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The Ancient Olympics: bridging past and present
History & The Arts

The Ancient Olympics: bridging past and present

...Open University by visiting our online prospectus...The Ancient Olympics: Bridging past and present: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: show an awareness of the main similarities and differences between the modern Olympics and the Ancient Greek Games assess the ethical, philosophical and cultural importance of the Olympics to the...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
What chemical compounds might be present in drinking water?
Science, Maths & Technology

What chemical compounds might be present in drinking water?

...Open University course S215 Chemistry: essential concepts...What chemical compounds might be present in drinking water?: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand that in drinking water anions have a beneficial range of concentration above which they may have an adverse effect on either human health or the environment. Toxic...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Basic science: understanding numbers
Science, Maths & Technology

Basic science: understanding numbers

...Open University with a specialist interest in volcanoes. Janet will appear at the start of each week to tip you off about the highlights and challenges, to remind you what you’ve learned and to help you make the most of these four weeks of scientific discovery. JANET SUMNER Hello, and welcome to Basic science: understanding numbers. I'm Janet Sumner from The Open...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Piracy, anonymity & parametric politics: An interview with Ned Rossiter and Soenke Zehle
History & The Arts

Piracy, anonymity & parametric politics: An interview with Ned Rossiter and Soenke Zehle

...opens Daniel Heller-Roazen’s genealogy of the ‘enemy of humanity’ also echoes Schmitt’s attempt to deduce the political from non-subjective, nonanthropological categories. While anonymity is most often understood in terms of a refusal of the principle of identity, it acquires additional meaning in the shift from causation to correlation that lies at the core of a...
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Article 15 mins
The gut microbiome: balancing the body
Science, Maths & Technology

The gut microbiome: balancing the body

...Open University course SK190 Human biology: a body in balance...This free course introduces the composition and functions of the human gut microbiome and explores how the gut microbiome interacts with different parts of the body. It explores how the gut microbiome can be altered by factors related to the human host (such as genetics, age, and the menopause) and through...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Earthquakes
Science, Maths & Technology

Earthquakes

...open ocean, having only a low wave height, 1 m or less, but when they reach shallow water at a coastline their wave height increases significantly, reaching over 10 m, with disastrous effects. Tsunami is a Japanese word meaning bay or harbour wave, and is particularly apt as it is only along the shore that they become noticeable or destructive; in the open ocean they do...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Psychology around the world
Health, Sports & Psychology

Psychology around the world

...Open University course D110 Exploring psychological worlds: thinking, feeling, doing....Psychology around the world: Introduction - Welcome to this exciting free OpenLearn course! In this course you will explore how psychology helps us to understand human thoughts (how people think), emotions (how people feel) and behaviours (what people do) across different societies....
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Dreaming of an answer to narcolepsy: Why don't we understand sleep?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Dreaming of an answer to narcolepsy: Why don't we understand sleep?

...open with a dullness I recognise. He turns, daintily steps into his basket and curls up for the rest of the interview. *** Back in the 1980s, the idea of locating the gene for canine narcolepsy was off-the-scale ambitious. Breeding narcoleptic Dobermans is harder than it sounds, as the afflicted tend to topple over mid-coitus, temporarily paralysed by a cataplectic thrill...
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Article 15 mins