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Hitching a ride on an asteroid to travel back to the birth of the Solar System
Science, Maths & Technology

Hitching a ride on an asteroid to travel back to the birth of the Solar System

...humans went to the Moon some fifty years ago. Meteorites often come from asteroids, but they can also come from planets and possibly even comets. Fortunately, space sends us rocks for free. These are known as meteorites and have fallen to Earth for billions of years. Meteorites often originate from asteroids, but they can also come from comets and even planets. They give...
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Pathways To Success in Higher Education
Education & Development

Pathways To Success in Higher Education

...resources from The Open University's award winning OpenLearn website. It will help you: tailor some informal study to your own interests and goals gain an insight into higher education study prepare for accredited learning. Why Choose Pathways to Success? There are many reasons for enrolling on a higher education course. Perhaps you feel you haven't fulfilled your...
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Understanding Female Genital Mutilation and its impact across the lifespan podcast
Health, Sports & Psychology

Understanding Female Genital Mutilation and its impact across the lifespan podcast

...human rights, gender inequality, health and well-being and health inequalities. FGM is increasingly denounced through international and national legislation in many parts of the world, including in the UK and Ireland. It is a significant safeguarding and child protection issue. FGM inflicts lifelong physical, mental, emotional, sexual and reproductive health consequences...
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The Borders of Astrobiology
Science, Maths & Technology

The Borders of Astrobiology

...humans-in-nature – evident in the present global state of socio-environmental crisis. They represent a culture of exploitative, entitled and subjugating attitudes toward the rest of nature, and now also space. I’ve seen estimates of entire foreign planets’ worth in dollars. That horrifies me. But we can – and should – work to diversify and democratise the...
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Plastic materials, pollution and recycling
Science, Maths & Technology

Plastic materials, pollution and recycling

...human health. Anyone who is interested in science, from the fundamentals of chemistry, or the properties of materials, to human health and the future of the planet needs to take an interest in plastics! [3D Printer - the first layer] Figure 1: A 3D printer producing a new object layer by layer The first truly artificial synthetic plastic, ‘Bakelite’, was developed in...
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Water: Managing the 1% in a climate changing world
Nature & Environment

Water: Managing the 1% in a climate changing world

...resource...Water, water, every where, And all the boards did shrink; Water, water, every where, Nor any drop to drink. The Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner (1834 text), Samuel Taylor Coleridge [All of Earth's water in a single sphere] The World's water in 3 spheres As the Ancient Mariner realised, almost all of the water on Earth is seawater. Of the total volume of water on...
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Climate change – How awareness is prevented through media sanitation
Nature & Environment

Climate change – How awareness is prevented through media sanitation

...resources. And they stand no chance against humans. Help others see the truth. The system is stacked in favour of corporations continuing in their exploitation of environmental resources and our politicians do not seem to be taking any action to massively curtail the problem of global overcompensation. Without generating massive awareness of the problems caused by...
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World Toilet Day
Health, Sports & Psychology

World Toilet Day

...resources to help raise awareness for the 3.6 billion people who do not have access to toilets and proper sanitation...[World Toilet Day 2014 logo] Did you know? [Basic toilet in the desert] Nearly half the world’s population live without a 'safely managed sanitation service': a toilet, not shared with other households, that either treats or disposes of human waste on...
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