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The Hunt: a natural history series that challenges us to side with the predators
Nature & Environment

The Hunt: a natural history series that challenges us to side with the predators

...centre of the image which is framed by dark green, waxy leaves that make the spider look as if it's in a circle in the middle of the picture. The spider has two big black eyes in the middle of its head and two pairs of smaller eyes vertically toward the side of its head, each framed by an orange ring. It's body looks like it has coarse beige hair on it and the legs are...
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Raymond Williams and Leonardo Sciascia: Intellectuals At the Margins
Society, Politics & Law

Raymond Williams and Leonardo Sciascia: Intellectuals At the Margins

...centres of power. Their work brought them global reputations but the starting points, the essence of their writing to which they always returned, was life experience drawn from the margins and across the borders of different worlds. Their work brought them global reputations but the starting points, the essence of their writing to which they always returned, was life...
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Margaret Hamilton: Spaceship Programmer and Software Pioneer
Science, Maths & Technology

Margaret Hamilton: Spaceship Programmer and Software Pioneer

...evolve.” (Hamilton 2004). References Lincoln Lab, MIT: https://www.ll.mit.edu/ Lorenz Centre, MIT: http://lorenz.mit.edu/ Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, MIT: https://www.draper.com/ Cameron, Lori (2018) What to Know About the Scientist Who Invented the Term “Software Engineering” . IEEE Computer Society. Ref: https://www.computer....
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Exercising at 50
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exercising at 50

...Centre. Kohrt, W. M., Bloomfield, S. A., Little, K. D., Nelson, M. E., and Yingling, V. R. (2004). Physical activity and bone health, Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, vol. 36, no. 11, pp. 1985-1996. Penn, S. (2016) ‘Postural and core training’, in Hough, P. & Penn, S. (eds) Advanced personal training: Science to practice, Abingdon, Oxon, Routledge, pp....
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Planetary Protection of Mars
Science, Maths & Technology

Planetary Protection of Mars

...centre of a relatively empty room. Four people dressed in blue all-in-one suits, hoods, masks, goggles and gloves are looking at the spacecraft. Special Regions on Mars Category IVc missions are a special case because they are likely to visit Special Regions on Mars. These have been defined as areas where terrestrial organisms carried by a spacecraft might be able to...
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Could a progressive alliance remake UK politics?
Society, Politics & Law

Could a progressive alliance remake UK politics?

...centre of political life. Bravery To make all of this happen, however, a further ingredient is necessary – and that’s bravery. This may sound gallant and overblown, but far from it. To call for some of the things above is to go against the political advice from strategists that has held sway for at least the past 40 years. All of the above have consistently been sold...
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How to read a rock
Science, Maths & Technology

How to read a rock

...centre of a zircon crystal, in the form of its chemical characteristics. The zircon will find itself in the now molten rock and will continue to grow outwards, like how tree-rings grow over time. The melt will change its chemical characteristics through time, and therefore so will the zircon crystal, growing continuous concentric ‘zones’ of progressively different...
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The impact of supporting Ukrainians with free resources on OpenLearn
Education & Development

The impact of supporting Ukrainians with free resources on OpenLearn

...researched and evaluated to investigate the motivations of non-formal learners, and the desired outcomes of specific demographic groups to improve commissioning and platform development (Law, 2023; Law et al., 2013; Perryman et al., 2013). All OpenLearn courses carry free certificates, with over 80 of them issuing free digital badges for the passing of assessments. This...
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