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Timeline: The Metropolitan Police
Society, Politics & Law

Timeline: The Metropolitan Police

Journey back to when The Met began with our interactive timeline and discover the cases and technology that reshaped policing in the UK. ...Viewing this on a tablet or mobile device? For the best experience, view this timeline with the screen facing sideways/landscape on your smart phone or tablet. Find out more about the police and crime Take it further with an OU course
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The obscure history of the ‘virgin’s disease’ that could be cured with sex
History & The Arts

The obscure history of the ‘virgin’s disease’ that could be cured with sex

...open up the body and move the retained blood around. It’s interesting that the idea of a “disease” worked for those who believed in the hymen as a barrier, and for those who didn’t. The latter thought that the problem was a different sort of closure, that of little internal “mouths” that allowed blood from all over the body to get into the womb in the first...
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Bowie as a conduit
History & The Arts

Bowie as a conduit

...opened doors to different music and stranger books. Professor Richard Brown writes about how Bowie influenced his tastes...[David Bowie Street art in Brixton, South London] I first listened to David Bowie aged fourteen in 1981. He was my first foray outside of the puritanical fastnesses of Punk Rock. Punk joyously declared the music of its immediate forebears dated, dead,...
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Life behind a mask
Health, Sports & Psychology

Life behind a mask

...Open University, shares her thoughts...This year has seen the world change in ways we never could have imagined: socially distancing from friends and loved ones, remote working implemented across the UK, washing and sanitising our hands for more than 20 seconds, and now wearing face coverings in supermarkets and shops. One of the most powerful tools in communication is...
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Five smart technologies helping the visually impaired
Society, Politics & Law

Five smart technologies helping the visually impaired

...Open University for BBC Radio 4's sociological discussion programme, Thinking Allowed. Bluetooth Beacons Bluetooth, the technology behind wireless speakers and headphones, has a role to play in navigation for the visually impaired too. Because GPS signals come from satellites, it only works well in open spaces where there is a clear line of sight to the sky. The webs of...
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Multiple Moonlets Maketh Mystery
Science, Maths & Technology

Multiple Moonlets Maketh Mystery

...Open University research student Zoe Morland...The Moon is the most extensively studied planetary body outside of Earth. Despite this, its formation mechanism is still a mystery. Transcript Astronomy & Planetary Science The Formation of the Moon Zoe Morland: Have you wondered how the Moon was made? The Moon is the most extensively studied planetary body outside of Earth....
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Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics – Welcome to the risk takers and the fearless
Health, Sports & Psychology

Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics – Welcome to the risk takers and the fearless

...opening ceremony for the 24th Winter Olympic Games will take place in the iconic Beijing National Stadium, also known as ‘The Birds Nest’. The Games will be opened by President Xi Jinping and will signal Beijing becoming the first city to host both the summer and winter versions of the Olympic Games. The Games will run until 20th February and there will be 109 events...
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Anghydraddoldebau hiliol mewn iechyd: Effaith COVID-19 yng Nghymru a thu hwnt
Health, Sports & Psychology

Anghydraddoldebau hiliol mewn iechyd: Effaith COVID-19 yng Nghymru a thu hwnt

...Open. 2021 Awst 18;11(8):e048335. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34408047/ Karl Murray (2020) The impact of COVID-19 on BAME Community and Voluntary Sector Organisations in Wales: Innovation, Resilience and Sustainability Saltus, R (2020) Holding on to the gains: Understanding the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on BAME groups in Wales Saltus, R (2020) On yearning for the...
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