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Machine translation in language learning and teaching
Languages

Machine translation in language learning and teaching

...researchers found that machines could translate repetitive texts using pre-translated sentences, a method called example-based translation. This approach had its first success translating weather forecasts between English and French in Canada, revitalising interest and funding in the 1980s. By the 90s, the proliferation of texts on the world wide web and the computational...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
The civil engineer's fear of the penalty shoot-out: Predicting the World Cup
Science, Maths & Technology

The civil engineer's fear of the penalty shoot-out: Predicting the World Cup

...research has shown that it is often vital to making decisions. Nobel laureate Daniel Kahneman and psychologist Gary Klein suggest that intuitive expertise can only develop in environments in which there are stable relationships between identifiable cues and events. Cues in football could be relative team rankings and events could be wins or losses. Cues in civil...
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Club, Country, Continent: Juggling fan identities at Euro 2020
Health, Sports & Psychology

Club, Country, Continent: Juggling fan identities at Euro 2020

...research provide examples of dual identities: Flag — St Georges cross with Sunderland badge. Clothes — I have a polo shirt with both Sunderland and England badges on it. I have a ten-by-five-foot St George cross with ‘COLCHESTER UNITED’ across the middle that I take to games. St Georges Cross Flag showing Foxham — where I live — and Swindon Town — my team....
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Explainer: how hostile is space?
Science, Maths & Technology

Explainer: how hostile is space?

...Researcher in Electronic Imaging at The Open University, explains more...Space may seem calm, but it is a more hostile environment than that on Earth. Invisible radiation is a big problem for space enthusiasts and scientific instruments. Substituting electronic devices to do human tasks reduces risk, but it doesn’t eliminate all risk. Every active device in space is...
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The future of emojis
Languages

The future of emojis

...research at Emojipedia, emojis have never been more popular on social media than they are today, even though certain emojis appear to have passed the peak of their popularity (😂 Face with Tears of Joy, specifically). PS: Yes, it’s worth thinking of emojis as specifically being a form of writing. They’re digital writing, but with antecedents in handwriting and...
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Iron from the sky: Meteors, meteorites and ancient culture
Science, Maths & Technology

Iron from the sky: Meteors, meteorites and ancient culture

...Research Associate in the Faculty of Science, explains more about ‘iron from the sky’...[Stone statue of the Pharaohs in Giza ] The relationship between meteorites and ancient Egyptian culture may not be immediately obvious, but for many years, Egyptologists speculated on the use of meteorites as an ancient source of iron. No Egyptian archaeological evidence exists of...
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In deep, stormy waters: Scotland, the UK and the politics of fishing
Nature & Environment

In deep, stormy waters: Scotland, the UK and the politics of fishing

...research with this article. Sources Parker, G. and Brunsden, J. (2020) ‘UK fishing industry caught between rock and hard place on trade talks’, Financial Times, December 1, 2020: https://www-ft-com.libezproxy.open.ac.uk/content/4f224474-4604-431a-9752-0e5cf00c67bd ‘SNP minister Michael Russell rules out using force in Scottish fishing waters if no-deal Brexit’:...
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How can governments ensure their cybersecurity is strong?
Digital & Computing

How can governments ensure their cybersecurity is strong?

...researchers, and information technology professionals. But more so than the good press and accolades, the importance of the CDRP, and the broader Cyber Disruption Response process that it is part of, are indicative of some of the reasons that Michigan’s approach to cyber security seems more mature than some other states and localities. Michigan has been engaging in a...
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