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Studying mammals: The opportunists
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: The opportunists

...research, combining precise measurements with the approximations and simplifications that are inevitably part of any branch of biological science. You've encountered different types of diagram in Section 2. Inevitably they are simplifications of the real thing - and they leave out details and assumed irrelevancies. Sometimes diagrams try to capture the essential features...
Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Meiosis and mitosis
Science, Maths & Technology

Meiosis and mitosis

...research. We can also study the inheritance of characters at the level of the genotype. In this section we will jump between these two levels, and in so doing we shall be jumping from the fundamental work of 19th century biologists, who could only trace phenotypes, to that of present-day geneticists, who work at the level of the gene...Meiosis and mitosis: 3.1 Inheritance...
Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Introduction to quantum computing
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to quantum computing

...researchers and companies are working to make quantum computers a reality. By the end of this course, you will have a grasp of quantum computing fundamentals, its computational advantages, and the technological advancements shaping its future. This OpenLearn course is an adapted extract from the Open University course SM380 Quantum physics: fundamentals and
Everyday maths 1
Science, Maths & Technology

Everyday maths 1

...research, to much more technical methods. In fact, collecting data on the internet has become big business. And the news is often full of data breaches, getting companies into trouble. If you’re going into business yourself, it could be very useful to understand data so you can research who to sell to and put your understanding of handling data to good use. ...Session...
Free course 48 hrs
The law-making process in England and Wales
Society, Politics & Law

The law-making process in England and Wales

...research and critical thinking skills by introducing you to different forms of legislation. The activities included in this course provide you with an opportunity to locate an Act of Parliament and consider the layout (structure) of a statute. You will consider how legislation controls certain types of behaviour or social interaction in society, such as excluding certain...
Herodotus and the invention of history
History & The Arts

Herodotus and the invention of history

...Research Fellow at Clare College, University of Cambridge). For the Radio4 show Great Lives presented by Matthew Parris, writer Justin Marozzi argues for his choice of Herodotus, with Professor Edith Hall as an expert witness. In an episode of the joint BBC/British Museum production A History of the World in 100 Objects, former British Museum director Neil MacGregor...
Geological processes in the British Isles
Science, Maths & Technology

Geological processes in the British Isles

...research on how long it takes for a passive margin to switch to an active, destructive margin suggests that this can be as little as ~10 million years. Therefore, a complete cycle of ocean-basin formation, opening and closure should take approximately 400–500 million years (i.e. ~200 million years to open + ~10 million years for the switch from a passive continental to...
Life in the Palaeozoic
Nature & Environment

Life in the Palaeozoic

...research shows that minor glaciations continued into the early Silurian, but after a while the oceans became warmer again and sea levels rose. It took several million years for marine life to recover. At first, stromatolites were relatively common, apparently because the organisms that normally suppressed them had suffered severely, but by mid Silurian times, vast coral...
Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs