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Studying mammals: The insect hunters
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: The insect hunters

...work through the course. This OpenLearn course provides a sample of level 1 study in Environment & Development...Studying mammals: The insect hunters: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: describe the lifestyle of a variety of insect eaters, from four orders give examples of adaptations linked to feeding in insect eaters explain the...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Why are nonhuman animals victims of harm?
Society, Politics & Law

Why are nonhuman animals victims of harm?

...work with, including images of nonhuman animals in confinement....Why are nonhuman animals victims of harm?: Introduction - We live in a culture that is deeply confused about other animals. Collectively, we may profess to be ‘animal lovers’ but in practice that love is reserved for a lucky few, including those we usually call ‘pets’, or is conditionally reserved...
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Level 2: Intermediate 2 hrs
Microgravity: living on the International Space Station Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Microgravity: living on the International Space Station

...work this out you just need to add in the extra distance from the Earth’s surface to the ISS (rEarth+ISS), remembering that this is 400 km. You should now convert this to metres as follows. 400 km = 400 000 metres = 4 × 105 m. So, rEarth+ISS = (6.37 × 106 m) + (4 × 105 m) = 6.77 × 106 m. Equation 7 is now adapted to Equation 9 to take this extra distance into...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Our sense of balance
Science, Maths & Technology

Our sense of balance

...works alongside the vestibular system which is responsible for balance of the head. In sum therefore, how our sense of balance is created and maintained is complex, arising from a variety of systems in the body processing visual information, as well as peripheral proprioceptive and vestibular information. But we have many more sensory systems that ensure that we can...
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Article 10 mins
What is sleep paralysis?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What is sleep paralysis?

...worked. Another approach is to try to disrupt episodes rather than prevent them by attempting to move body parts such as a finger, or trying to relax. Of people who try to disrupt episodes, 54% believed them to be effective. While sleep paralysis can be a terrifying ordeal to go through, those who do experience it should try to remember that it is a temporary and harmless...
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Article 5 mins
Why don't statistics reveal when sports matches have been fixed?
Science, Maths & Technology

Why don't statistics reveal when sports matches have been fixed?

...work on nurse and carer problems, but if people are concerned that their sports and games are being corrupted by deliberate fixing, then lessening the reliance upon betting, or somehow changing the nature of betting, may offer some way forward as all match fixing appears related to it and the vast sums of money linked to it.[The Conversation] This article was originally...
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Article 5 mins
What's the problem with the government's plans for our schools?
Education & Development

What's the problem with the government's plans for our schools?

...working in schools can understand it – not to mention parents. According to PTA UK, a charity that helps parent-teacher associations, just one in ten parents know what role RSCs play in their child’s education, leading to confusion when it comes to deciding where and who should address any problems. Effective strategic planning is recognised as one of the cornerstones...
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Article 5 mins
Becoming a superhero: what are the limits of human performance?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Becoming a superhero: what are the limits of human performance?

...works as a mercenary having being transformed into Deadpool by evil scientist Ajax. Demonstrating further that the superhero phenomena is still very prevalent in our interest, the much anticipated Batman vs Superman which is due in cinemas at the end of March 2016 portrays the battle between the high tech wonder (Batman) and alien (Superman). One possesses superior...
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Article 15 mins