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Why Michelle Obama's farewell is a masterclass in speech making
Society, Politics & Law

Why Michelle Obama's farewell is a masterclass in speech making

...world history. Teachers will use excerpts from this speech in their classrooms for years to come, not just to teach history and politics, but also language and presentation skills. Transcript From a teaching perspective, Obama’s speech was powerful by virtue of its pacing, personalisation, and placement of words. Sculpted around a thesis of aspiration, it was built from...
From ‘refrigerator mothers’ to paracetamol: why harmful autism myths are so common
Health, Sports & Psychology

From ‘refrigerator mothers’ to paracetamol: why harmful autism myths are so common

...world that supports autistic children and adults.[The Conversation] Authors Lindsay O'Dell, Professor of critical developmental psychology, The Open University; Charlotte Brownlow, Professor of Psychology, School of Psychology and Wellbeing, University of Southern Queensland, and Sandra Thom-Jones, Honorary Professor, University of Wollongong This article is republished...
Targeted genome editing: Introducing the CRISPR/Cas9 system
Science, Maths & Technology

Targeted genome editing: Introducing the CRISPR/Cas9 system

...for as little as £10. CRISPR/Cas9 reduces weeks of work into a matter of days. It is this combination of cost, time and efficiency that have made CRISPR/Cas9 a revolutionary technology. CRISPR/Cas9 is now being introduced as a standard technique in laboratories around the world and its future impact on biology and medicine is beyond estimation. More on genome editing...
The Z Files: Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock
Health, Sports & Psychology

The Z Files: Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock

...world’s most famous space scientists, Maggie Aderin-Pocock, and today she’s giving me the grand tour. Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock The problems we’re having in the city now seem quite trivial compared with the heavens above really. Benjamin Zephaniah Well it’s in bigger figures isn’t it? Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock I know, that’s it. We’re talking millennia; we’re...
Year of the Rabbit: Chinese New Year
Languages

Year of the Rabbit: Chinese New Year

...world now speak both Chinese and English, the two languages are mingled to create what is known as ‘translanguaging’ , i.e. making use of one’s existing language(s) and knowledge to convey the meaning. On Chinese social media, the following has gone viral: Happy New Year 兔 you! The character in the middle of the greeting means ‘rabbit’ and is pronounce...
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Rewriting DNA: An introduction to genome editing
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Rewriting DNA: An introduction to genome editing

...world. Highlighting the impact genome editing has had, the renowned scientific journal Science chose CRISPR/Cas9 as “Breakthrough of the Year” in 2015. Genes, genomes and mutations Cells in the body contain molecules of DNA, which carry all the information required for life. This information is divided into genes, and collectively, all the genes of an organism are as...
Software and the law
Science, Maths & Technology

Software and the law

...world – we want to enable you to explore the laws of your own country to understand their scope in your context. This OpenLearn course is an adapted extract from the Open University postgraduate computing course, M814 Software Engineering...Software and the law: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: explain the differences between...
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