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Lisa Sargood - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Lisa Sargood - Earth in Vision

...simple ways, with direct actions that they can understand and they can be motivated through… to go through awareness, to motivation, to action, I think it can change. And also to take a slightly more different example, look what Breaking Bad did for chemistry, sometimes it just requires a slightly different approach and I think it requires a lot of creative thinking to...
Free digital, numeracy and employability courses to build your skills
Education & Development

Free digital, numeracy and employability courses to build your skills

...coding, programming or digital marketing. These are a small selection of free courses to boost your skills from The Open University. Many others are available by exploring OpenLearn. You might like to visit The Skills Toolkit from the National Careers Service, where you can find many more courses to help you learn new skills or change jobs. Once you’ve finished...
Thailand: The Politics of Blood
Society, Politics & Law

Thailand: The Politics of Blood

...the arresting symbolism and imagery, issues of democracy, welfare, education and human rights are at stake - in a political crisis that is not going to go away. Perspective: The Politics of Blood Join the BBC's Asia correspondent, Alastair Leithead, and author and historian Chris Baker, for an insight into the colour coded protests and political problems facing Thailand....
Explainer: What is autophagy?
Science, Maths & Technology

Explainer: What is autophagy?

...simple unicellular organisms (such as yeast) to complex multicellular organisms (such as plants and animals). How does autophagy work? [A human cell treated with a compound which induces autophagy] Figure 1: A human cell treated with a compound which induces autophagy. Autophagosomes are visible as small bright green speckles. The general mechanisms of autophagy are...
Coronavirus: The Lowdown
Health, Sports & Psychology

Coronavirus: The Lowdown

...simple yet effective: cover your mouth and nose with a tissue, or even your sleeve, when you cough or sneeze do not cover sneezes with your hands throw used tissues in the bin straight away (catch it, kill it, bin it) wash your hands with soap and water often – pop hand sanitiser gel in your bag for when soap and water are not available avoid close contact with people...
Metal Spinning / Flow Turning
Science, Maths & Technology

Metal Spinning / Flow Turning

...Simple forms like a dish-shaped parabola, for example, can be made in one operation. Two or more formers can be used for more complex shapes. A high level of manual skill is involved. Automatic spinning machines with robot assistance are also used to produce higher volume production, e.g. hot-water cylinder bases, with a cycle time of 25 s per component. Can be used as a...
Candles and campfires: creativity and the menopause transition
Health, Sports & Psychology

Candles and campfires: creativity and the menopause transition

...Menopause awareness day are: Take time for yourself to find your easeful creative pleasures. Help protect time for others to experience this too. Explore a variety of relaxing creative activity, simple writing, arts, crafts, music. Make use of nature as a companion and co-collaborator in your creative journey. Together these practices can help us come home to ourselves....
Build a thunderstorm predictor
Science, Maths & Technology

Build a thunderstorm predictor

...simple. Just before a thunderstorm, the air will be highly charged with static electricity and this will collect on the unearthed bell. The charge bell will then attract the ringer because if the bell is say positive, the ringer (which is insulated) will be relatively negative. However, when the ringer touches the bell (making it ring) it will immediately collect the...