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The first geological map of the UK
History & The Arts

The first geological map of the UK

...research and continually made new discoveries, adapting and amending each new edition as he went along. Each individual map took seven or eight days to be coloured. McNamara said: “Smith suffered many deprivations in his life. He became a bankrupt and ended up in debtor's prison for a while. Perhaps, almost as galling, he was largely ignored by the geological...
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Economic incentives for countries to decarbonise
Money & Business

Economic incentives for countries to decarbonise

...research (Mercure et al., 2021), led by Exeter University and involving myself and other Open University academics, suggests that this climate policy ‘game’ is beginning to look outdated. OK, so what’s changed? We identified three factors: Our understanding of the economic impacts of climate policy is developing. The traditional modelling approach, still widely...
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How can I cope with exam stress
Education & Development

How can I cope with exam stress

...research has shown that this is essential to your health and well-being. And it will also help you to feel more balanced and calm during those exams and in the run up to results day. This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article. This resource is part of the 'Wellbeing and Mental Health Collection' created by the Open University in...
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Hitching a ride on an asteroid to travel back to the birth of the Solar System
Science, Maths & Technology

Hitching a ride on an asteroid to travel back to the birth of the Solar System

...research facilities that minimise their exposure to the terrestrial atmosphere. But going into space is expensive, and technically challenging. The OSIRIS-REx and Hayabusa missions are some of the first to attempt returning rocky samples to Earth since humans went to the Moon some fifty years ago. Meteorites often come from asteroids, but they can also come from planets...
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Why do we keep running?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why do we keep running?

...research, but loosely defined, “sport” has been recorded since the beginning of documented history (The Epic of Gilgamesh from 3,500 years ago recounts scenes of wrestling and hunting) and it has been a regular mainstay of literature since then. But, exercise, as we might recognise it, being movement for the purposes of maintaining physical health, only becomes common...
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How do microplastics make their way into our food?
Nature & Environment

How do microplastics make their way into our food?

...be the largest global reservoir of microplastics The use of sewage sludge in agriculture in the UK is regulated by the Sludge (Use in Agriculture) Regulations 1989 https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/1263/made Listen to this BBC Inside Science episode discussing the new research trying to find the sources of the microplastics that are accumulating in UK riverbed...
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Dealing with feedback when you are neurodivergent
Education & Development

Dealing with feedback when you are neurodivergent

...research with colleagues to better understand their experiences. While neurodivergent people are all slightly different, this quote really resonated with what students often tell me: ‘I’m finding feedback really difficult because it just feels like I’m getting things wrong. And I take that to heart, and I know that’s not what they meant, they’re there to try and...
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Bumblebees
Nature & Environment

Bumblebees

...Research labs . Although these results haven't yet been published, quite a bit of experience has been built up in providing artificial nests and we give you three suggestions here. For the solitary mason bee You need hollow bamboo or buddleia stems, all cut to the same length, and an old tin (a coffee tin would be perfect). The hollow stems are pushed into clay in the...
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