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Noble gases
Science, Maths & Technology

Noble gases

...University Chemistry qualification. Video Text version Here are five of the six noble gases: helium, neon, argon, kypton and xeon. They're all colourless and transparent. Krypton and xeon form compounds only with difficulty. Helium, neon and argon don't form compounds at all. As we descend the group in the periodic table the atomic number and relative atomic mass...
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Video 5 mins
Live long and prosper?
Science, Maths & Technology

Live long and prosper?

...It’s been estimated that around 30 per cent of Sun-like stars may have Earth-like planets in their habitable zones. At the time of writing, astronomers don’t yet know of any Earth-sized, Earth-mass planets in the habitable zones of Sun-like stars, although it may be only a matter of time until some are found. Perhaps we do live in the Star Trek universe after all?...
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Past-Time Lover: Ludwik Lazarus Zamenhof
History & The Arts

Past-Time Lover: Ludwik Lazarus Zamenhof

...universal communication: a language that could transcend national divides and unite people beyond their cultural differences. A language that would not belong to me, or to any nation in particular, but that would belong to anyone who chooses to use it. Who knows, perhaps one day, this could contribute to preventing wars… I called it ‘Lingvo internacia’...
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Sut y gall hydradu’n dda ein helpu i heneiddio’n dda
Health, Sports & Psychology

Sut y gall hydradu’n dda ein helpu i heneiddio’n dda

...The State of Ageing 2022. Ar gael yn: https://ageing-better.org.uk/summary-state-ageing-2022 (Cyrchwyd 1 Ebrill 2025). Dysgwch fwy gydag OpenLearn [Open Talks from The Open University in Wales] Cyfres o fideos yw Sgwrs Agored, lle bydd academyddion y Brifysgol Agored yn rhannu eu profiad a'u hangerdd dros bwnc neu destun o'u dewis. Gwylio ragor o fideos Sgwrs Agored...
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Article 7 mins
Blockchain in Education
Digital & Computing

Blockchain in Education

...universities on online platforms, within communities of like-minded individuals, or by contributing to projects and initiatives in the real-world. Learning is far more international than it used to be: key education players open campuses abroad, while students travel to different countries to improve their employability prospects. In the networked, digitally empowered...
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Care for the elderly
Money & Business

Care for the elderly

...universal priority, the concrete investment in such services is commonly inadequate. Increasingly, it is being asked “can we afford to care for older citizens?” These problems are exacerbated by rising life expectancy and the greater pressure placed on people of non-retirement age to work. The traditional care home is no longer seen as appropriate in light of these...
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Design Essentials: are you sitting comfortably?
Science, Maths & Technology

Design Essentials: are you sitting comfortably?

...University course T217 Design Essentials... Chairs – are you sitting comfortably? What makes a good chair? Theo Zamenopoulos considers the factors that produce good design while sitting in his favourite place. No chair is an island No design is an island, entire in itself, they are all part of an ongoing conversation about what is good design Here Theo Zamenopoulos...
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Video 25 mins
Working with children and families
Health, Sports & Psychology

Working with children and families

...University course K204 Working with children and families... Working with children and families A brief introduction to this album. Families and origin Husband and father Calvin Wilkes discusses his attitudes to family life and living as part of a second-generation immigrant family. Life as a single parent Three different takes on aspects of family life involving divorce...
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