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Stonehenge before the First World War
History & The Arts

Stonehenge before the First World War

...migrating, and passed over at a vast height above the earth. These birds, he said, were so big and had such great wings that if they came down on the flat earth they would be incapable of rising, hence they only alighted on the tops of high mountains, and as there was nothing for them to eat in such places, it being naked rock and ice, they were compelled to subsist on...
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Julian Hector - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Julian Hector - Earth in Vision

...migrated to Britain at about this time of year, in autumn. And we’ve just managed, some years later, to translate that, because of the technological advances, into pictures, we have commissioned, essentially, a World on the Move on television, where we’ll be following the movement of animals around the world, using all sorts of technology. So I could argue in terms of...
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A tour of the cell
Science, Maths & Technology

A tour of the cell

...migrate away from the axis. The rate at which particles settle out (or sediment) depends on their size, shape and density (density is the mass of a given volume of a substance, i.e. density = mass/volume), the density of the liquid, and the rotational speed of centrifugation. Centrifugation at different speeds allows the separation of particles into 'fractions', according...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Understanding language and learning
Languages

Understanding language and learning

...migration, transnational and translingual communication – physical as well as virtual – linguists have begun to question the idea that languages are discrete, essentialised and countable. Such scholars argue that the difference between languages is more political and ideological than empirical. Thus, the reason why mutually intelligible entities such as Swedish,...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
An introduction to geology
Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to geology

...migration’) and into any other permeable and porous rock that’s nearby. The porous and permeable rock which the oil is squeezed into is called the ‘reservoir’ rock. It has to be a rock which has lots of space in between the grains for the oil to be squeezed into, so sandstones are quite good reservoir rocks. [Described image] Figure 3.10 The migration of oil and...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Lottery of birth
Health, Sports & Psychology

Lottery of birth

...migration which many countries have to face. The UN human rights chief also marked the occasion, stating that the 7 billionth child is, by virtue of her or his birth, a permanent holder of rights, with an ‘irrevocable’ claim to freedom. ‘But she or he will also be born into a world where some people, given the chance, will trample on those rights and freedoms in the...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Introducing International Relations
Society, Politics & Law

Introducing International Relations

...migration, making it a broad and dynamic field. Contemporary issues, like those seen in the daily news, frequently reshape the discipline of IR, demonstrating the importance of understanding these global interactions. IR also directly impacts everyday life. For example, international trade influences what we can buy, while international policies affect travel and job...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Sir David Attenborough - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Sir David Attenborough - Earth in Vision

...migrating, everybody knew the stories, that lemmings under certain circumstances, as it were, committed mass suicide by swimming out to sea, and Disney wished to show this but couldn’t get the damn lemmings doing it and so they manufactured it. I mean they sent people up to catch lemmings and then they herded the lemmings into the St. Lawrence River. And then of course...
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