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Exploring the icy moons
Science, Maths & Technology

Exploring the icy moons

...liquid water in the ice itself, which a lot of people think is possible. And finally, what’s the next step for your research? What would you like to be doing in ten years’ time? In ten years’ time, Clipper and JUICE will be active and collecting data, and I would love to be involved in that effort. In terms of science, I think by then we’ll hopefully have a...
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Article 10 mins
Film as a Historical Source
Health, Sports & Psychology

Film as a Historical Source

...liquidated. What does the source reveal in unintentional testimony? Here we are again engaged in interpreting the views and values of the creator of the source and, possibly, those of the subjects. In our example the fact that women in the coal industry were such curiosities that photographers sought them out as subjects and customers purchased the images, says something...
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Article 15 mins
Climate change and renewable energy
Nature & Environment

Climate change and renewable energy

...liquid, solid or gaseous form that are no longer needed or are harmful. * fertiliser Any material used by humans as a source of plant nutrients. * fossil fuel Buried fuels derived from past living plant and animal materials that have been modified and buried by geological processes, for example coal, oil or gas. The burning of fossil fuels causes carbon dioxide emissions...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Janis Joplin and the Sexual Revolution
History & The Arts

Janis Joplin and the Sexual Revolution

...sang about love, sex, and relationships from positions of power and control, while the aggressive sound of the music, produced by amplified electric guitars, affirmed a dominating masculine sexuality. Women’s position within rock music has been particularly fraught and they were generally pushed into marginal or hidden spaces...Janis Joplin and the Sexual Revolution:...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
The making of Industrial Britain: A gradual revolution?
History & The Arts

The making of Industrial Britain: A gradual revolution?

...solid and rational marks of increasing prosperity”. Survivals of a gradualist perspective Between the 1780s and the 1840s, a different perception of industrial history emerged, highlighting the sudden rise of the cotton mills and the adoption of Watt’s steam engine. This was the beginning of the idea of an “Industrial Revolution” dating from the late eighteenth...
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Article 10 mins
Organisations and the financial system
Money & Business

Organisations and the financial system

...liquidity. The components of working capital can be ‘managed’ for financing purposes. There are two main ways of managing working capital to provide funds for the business: Depending on the specific type and condition of the products, reducing inventory levels (that is, selling the accumulated stocks) can provide short-term funding. However, a business should be aware...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Fast Reactors and Thorium
Science, Maths & Technology

Fast Reactors and Thorium

...liquid sodium, inert gases and lead (or lead alloys). Fast reactors have been investigated throughout the whole history of commercial nuclear electricity generation. Indeed the world’s first reactor was a small 25 kW (thermal power) research reactor, which was built in 1946 at Los Alamos in New Mexico USA and named ‘Clementine’. Despite their long history, fast...
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Article 10 mins
OU Carbon Calculator FAQs
Nature & Environment

OU Carbon Calculator FAQs

...solid walls? Has a cavity wall been filled? For details go to http://www.energysavingtrust.org.uk/cavity-wall-insulation Is your electricity from a 100% renewable electricity supplier? Some electricity companies offer genuine 100% renewable electricity, meaning that the amount of power they buy to match what they supply to customers from the grid comes from direct...
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Article 5 mins