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The frozen planet
Nature & Environment

The frozen planet

...study in Science...The frozen planet: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the core concepts in physics, biology, chemistry, geology and basic mathematics that underpin our understanding of the polar world demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the processes and interactions (physical,...
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Level 1: Introductory 7 hrs
Professor Lord Nicholas Stern - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Professor Lord Nicholas Stern - Stories of Change

...study, came out in the summer of 2015, showed that breathing in many Chinese cities is equivalent to smoking 40 cigarettes a day, man, woman and child. RH: But this has to be offset against the benefits that cheap energy brings to developing countries. NS: I’ve just explained at some length, Roger, this is not cheap energy; if you price coal at $50 it looks quite cheap,...
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Audio 5 mins
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?

...studying meerkats in the Kalahari desert in South Africa. We worked in pairs, one of us on foot, walking with meerkats, the other in the jeep scanning the horizon for signs of leonine danger. On many occasions, I awoke with the imprint of the steering wheel on my forehead, realising that meerkats and colleague had wandered out of sight. I would look for signs of life and,...
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Article 15 mins
Vanessa Berlowitz - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Vanessa Berlowitz - Earth in Vision

...studies, maybe together we could try and preserve this incredible resource. I also think there are issues that we need to confront in that as budgets get smaller film makers rely increasingly on the archive, particularly from the large landmarks. And if that’s already been utilised by the public and is out there and had gone viral because someone’s cut that in a...
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Video 30 mins
Expert opinion: Origins of the First World War
History & The Arts

Expert opinion: Origins of the First World War

...study The Sleepwalkers in 2012. In it he argues against the idea that we can identify a guilty party. ‘There is no smoking gun’ in the hands of the leaders of one country; rather, they were all responsible for the events that led to war. Audio Text Annika Mombauer: In this audio you will be able to hear two leading historians of the First World War discuss their...
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Audio 30 mins
IT: device to device communication
Science, Maths & Technology

IT: device to device communication

...of the key methods currently in use. This OpenLearn course provides a sample of level 1 study in Computing & IT...IT: device to device communication: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand and use correctly terms introduced in this course in relation to communication networks understand general principles involved in data exchange between IT devices work with ......
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Level 1: Introductory 20 hrs
Dallas Campbell meets Frank Drake
Science, Maths & Technology

Dallas Campbell meets Frank Drake

...studies by people who tried to identify stars which they think are likely to have habitable planets. Now that’s a dicey business, they don’t take it too seriously. But there is a catalogue called the Habcat catalogue, which is Habitable Stars Catalogue. And there are five stars in that catalogue that are considered the prime candidates and two of them are these two....
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Video 30 mins
Microbes – friend or foe?
Nature & Environment

Microbes – friend or foe?

...studying this course, you should be able to: demonstrate general knowledge and understanding of some of the basic facts, language, concepts and principles relating to microbiology and its importance and applications in biological and health sciences and environmental sciences understand the contribution that microbiology can make to informed debate on medical and...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs