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Apollo 11’s ‘one small step’ sparked a new rush to reach the Moon
Science, Maths & Technology

Apollo 11’s ‘one small step’ sparked a new rush to reach the Moon

...projects working on Apollo samples at The Open University. Thanks to the Apollo astronauts and the curators at NASA, researchers such as myself – who weren’t even born when the Apollo Moon landings took place – are still able to study Moon rocks and feel part of a shared historical ­adventure. New research will explore the possibility of building habitats on the...
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Reaction injection moulding (RIM) and Reinforced reaction injection moulding (RRIM)
Science, Maths & Technology

Reaction injection moulding (RIM) and Reinforced reaction injection moulding (RRIM)

...projected area of component, but can be as low as 0.4 MPa and is at least an order of magnitude less than for injection and compression moulding. Low injection and clamping forces are due to the low viscosity of the monomer mixture, enabling the use of vertical machines, saving floor space considerably, and moulds of aluminium, zinc alloy or even epoxy for small...
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Some of all human knowledge: Wikipedia at 15
Digital & Computing

Some of all human knowledge: Wikipedia at 15

...project that allows anyone to edit has got this far, especially as the website is kept afloat through donations and the efforts of thousands of volunteers. But Wikipedia hasn’t just become an important and heavily relied-upon source of facts: it has become an authority on those facts. [Wikipedia globe held in hands] Through six years of studying Wikipedia I’ve learned...
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I-SPY: Find out more about the research on Internet infidelity
Health, Sports & Psychology

I-SPY: Find out more about the research on Internet infidelity

...project. 2. Review of the research literature on Internet infidelity This paper provides a critical review of the research literature on Internet infidelity: Vossler, A. (2016). Internet infidelity ten years on: A critical review of the literature. The Family Journal: Counseling & Therapy for Couples and Families. http://oro.open.ac.uk/45755/ The rapid development of...
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Should animals have legal standing?
Society, Politics & Law

Should animals have legal standing?

...natural environment as possessing particular legal rights and protections. Giving animals legal standing may well be an important step in this process. [a photograph of two elephants walking into the distance] Find out more The Nonhuman Rights Project An article I wrote on Geronimo the alpaca [Screenshot of animation for COP26] Click on the banner to explore the COP26 hub...
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A hard day at the Met Office: The BBC look for a change in the weather
History & The Arts

A hard day at the Met Office: The BBC look for a change in the weather

...project that information forward in time have been improved. This requires supercomputers, which are becoming increasingly accessible. In principle, any meteorological service that runs a global model of the atmosphere could offer a forecast for any region of the world. Global models are needed to forecast more than a few days into the future, but models that focus on a...
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Knife crime is a health risk for young people – it can’t be solved by policing alone
Education & Development

Knife crime is a health risk for young people – it can’t be solved by policing alone

...project. Later initiatives appeared to pull funding from the programme while placing more emphasis on law enforcement and drug offences and even less on measures for early intervention and prevention. Life on the road The government made the fatal error of assuming that all violence and crime among young people in cities is caused by gangs. But the evidence for the...
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How technology can challenge our understanding of Frankenstein
History & The Arts

How technology can challenge our understanding of Frankenstein

...Project Gutenberg. This gives us the opportunity to examine new ways of reading with the help of specialised text analysis software. Computers excel at tasks that humans find challenging, such as identifying and counting repeating patterns. Digital reading can thus draw our attention to textual phenomena that deserves further investigation. What insights can we then gain...
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