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How is a scorpion going to help fight brain cancers?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How is a scorpion going to help fight brain cancers?

...introduction of ether as an anaesthetic eliminated the pain. Such was its impact that the next hundred years became known as ‘the century of the surgeon’. Yet, even in the 21st century, a neurosurgeon removing a tumour still relies largely on just his eyes and touch to guide him. The differences between cancerous and normal cells are often so minimal that they are...
Cloning
Nature & Environment

Cloning

...Introduction T. A. Brown (Nelson Thornes, 1995), ISBN: 0748740708 Gene Cloning and DNA Analysis T. A. Brown (Blackwell Science (UK), 2001), ISBN: 063205901X The Human Cloning Debate 2nd Edition Glenn McGee (Berkeley Hills Books, 2000), ISBN: 1893163121 The Ethics of Human Cloning Leon Kass, Leon R. Kass and James Q. Wilson (American Enterprise Institute Press), ISBN:...
Article 30 mins
Harry Marshall - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Harry Marshall - Earth in Vision

...introduction or the preservation of the world’s largest venomous snake would go down? And it’s a testament, both to Romulus and to the people of India, that India has some of its natural history left and they are prepared to put up with leopards and tigers and elephants and king cobras, which do occasionally kill people. But I think that that is the corollary,...
What are waves?
Science, Maths & Technology

What are waves?

...Introduction - When thinking about waves you may first think of ocean waves. These are a great example of a wave as they are regular, repeating movements of water and a wave may be defined as a periodic, or regularly repeating, disturbance that transports energy from one place to another. In this short course you will discover the difference between transverse and...
Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
History of reading tutorial 3: Famous writers and their reading - Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Vernon Lee
History & The Arts

History of reading tutorial 3: Famous writers and their reading - Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Vernon Lee

...Introduction - The purpose of this course is to demonstrate how the UK Reading Experience Database (RED) can be used in a study of the reading habits of a writer, and how this information can be used in a literary study of that writer’s own writing. To this end we will be focussing on the reading experiences of Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Vernon Lee. This course...
Diversity in religion: Islam
History & The Arts

Diversity in religion: Islam

...Introduction - Religions are internally diverse; they encompass all aspects of human culture and behaviour; they are dynamic and changing. Harvard University professor, Diane Moore, has emphasised that we need to be aware of these three qualities in order to help us to understand religion (Religion and Public Life, 2022). There is a consensus in Islamic legal scholarship...
Level 1: Introductory 1 hr
Recovery strategies in sport and exercise
Health, Sports & Psychology

Recovery strategies in sport and exercise

...Introduction - Recovery should be an important part of every sport and exercise participant’s training programme. All participants need to rest and recover after an intensive training session, but have you considered why this period of recovery is so important? The obvious answer to this is so that the individual is ready to take on their next training session and train...
Creating open educational resources
Education & Development

Creating open educational resources

...Introduction - This course introduces you to the concepts of: open educational resources (OERs) issues involved in the creation, use and re-use, and pedagogy of OERs a range of tools and media to support you in developing your own teaching and learning practices. It will provide you with the skills and confidence to engage in further OER work as both creator and user....