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Starting with maths: Patterns and formulas
Science, Maths & Technology

Starting with maths: Patterns and formulas

...double the total for the current row. Assuming this pattern continues, the total for row 8 will be 128, row 9 will be 256 and row 10 will be 512. You might have spotted that these numbers can also be written as 1, 21, 22, 23, 24, …. What have these two examples to do with mathematics? Well, recognising patterns in shapes, sets of numbers, processes or problems generally...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Getting started with French 2
Languages

Getting started with French 2

...et pain bread and cheese Two lists follow, match one item from the first with one item from the second. Each item can only be matched once. There are 4 items in each list. Desserts glace ananas fromage et pain Match each of the previous list items with an item from the following list: a.pineapple b.Desserts c.ice cream d.bread and cheese The correct answers are: 1 = b, 2...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Why Cilla Black was more than just a light entertainment star
History & The Arts

Why Cilla Black was more than just a light entertainment star

...sang on stage with some, was dubbed “Swinging Cilla”, and John Lennon persuaded Beatles manages Brian Epstein to give her an audition. One was unsuccessful, but a second led to him offering her a contract. Her first (minor) hit was a cover of a Lennon-McCartney song (Love of the Loved), framed by a rather try-hard press release dubbing her the “bird in a...
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Article 5 mins
Animals at the extremes: hibernation and torpor
Nature & Environment

Animals at the extremes: hibernation and torpor

...et al. (eds), Mammalian Hibernation III. 1967 Oliver and Boyd Figure 21 (a) A bat in position for thermography (dorsal side uppermost) showing the location of the interscapular region (red), and the major temperatures prevailing at the commencement of thermographic scannings, (b) Thermogram of the dorsal surface of a bat during its arousal from torpor. (The higher the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 14 hrs
Star Wars: La syntaxe du français avec Maître Yoda
Languages

Star Wars: La syntaxe du français avec Maître Yoda

...Et maintenant, « que la Force soit avec vous »! Drag and drop may not work on mobile devices but you can still reorder the sentences in your head (or on paper) and click to reveal the answer afterwards. 1) Toujours par deux ils vont. Ni plus, ni moins. Le maître et son apprenti. Always two there are, no more, no less: a master and an apprentice. - Star Wars: Episode I...
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Activity 10 mins
The Great Resignation: temporary blip or more enduring labour market trend?
Money & Business

The Great Resignation: temporary blip or more enduring labour market trend?

...et al., 2021, p. 6). This was reportedly because employees had evaluated their job satisfaction during lockdown periods in particular, discovered they were in fact unhappy and handed in their notices accordingly. In fact there have been claims that this level of turnover was as much driven by people leaving work altogether as it was them moving to different employment....
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To the Moon and beyond
Science, Maths & Technology

To the Moon and beyond

...et al published a paper looking at green glass which is produced in firefight interruptions to the moon surface and they found significant quantities of volatiles present. This led to a reanalysis of all the polar samples found a few tens of ppm to a few hundreds of ppm of water especially present in lunar rocks and this water is primordial water thought to be have been...
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Article 5 mins
Tokyo 2020 in 2021: Do the best things come to those who wait?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Tokyo 2020 in 2021: Do the best things come to those who wait?

...et al., 2021) and elite athletes are not immune to this. Elite athletes were found to experience increased symptoms of mental health difficulties (e.g. depression) during COVID-19 lockdowns (Simons et al., 2021). As such the need for psychological intervention to support athletes is paramount (Reardon et al., 2021). The impact on the training schedules of athletes was...
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Article 10 mins