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Dirt, waste and revulsion: How cultures cope with leftovers and mess
Health, Sports & Psychology

Dirt, waste and revulsion: How cultures cope with leftovers and mess

...worked with Mary Douglas, what did she mean by this? Adam Kuper: Well, I think Mary Douglas would have made a strong distinction between the dirty and the unclean. So the dirty is something physical and the unclean is not necessarily physical, it's not necessarily mud on your boots, it's polluting in some kind of sense, more a spiritual problem. And for a number of human...
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Article 30 mins
Sir David Attenborough - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Sir David Attenborough - Earth in Vision

...working at various times and I can’t be in 15 places at the same time, so clearly, it’s only a tiny minority in which I can really claim credit for being there at the time and nearly always that would be when I appeared in picture. If I didn’t, the most likely is that I wasn’t there either! So I think it’s only fair that people should get proper credit for their...
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The science of alcohol Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

The science of alcohol

...work and why this is important to our choice of drinks, and go in search of the best hangover cure. The Open University would really appreciate a few minutes of your time to tell us about yourself and your expectations for the course before you begin, in our optional start-of-course survey. Once you complete the course we would also value your feedback and suggestions for...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
The global pursuit of equitable football coaching legacies from Africa and The Caribbean to the UK
Health, Sports & Psychology

The global pursuit of equitable football coaching legacies from Africa and The Caribbean to the UK

...working together through a mentoring process in which they both take on the roles of mentor. (II) Africa and the Caribbean struggles with resource constraints; FIFA, CAF, CONCACAF and The FA must provide effective and sustainable investment in these regions and seek accountability from CAF and CONCACAF (read point 5 below). [Seb Hines receiving the Coach of the Year Award...
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Article 10 mins
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
Rising China and Africa's development: oil
Society, Politics & Law

Rising China and Africa's development: oil

...work plantations following the abolition of slavery. While many of these so-called ‘Coolie’ labourers were returned to China, a few stayed on and established the first permanent settlements of Chinese people in Africa. In the mid-twentieth century Maoist China reached out to Africa as part of its geopolitical strategy of forging key alliances with ‘socialist’...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs