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One Lump or Two? Understanding the Place of Sugar - Part One
Society, Politics & Law

One Lump or Two? Understanding the Place of Sugar - Part One

...Goldstein's huge book, The Oxford Companion to Sugar and Sweets (2015). Current students may want to look at DTS206's block on food, affluent diets and their effects on the environment. Steve Pile is Professor of Human Geography. He is currently writing about electricity for the new Environment and Society module, D213, which you will be able to study from 2018 onwards....
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Human impacts on the lives of animals
Nature & Environment

Human impacts on the lives of animals

...study has shown that the average size of bighorn sheep horns is 25% smaller than it was 30 years ago. As well as causing an evolutionary change in horn size, selective hunting may have affected bighorn sheep in another way. Females prefer to mate with those males that have the largest horns; because large horns require a great deal of resources to produce, only those...
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Messaging apps – paying attention and timing it right
Languages

Messaging apps – paying attention and timing it right

...studying, solving problems – much of which involves engaging others in completing a goal. I call this task attending, and it means the rhythms of often simultaneous mobile conversations are set by the demands of the offline task. Debbie, for example, sets herself the weekend task of sorting out her energy bills, and her request for advice and information leads to...
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One refugee's story: A long, risky journey
Society, Politics & Law

One refugee's story: A long, risky journey

...studying English and German. “I like my [refugee] camp because I stay relax,” he says. “I want to forget everything in Egypt, every problem in Syria, every problem in the boat.” For Orfahli, now, it's all about building a new life in the place he now calls home. This article was originally published by Global Voices Online under a CC-BY licence. You can hear a...
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Roman cookery
History & The Arts

Roman cookery

...Cookbook Andrew Dalby and Sally Grainger, British Museum Press The Roman EmpireC Wells, Fontana History of the Ancient World The Roman World 44BC-AD180M Goodman, Routledge History of the Ancient World Roman Civilization: Selected Readings Volume II The Empire N Lewis, M Reinhold, Columbia University Press Find out more about studying history with the Open University....
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Titty or Tatty: What's in a name?
Languages

Titty or Tatty: What's in a name?

...study of American English editions of British English novels, Linda Pilliere (2010) finds that the removal of various aspects linked to characters’ individual voices, and deemed to be too difficult for readers, inevitably produce a much blander reading experience. Admittedly, unlike with a book where a well-placed footnote or preface might provide additional context, a...
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When do children develop a sense of gender?
Education & Development

When do children develop a sense of gender?

...study, psychologist Sandra Bem showed preschool-aged children three photographs of a male and female toddler. In the first photo, the toddler was naked; in the second the toddler was dressed in gender-typical clothing (e.g., a dress and pigtails for the girl, a collared shirt and holding a football for the boy); in the third photo, the toddler was dressed in stereotypical...
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Explore Moon rocks collected from the first Moon landing
Science, Maths & Technology

Explore Moon rocks collected from the first Moon landing

...study minerals that do not allow light to pass through, such as ilmenite and sulphides in lunar samples). Hot spots [Hot spot 1] Click on a hot spot, like the one illustrated to see two circular views, one in PPL and the other in XPL. The views can be rotated by clicking on either image and dragging in a circular movement. The ability to rotate a thin section of Moon...
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