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The gut microbiome: balancing the body
Science, Maths & Technology

The gut microbiome: balancing the body

...le Paslier, D., Yamada, T., Mende, D.R., Fernandes, G.R., Tap, J., et al. (2011) ‘Enterotypes of the human gut microbiome’, Nature, 473, pp. 174–180. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1038/nature09944 Aune, D., Chan, D.S.M., Lau, R., Vieira, R., Greenwood, D.C., Kampman, E. and Norat, T. (2011) ‘Dietary fibre, whole grains, and risk of colorectal cancer: systematic...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Introduction to complex analysis
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to complex analysis

...le Rond d’Alembert (1717–1783), who is perhaps best remembered for his work in classical mechanics. Indeed, the Cauchy–Riemann equations were written down by d’Alembert in an essay on fluid dynamics in 1752 to describe the velocity components of a two-dimensional irrotational fluid flow. [Described image] Jean le Rond d’Alembert (1717–1783) The...
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Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs
The search for water on Mars
Science, Maths & Technology

The search for water on Mars

...les Glaces et l’Activité) instrument, which can detect minerals on the martian surface. Clay minerals and hydrated sulfates, which can only form in the presence of water, were found at Terra Meridiani, Mawrth Vallis, Nili Fossae, Aram Chaos, and Valles Marineris - as well as in isolated locations in the martian Highlands. Combining relative age information obtained...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
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Money & Business

Exploring career mentoring and coaching

...verb, but I'm using it as one. We're trying to get the silver lining around it. So, I had a miscarriage. Oh. At least you know you can get pregnant. I think my marriage is falling apart. At least you have a marriage. [LAUGHTER] John's getting kicked out of school. At least Sarah is an A student. But one of the things we do sometimes in the face of very difficult...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Economics explains discrimination in the labour market
Society, Politics & Law

Economics explains discrimination in the labour market

...LES Employment Gazette According to the annual General Household Survey, the labour market position of blacks deteriorated relative to that of whites between the 1970s and 1980s. The difference between the black and white wage rose from 7.3 to 12.1 per cent while the difference between unemployment rates rose from 2.6 to 10.9 percentage points. And things have got worse...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Understanding science: what we cannot know Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Understanding science: what we cannot know

...verb ‘ignore’ derives from the Latin verb). Hilbert strongly believed that there’s nothing in mathematics that we cannot ever know. He still held this view in 1930, giving a talk in the Prussian city of Königsberg where he said: The true reason why [no one] has succeeded in finding an unsolvable problem is, in my opinion, that there is no unsolvable problem. (Reid,...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Pluralism in Economics: inequalities, innovation, environment
Society, Politics & Law

Pluralism in Economics: inequalities, innovation, environment

...verb to search on the web. As Google acquired all of this knowledge, intellectual monopoly capital tells us that it can use this knowledge to increase their market power, leading them to increase rents on their web spaces, particularly for advertising. Hence, Google can increase its profits via search engines because it can control part of its supply chain, especially...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Women transforming classical music
History & The Arts

Women transforming classical music

...Le Monde that: ‘France possesses in Jeanne Leleu its most talented female composer’ (cited in Hamer, 2018, p. 83). Although not often performed today, Leleu was a highly regarded composer during the earlier twentieth century. She won France’s famous composition competition, the Prix de Rome in 1923, pursued a successful career as both a composer and a pianist, and...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs