen when it’s difficult to attain sufficient corroborating evidence. There is, however,...
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Article 10 mins