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Winchcombe Meteorite: Insights from the First Scientist on the Scene
Science, Maths & Technology

Winchcombe Meteorite: Insights from the First Scientist on the Scene

...study but The Open University scientists are already hard at work. Richard: “The analysis campaign at The Open University is now in full swing. In addition to oxygen isotope analysis, we will also be measuring the carbon and nitrogen isotopic composition of these very important extraterrestrial samples. The arrival of the Winchcombe meteorite is a big bonus for UK...
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Article 10 mins
Methods in Motion: Developing psychosocially informed self-help on gender
Health, Sports & Psychology

Methods in Motion: Developing psychosocially informed self-help on gender

...studies, I’ve been focusing on non-binary communities. In the book we weave together feminist psychology and neuroscience, trans and queer scholarship, intersectional thinking, and gender-affirmative psychotherapy; we introduce these ideas simply and clearly, and develop activities to enable readers to apply them to their own lives. The key methods that we employ to do...
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Article 10 mins
Golden Globe Ocean Race: Monsoon and its role on regulating global climate in the past
Nature & Environment

Golden Globe Ocean Race: Monsoon and its role on regulating global climate in the past

...record of global warmth could help us understand how monsoon rainfall responded in the past with variable climatic conditions. A recent study has shown that the Indian Summer Monsoon acts as a gatekeeper for the movement of heat and moisture originating from the southern hemisphere during the abrupt climate transition. You can find out more in the article below....
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Article 15 mins
Methods in Motion: The middle children
Languages

Methods in Motion: The middle children

...study Child Language Brokering: Spaces of Belonging and Mediators of Cultural Knowledge (funded by the AHRC under the Translating Cultures Innovation Pathway). In conjunction with more traditional social science methods, it aimed to provide new understandings of how cultural knowledge and identity are mediated through child language brokering and to explore whether young...
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Calculating your carbon footprint
Nature & Environment

Calculating your carbon footprint

...lifestyle and technical changes, but because their choices send signals to government and industry, as do political actions such as campaigning and voting on environmental issues. Study a free course This resource is part of the Supporting hybrid working and digital transformation collection, made possible by the Higher Educational Funding Council for Wales. [HEFCW logo]...
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Is New Day a false dawn for the print industry?
History & The Arts

Is New Day a false dawn for the print industry?

...study the cold hard economics. And yet… and yet… There are, in the bean-counting, cost-cutting, eye-on-the-bottom-line world of modern media economics, still a few factors which give one pause for thought. One is that the new paper, at 50p (25p to start with) will be cheap – so will potentially appeal to the Lidl-obsessed middle classes as much as the cash-strapped...
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How can digital books support children’s learning?
Education & Development

How can digital books support children’s learning?

...study where researchers analysed best-selling children’s e-books sold for the 0–8-year-olds age range in Hungary, Turkey, Greece and the Netherlands, a quality criterion was also whether the e-book was available in the local language. To ensure that e-books are developed with more research-based quality features, we need a close collaboration between researchers and...
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I run mock trials to research the legal system. The bias shown in Channel 4’s The Jury: Murder Trial is a very real problem
Society, Politics & Law

I run mock trials to research the legal system. The bias shown in Channel 4’s The Jury: Murder Trial is a very real problem

...study in New Zealand found that in a post-trial interview, real jurors who sat on sexual assault trials commonly mentioned rape myths in their discussions, suggesting that rape myths may inform story construction and verdicts. Jury bias: what can be done There are several potential alternatives, such as judge-only trials, or a mixed jury with legal professionals and...
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