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The US Presedential Election 2016: The first GOP debate
Society, Politics & Law

The US Presedential Election 2016: The first GOP debate

...base, John Kasich talked mostly about economic growth, saying only after you establish growth can you reach out to the “people in the shadows,” including “minority people.” He later underlined the same point by saying how the United States needs to “give everybody a chance” and not “let anyone be behind.” The only candidate asked directly about policing...
What impact does your pet's food have on the environment?
Nature & Environment

What impact does your pet's food have on the environment?

...based on marketing, personal beliefs and pet preference. And as with human nutrition, it can be hard to sort out truth from fads and marketing from science. [The Conversation] Current pet food trends encourage owners to feed their pets much the same foods that humans eat: high-quality “human grade” meat and organic produce, maybe even some “superfoods.” While this...
Thomas Stocker - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Thomas Stocker - Stories of Change

...de facto because it's so important with everything that happens to do with the climate. TS: Absolutely, but I would not call myself an expert on this. RH: There are a lot of people, you probably don't come across many of them, but there are still a lot of people in the world particularly in the USA, some in the UK, who think that climate change is all natural. How are you...
Fast, fun, free: Try some of our Spanish language items
Languages

Fast, fun, free: Try some of our Spanish language items

OpenLearn is full of short items where you can learn something fast, for free - and have some fun doing so. Here's a selection of easy ways to start with Spanish...[Espana Cani restaurant, Madrid] [The Bilbao Guggenheim] [Bread in the Mercardo Medieval market] [Tacos De Luz taco truck]
Medicine in ancient Greece and Rome
Health, Sports & Psychology

Medicine in ancient Greece and Rome

...De materia medica (On Medicines) gave detailed descriptions of how to harvest, prepare, store and test for contamination of medicinal herbs and continued in use well into the Renaissance. Midwives were highly respected in Roman society and those servicing elite households were either slaves or freedwomen (ex-slaves). Soranus’ Gynaecology, the first surviving medical...
The power of learning analytics to give students (and teachers) what they want!
Miscellaneous

The power of learning analytics to give students (and teachers) what they want!

...based upon big and small data. Date: Tuesday 30 January, 2018 Time: 6:00pm – 7:00pm Venue: The Open University, the Berrill Lecture Theatre, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA Live stream: Trailer video: Transcript Bart Rienties is Professor of Learning Analytics at the Institute of Educational Technology (IET) at The Open University. He is programme director Learning...
Bun-chùrsa mu bhith a’ dèanamh atharrachadh poilitigeach is sòisealta
Society, Politics & Law

Bun-chùrsa mu bhith a’ dèanamh atharrachadh poilitigeach is sòisealta

...de na prìomh sgilean saoranachd is am fiosrachadh a dh’fheumar gus eadar-theachd a dhèanamh san t-saoghal agus e ag atharrachadh. Bidh e a’ sgrùdadh mar a nithear atharrachadh gu poilitigeach agus gu sòisealta le bhith a’ toirt seachad cùl-fhiosrachadh riatanach airson tòiseachadh, eisimpleirean de luchd-atharrachaidh brosnachail, comhairle air mar a bheirear...
Big data and bioinformatics: Powerful tools for decoding DNA
Science, Maths & Technology

Big data and bioinformatics: Powerful tools for decoding DNA

...bases: adenosine (A) thymine (T) cytosine (C) and guanine (G) and are arranged in a particular order (sequence) so that when they are read by the cell’s machinery (RNA polymerase) they ‘code’ (have instructions) for particular products, proteins, to be produced. For example the protein pigments that give eye colour. However these sequences or some of these nucleic...