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How can you turn desert into farmland?
Nature & Environment

How can you turn desert into farmland?

...become a lead exporter in China’s large apple industry and is China’s largest regional exporter of apple juice. Though much of the restoration work in the Loess Plateau has been successful, some concerns remain. For example, Kathleen Buckingham of the World Resources Institute has raised the issues that the speed and scale of the project was possible only with low...
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Article 20 mins
Living without oil
Science, Maths & Technology

Living without oil

...becomes 92.3 × 109, which is written in formal scientific notation as 9.23 × 1010.) The UK population in 2010 was approximately 62 million. Express the UK population in scientific notation. 6.2 × 107 people (one million = 1 000 000 = 1 × 106) Setting out your calculation using scientific notation, calculate the number of litres of oil consumed on average by each UK...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
The GOP tries to focus: A guide to the third debate
Society, Politics & Law

The GOP tries to focus: A guide to the third debate

...student debt and the expansion of online courses and better links between high school, two-year, and four-year colleges to bring down the cost of higher education. These Republicans and their Democratic counterparts recognize they have to focus on the issues holding back working families from realizing their dreams. Senator Rubio said it most clearly: if we don’t...
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Article 5 mins
Do fictional characters shift perceptions of transgender people?
History & The Arts

Do fictional characters shift perceptions of transgender people?

...students and Trump’s July 26 Twitter pronouncement that the U.S. military will no longer allow transgender service members – some have questioned whether this visibility has actually meant greater acceptance of trans people. Studies have shown that entertainment has the power to shape attitudes on health and social issues, from organ donation to the death penalty. But...
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A polyglot life
Languages

A polyglot life

...student, on my degree also shared my strong passion for languages, and we hit it off immediately. At last, I had real people I could talk to about the subject I loved most: learning multiple languages. For my studies and with jobs following that time, I started travelling around to different places. Meanwhile, the Internet was a place that changed, evolved and grew during...
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Article 5 mins
Birth of the Welfare State
History & The Arts

Birth of the Welfare State

...Student, male, 22, Enfield) "A lot of blah" is the most frequent remark from the women in the factory. "Don't believe a word of it; we're 'eard these promises before". (Stores Keeper, female, 57, Winchcombe) 'I think it is direct encouragement to the lower type of humanity to breed like rabbits' (Temporary civil servant, female, 38) Further reading Social Insurance and...
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Article 10 mins
Can we overcome cyber-fatigue to secure ourselves online?
Digital & Computing

Can we overcome cyber-fatigue to secure ourselves online?

...students. Humans are the weakest link in cybersecurity protection, which means that we must remain skeptical and security-minded whenever we’re online. Courses in the humanities, history and rhetoric assist in developing the critical thinking skills and inquisitive minds needed in the modern workforce and nicely complement any necessary technical skills. Such lessons...
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Eating for the environment
Nature & Environment

Eating for the environment

...OU’s main campus) and in Awassa, also referred to as Hawassa, in Ethiopia. According to the Numbeo website (2019), a three-course meal in a mid-range restaurant in central Milton Keynes can cost about £20 per person. In Awassa it is approximately £9.50. Similarly, monthly rent of a one-bedroom, central apartment in Milton Keynes is roughly £825, compared to £125 in...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs