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What are your chances during a zombie apocalypse?
Digital & Computing

What are your chances during a zombie apocalypse?

...health and disease conditions in defined populations) to model a zombie outbreak. Their result is that we're all doomed in the event on a zombie outbreak, as dead people (including dead zombies) won't stay dead and will rise to eat more brains. Our only hope is to rapidly and overwhelmingly eradicate any zombie outbreak as soon as it occurs, which would probably involve...
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Mark Twain on whether Shakespeare wrote Shakespeare
History & The Arts

Mark Twain on whether Shakespeare wrote Shakespeare

...HEALTH from the direct dictation of the Deity; yet in England nearly forty years ago Orton had a huge army of devotees and incorrigible adherents, many of whom remained stubbornly unconvinced after their fat god had been proven an impostor and jailed as a perjurer, and today Mrs. Eddy's following is not only immense, but is daily augmenting in numbers and enthusiasm....
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Children and violence: an introductory, international and interdisciplinary approach
Society, Politics & Law

Children and violence: an introductory, international and interdisciplinary approach

...health. However, a significant form of adversity experienced by children in many different regions of the world is violence. The form of violence against children varies widely and is hugely disparate. In this free course, Children and violence: an introductory, international and interdisciplinary approach, the focus is on three different environments where children...
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Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs
For some people, staying awake might help fight depression
Health, Sports & Psychology

For some people, staying awake might help fight depression

...health might sound odd, but - as Linda Geddes reports - for some people, it can have great results...[Big Ben at twilight] An early dawn? This article discusses treatment administered under medical supervision. If you believe the procedures discussed below could be relevant for your condition, you should talk to a medical expert before taking any action. The first sign...
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Applying your community engagement skills
Society, Politics & Law

Applying your community engagement skills

...public, especially in a community policing setting. This course brings all of these ideas together in one scenario. We strongly advise that you do not start this course until you have completed the other nine courses, which can be found here: Community engagement and policing. After completing this course, you will be able to: understand the practical tools and ideas in...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Global perspectives on primary education
Education & Development

Global perspectives on primary education

...health, and learning through guided play and exploration (Figure 2). There is much interest globally in Early Childhood Education (ECE) and Early Childhood Development (ECD), because children who experience high quality ECE are more likely to thrive and succeed in primary school. In many countries, education policy increasingly promotes a less formal, more child-centred...
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Level 2: Intermediate 9 hrs
‘Land grab’: an environmental issue?
Nature & Environment

‘Land grab’: an environmental issue?

...public policies and investment in infrastructure...‘Land grab’: an environmental issue?: 3 Senegal and land acquisition/land grab - Natural capital may be defined as those features of the natural environment that people rely on for food, livelihood and quality of life. Natural capital includes arable and grazing land, forests, water, fisheries and minerals. Natural...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Disraeli on Munich
History & The Arts

Disraeli on Munich

...public purposes. Few were completely finished: the sculptor was working at the statues that adorned their fronts; the painter was still touching the external frescoes; and the scaffold of the architect was not in every instance withdrawn. Everywhere was the hum of art and artists. The Byzantine style of many of these buildings was novel to me in its modern adaptation, yet...
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