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Left behind?
Society, Politics & Law

Left behind?

...intelligence, mental ill health, and even homosexuality. Despite the ten per cent statistic, a recent event reminded me of how left-handedness is still something we struggle to live with. Just look at the latest Apple watch launched in September 2014. After the launch, Apple was inundated with thousands of complaints from left-handed people saying the watch was designed...
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The Z Files: Jon Chase
Science, Maths & Technology

The Z Files: Jon Chase

...intelligence and genetic inheritance, but alien communication how would we know?” Benjamin Zephaniah Let’s just take a young Benjamin Zephaniah, left school at 13, got in trouble with the police, was a bit of a jack the lad, but then found a love for science. Could somebody like me get back on the educational path to learn about science even if I’ve messed up a...
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Autism quiz text
Health, Sports & Psychology

Autism quiz text

...intelligence Is the answer TRUE, FALSE or DEBATABLE? Answer... FALSE While some children and adults on the autism spectrum have mild to severe intellectual impairment, the intellectual functioning of others is within, and in some cases above, the normal range. Children on the autism spectrum often attend mainstream schools. However, they may still have difficulties in...
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Impossible Peace 2: The missing legacy voices
OpenLearn Ireland

Impossible Peace 2: The missing legacy voices

...intelligence - in the loyalist and IRA leaderships? For those who have taken their memory and experiences and truths with them. There is a long, long list that stretches into the churches through to those who offered international help and advice - to the big community voices and into the media, to colleagues of mine who reported on that long journey from then to now. For...
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Latitude and Longitude
History & The Arts

Latitude and Longitude

...artificial stars' are used as reference points to calculate a terrestrial position to within an accuracy of a few metres. In fact, with advanced forms of GPS you can make measurements to within a centimetre! What would Harrison have made of it? Weblinks History of Navigation at Sea Secrets of Ancient Navigation The BBC and the Open University are not responsible for the...
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Merry microbes: how might festive feasting affect your gut microbiota?
Science, Maths & Technology

Merry microbes: how might festive feasting affect your gut microbiota?

...artificially elevated levels of fat, sugar and animal fats and proteins. These foods can create the environments where detrimental bacteria can flourish. In my research I am investigating how different conditions can affect the gut microbe population and whether it is possible to monitor changes in the gut microbiota, by monitoring changes in the gases they release as a...
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Nutritional psychiatry is the future of mental health treatment
Health, Sports & Psychology

Nutritional psychiatry is the future of mental health treatment

...artificial additives and sugar. The link between poor mental health and nutritional deficiencies has long been recognised by nutritionists working in the complementary health sector. However, psychiatrists are only now becoming increasingly aware of the benefits of using dietary approaches to mental health, calling for their peers to support and research this new field of...
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Understanding PCSO powers
Society, Politics & Law

Understanding PCSO powers

...intelligence from the community; they are often the eyes and ears of policing and their presence in the community has become important on a local level as a result of regular police officers’ increasing involvement in other duties. Policing is not just about responding to emergency calls but also about preventing crime from happening. This is especially true of the role...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs