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D-Day, the Battle of Normandy, and the British Military Nursing Services
Health, Sports & Psychology

D-Day, the Battle of Normandy, and the British Military Nursing Services

...work. They had the capacity for 350 stretcher cases and 150 walking wounded. Despite rough seas and the number of casualties, most of the wounded arrived back in England within 36 hours. It was here that nurses initially treated the wounded during those first hours after the initial assault with the first casualties receiving treatment at hospitals in the south of...
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If Infinity Wars had peer review instead of script editors
Science, Maths & Technology

If Infinity Wars had peer review instead of script editors

...worked the way scientific journals work. WARNING: CONTAINS SPOILERS...[Infinity Wars pixel art] What if movie scripts were subjected to the same peer-review process as a scientific manuscript? Peer-review for a scientific paper involves a journal editor sending your manuscript to two or three expert reviewers for feedback. As most scientists are acutely aware, their work...
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Street Science with Jon Chase
Health, Sports & Psychology

Street Science with Jon Chase

...working. Student It is. Student Oh my god. Student Yeah that’s how it was meant… Student You can’t do it without breaking though. Jon Chase Yeah. You can’t do it without breaking. How would you do it without breaking it? You need to lubricate it with the water, because what happens is yeah because the outside of it will slide better into the bottle. Student Oh...
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5 quick tips to boost your wellbeing
Education & Development

5 quick tips to boost your wellbeing

...worked for me and many others I've recommended them to. Plus, they link together, offering even more wellbeing benefits! Each suggestion is flexible, so I encourage you to experiment, tweak, and find the best version that suits you. So, onto my first top tip. 1 - Create an airlock [woman on a beach with arms stretched out signifying 'freedom' in front of a sunset] We all...
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Brains, bots and better learning? What OU students really think about generative AI
Education & Development

Brains, bots and better learning? What OU students really think about generative AI

...work on your assignment. So what's the next step for students with generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools easily at hand? James Roy takes a look...For many Open University students, that moment arrives after a busy day at work, caring responsibilities, family commitments or community activities. Unlike the stereotypical full-time campus student, OU learners...
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The Labour Party purges
Society, Politics & Law

The Labour Party purges

...social movements who joined Labour, enthused by the Corbyn campaign, and had every intention of remaining in the Party. The reasoning behind these new rejections looks, at least at first sight, murky. Hattie Craig is a recent graduate from the University of Birmingham, and a relatively prominent activist the National Campaign Against Fees and Cuts – the biggest...
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A brief history of sex education
Health, Sports & Psychology

A brief history of sex education

...social changes of the 1960s and ‘70s. Biology textbooks started to provide fuller accounts of the human reproductive systems, while methods of contraception began to be taught more widely. The emphasis was mostly on the provision of accurate information, and aims of sex education programmes included a decrease in ignorance, guilt, embarrassment and anxiety. Issues to do...
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Women have heart attacks too - but why do they often go misdiagnosed?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Women have heart attacks too - but why do they often go misdiagnosed?

...socially defined roles, behaviours and expectations. We are only now starting to understand sex-and-gender-based differences in women with cardiovascular disease, as for many years women were not included in clinical trials. Risk factors for heart disease, as well as the way it manifests itself, can be different between men and women. Risk factors common to both sexes...
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