834 search results
Thinking Outside the Box
Society, Politics & Law

Thinking Outside the Box

...techniques can be used to tease out questions of belonging and community and how outputs can challenge simple ideas of ‘us’ and ‘them'...[Thinking Outside The Box artwork] Alena & Lisa: On your website you describe yourself as an illustrator and visual facilitator. How do you see these roles in relation to your artistic practice- in what sense do they inform your...
View article Thinking Outside the Box
Article 5 mins
How does earthquake science help us track North Korea's nuclear tests?
Science, Maths & Technology

How does earthquake science help us track North Korea's nuclear tests?

...techniques to monitor nuclear tests? The use of what’s called “forensic seismology” to detect and identify nuclear tests dates back almost to the birth of nuclear weapons themselves. In 1946, the US conducted the first underwater test of a nuclear bomb at Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean. The shock waves created by the huge explosion were picked up at seismometers...
View article How does earthquake science help us track North Korea's nuclear tests?
Article 5 mins
No good advice: Five problems with sex manuals
Health, Sports & Psychology

No good advice: Five problems with sex manuals

...techniques, and so on). There’s very little consideration of how wider cultural messages and social structures frequently restrict our capacities for sexual desire and pleasure. 4. Pleasure is imperative (but restricted) Sex advice emphasises that people must experience sexual pleasure – even suggesting that it’s an imperative of being a healthy person or having a...
View article No good advice: Five problems with sex manuals
Article 5 mins
Climate of fear: culture of hope
Languages

Climate of fear: culture of hope

...technique commonly employed in propaganda. So ‘torture’, for example, which has distinctly unpleasant connotations, will, when a government wants to gloss over its ethical shortcomings, be replaced by ‘enhanced interrogation’ which sounds much more bureaucratic and generally neutral. The same applies to the term ‘climate change’. This is descriptive without...
View video Climate of fear: culture of hope
Video 5 mins
Climate change, sovereign debt and the looming debt crisis in the global south
Society, Politics & Law

Climate change, sovereign debt and the looming debt crisis in the global south

...techniques and practical skills required to understand the world of production, employment, spending and borrowing, and the effects of government policy and technical innovation. Our economics degree programmes and modules are regularly updated to reflect the latest research and events. The OU Economics Seminar Series promotes high-quality research bringing together...
View video Climate change, sovereign debt and the looming debt crisis in the global south
Video 5 mins
Think entertainment is violent today? The Victorians were much, much worse
Society, Politics & Law

Think entertainment is violent today? The Victorians were much, much worse

...techniques used in melodrama and penny bloods were subsequently fed into the formula of violent crime reporting. Sweeney Todd’s publisher, Edward Lloyd, was also a founding father of the Sunday press, launching Lloyd’s Weekly London Newspaper in 1842. Its success, and that of other weekly newspapers, was largely attributable to its significant coverage of criminal...
View article Think entertainment is violent today? The Victorians were much, much worse
Article 10 mins
Investigating Links Between Pesticides and Mental Health
Science, Maths & Technology

Investigating Links Between Pesticides and Mental Health

...techniques from behavioural-pharmacology, microscopic-imaging and gene-manipulation. The results will help us to understand how organophosphates lead to psychiatric disorders in humans. They will also help to build a more thorough understanding of the biological mechanisms involved, and hopefully pave the way for improved medicines and therapeutic practices in the future....
View article Investigating Links Between Pesticides and Mental Health
Article 15 mins
Do whales commit suicide?
Nature & Environment

Do whales commit suicide?

...techniques over the past 25 years to assess best strategies to save as many individuals as possible during a mass stranding. This involves a rapid triage process to know which individuals should be refloated first and the identification of the ‘problem’ individuals – those likely to be at the origin of the stranding. The truth is that individuals will often...
View article Do whales commit suicide?
Article 5 mins