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Learn 40 hand signals used by the Aboriginal people of the Western Australian Desert
Languages

Learn 40 hand signals used by the Aboriginal people of the Western Australian Desert

...out a life in this sparsely populated region, the vast distances of Australia's second largest desert can also prove to be challenging for those wanting to communicate with neighbors. Hand signs have traditionally served as a way of communicating for the Aboriginal peoples who have been on this land for centuries, long before the arrival of mobile and digital...
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When should you use a stacked area chart?
Science, Maths & Technology

When should you use a stacked area chart?

...out dominating the market, but Blue expanded rapidly and took over. But here’s the harder question: How did Green do over this period? To the unwary, it looks like Green lost a bit of market share. Not nearly as much as Orange, of course, but the green swath certainly gets thinner as we move to the right end of the chart. Here’s the data on which the chart is based....
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How do fire controls harm biodiversity?
Nature & Environment

How do fire controls harm biodiversity?

...this sort of vegetation,” he points out. Lucíola Lannes, also a biologist, at the engineering faculty of São Paulo State University in Brazil, says: “the work shows that carbon dioxide mitigation policies that favour fire suppressions cannot be a priority conservation policy in El Cerrado”. This article was originally published by SciDevNet under a CC-BY licence...
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Open Pathways
Education & Development

Open Pathways

...out getting back into learning...[Image of Open Pathways guide showing someone on their phone drinking coffee in a café. ] Click on the image above to view PDF Open Pathways can get you started on your learning journey, helping you navigate your way through OpenLearn to find something that interests you, while building your confidence learning online. Where your journey...
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How lenses and mirrors work
Health, Sports & Psychology

How lenses and mirrors work

...out as if emanating from the focal point situated at a distance of one focal length from the centre of the lens or mirror concerned. [Examples of mirrors and lenses] (a) A convex lens will cause parallel rays of light to converge to the focal point. (b) A concave mirror will cause parallel rays of light to converge to the focal point. (c) A concave lens will cause...
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Britain's Billion Year Journey
Science, Maths & Technology

Britain's Billion Year Journey

...out more about The Open University's Science courses and qualifications Rodinia - the first supercontinent Between one billion and 620 million years ago, the continental crust that would one day be known as Britain formed tiny parts of a giant supercontinent called Rodinia (approximately 500 million years before the formation of Pangaea, a later supercontinent). All of...
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OpenMinds Talk: Performing Online Live Experiments 24/7: “An Internet of Laboratory Things”
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OpenMinds Talk: Performing Online Live Experiments 24/7: “An Internet of Laboratory Things”

...you would like to attend, please register here . If you are unable to join us on campus perhaps you will be able to join the livestream broadcast from the lecture theatre. Please connect to our Facebook Event page for further information on the event, updates and links on the night. Explore more... Visit the OpenStem Labs Find out about studying with The Open University...
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Darwin in the land of pumas
History & The Arts

Darwin in the land of pumas

...out to be a party of Bernantio's friendly tribe, going to a salina for salt. The Indians eat much salt, their children sucking it like sugar. This habit is very different from that of the Spanish Gauchos, who, leading the same kind of life, eat scarcely any; according to Mungo Park, it is people who live on vegetable food who have an unconquerable desire for salt. The...
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