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Falling hard: Why do Americans love pumpkin so much?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Falling hard: Why do Americans love pumpkin so much?

...course, you aren’t going to be ostracised by society if you choose peanut M&Ms over pumpkin spice at the grocery store. But when it comes to any craze – slap bracelets, Beanie Babies, the Macarena, and pumpkin spice – it makes us happy and secure to feel included with the rest of society. Warm and fuzzy nostalgia Dead leaves falling to the ground, early sunsets, and...
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Breaking bad: The science of flatulence
Health, Sports & Psychology

Breaking bad: The science of flatulence

...courses [LePetoman] Joseph Pujol, "Le Petomane", a late 19th Century French music hall artist whose act consisted of musically breaking wind. Is it time for a post about drugs and farting? Of course it's time for a post about drugs and farting. Drugs do many, many things. Some of these we want, others not so much. The latter get called side effects. One of the...
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A new layer: Culture, the Irish language and identity in 2015
OpenLearn Ireland

A new layer: Culture, the Irish language and identity in 2015

...courses, attracts participants from around the world to Southwest Donegal. Liam Ó Cuinneagáin, one of the founders of Oideas Gael, discusses the shift in language usage in the area in a conversation with Cillian Mac Gabhann. When interviewed for this article in 2015, Liam Ó Cuinneagáin wrote: "Bhí an Ghaeilge in gach uile áit thart orm agus mé ag fás aníos sa...
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Darwin explores the Sierra de la Ventana
History & The Arts

Darwin explores the Sierra de la Ventana

...course to the sea, it is quite impassable, and hence makes a most useful barrier against the Indians. [Sierra de la Ventana] Sierra de la Ventana Insignificant as this stream is, the Jesuit Falconer, whose information is generally so very correct, figures it as a considerable river, rising at the foot of the Cordillera. With respect to its source, I do not doubt that this...
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What effects does mercury have on health and the environment?
Science, Maths & Technology

What effects does mercury have on health and the environment?

...to increase even faster). The effects of mercury pollution will be global; because mercury can be dispersed as a vapour it can be deposited anywhere in the world. This article is adapted from course materials produced by The Open University for the course Introducing health sciences: a case study approach. Discover more about Health Sciences with The Open University....
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The challenges of ethical trading - perspective of a retailer
Money & Business

The challenges of ethical trading - perspective of a retailer

...course having conducted an audit and found many noncompliance’s, manifests the problem of how serious the issues are and how to manage the situation going forward. This of course has implications for reputational risk (caused by continued trading) and how to implement a corrective action plan that is suitable. Experience has shown that audits on their own do little to...
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What is biomedicine?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What is biomedicine?

...courses and qualifications [Green antibiotic pills] Adapted from the Open University module K203, Working for Health. Modern western scientific medicine is often called "biomedical" because it explains health in terms of biology. It attaches importance to learning about body structure (anatomy) and systems (physiology), in particular to understanding mechanisms like the...
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Calling the game: Sexism in World Cup punditry
Health, Sports & Psychology

Calling the game: Sexism in World Cup punditry

...course, these aren’t the first incidents of sexism in British football punditry. Women have faced discrimination as they fought for meaningful punditry positions. When the broadcaster Jacqui Oatley became the first female commentator on Match of the Day in 2007, the media’s response was “from Motty to Totty”. What is different this time is that these incidents...
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