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Is the first step in beating superbugs to defeat poverty?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Is the first step in beating superbugs to defeat poverty?

...work by interferring with normal ribosomal functions, preventing accurate protein synthesis. The antibiotics seen as the light sources are spectinomycin, streptomycin and paromomycin. On May 26, 2016, researchers at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center reported the first case of what they called a “truly pan-drug resistant bacteria.” By now, the story has...
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Article 5 mins
Create stunning images of the Universe
Science, Maths & Technology

Create stunning images of the Universe

...work horse of astronomy is the optical telescope. From its inspirational beginnings, being pointed to the sky for the first time in the 1600’s by Galileo Galilei, to the goliaths of modern-day astronomy, such as the Gran Telescopio Canerias with its 10.4 metre mirror, all allow us to get clearer and more detailed views of objects further and further out into the...
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Review: Europe Reset
Society, Politics & Law

Review: Europe Reset

...work, he argues, because it is divided along simplistic pro- and anti-integration lines, and lacks legitimacy with citizens. Indeed, he accurately points out that the EU already has a plethora of accountability mechanisms built into it. What is missing are ‘participative forums that connect citizens to the EU project’. The key concept in the book is that of...
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Musicians, loops and the longest piece ever
History & The Arts

Musicians, loops and the longest piece ever

...work with patterns. Repeating patterns of notes and repeating patterns of rhythms are what enable listeners to follow and understand a piece of music. Many composers have been fascinated by the effects that can be created by repeating the same pattern over and over again, something that music theory calls an ostinato. Some composers have taken such things to extremes:...
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Children and young people’s participation
Education & Development

Children and young people’s participation

...Social Development, the Uganda Rights NGO Network, and UNICEF (Uganda Office). When reading this document, consider the following areas: How does this approach compare with current UK policy and practice? What points of similarity and difference can you identify in relation to diverse cultural environments? Is gender an issue? Is girls’ education singled out for special...
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Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs
Exploring Virginia Woolf’s Between the Acts
History & The Arts

Exploring Virginia Woolf’s Between the Acts

...work of Virginia Woolf, one of the most significant modernist writers of the twentieth century. You’ll read about the historical context that led to the writing of this novel, which was written during the late 1930s, and published during the Second World War. You’ll explore Woolf’s views on the role of this novel, and the wider significance of literature and...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Biofuels
Science, Maths & Technology

Biofuels

...working together? CS Yes it's a combination of things. We need to use every - every renewable technology we possibly can to make change. Many students ask me how they can work on bioenergy. And while it's certainly possible there's many ways to work on plants in that context, I actually think it's important to remember that ultimately the land that we need to produce...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Introduction to computational thinking
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to computational thinking

...work just as well for adding together two numbers or indeed any number of numbers.) [Described image] Figure 2 Instructions for column addition (Gough, 1767) Explain whether this textual description is an algorithm according to the following description of an algorithm. An algorithm is a solution to a problem which has three properties: an algorithm consists of a...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs