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The mother of the American Athens
History & The Arts

The mother of the American Athens

...open at the hour which the genteeler commerce of the place found so indiscreet. They were irregular spaces of a form in keeping with the general shambling and shapeless character of the town, which, once for all, I must own was not an impressive place. The best thing in it, and the thing you are always coming back to, is the beautiful church, to which we paid a second...
Clinton / Trump: Two views of the first debate
Society, Politics & Law

Clinton / Trump: Two views of the first debate

...open on the economy, accused China and Mexico of stealing American jobs. It wasn’t coherent by any normal standard, but he did sound a clear anti-trade note consistent with a core campaign theme. This seemed to set the stage for exactly the debate many had predicted: Clinton vastly superior on range and detail, but failing to connect; Trump shallow and crass, but...
The frozen planet
Nature & Environment

The frozen planet

...source of almost all the energy reaching the Earth’s surface is the Sun. (There is some heat energy flow from the interior of the Earth to the surface, but the amount is small compared with the solar contribution.) The incoming energy is transmitted across space by solar radiation (the Sun’s rays), and when it reaches the Earth it is transferred to its surface, or to...
Level 1: Introductory 7 hrs
Living psychology: animal minds
Health, Sports & Psychology

Living psychology: animal minds

...Open University course DD210 Living psychology: from the everyday to the extraordinary. A note on ‘human’ and ‘animal’ differentiation in this course While humans are, of course, animals, for the purposes of this course the term ‘animal’ will be used to refer to non-human species, in order to allow a clear distinction between human and non-human mental...
Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
The restless Universe
Science, Maths & Technology

The restless Universe

...sources. One was the need to develop practical knowledge and to pass it from generation to generation. The other was a more spiritual concern with the nature and origin of the world. Common to both of these well-springs of science was an appreciation of the regularity of Nature. The way to build an arch that would not fall down today was to build it in much the same way...
Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
How are scientists testing for the growth of antibiotic resistance?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How are scientists testing for the growth of antibiotic resistance?

...sources of carbon and nitrogen; in this case inactivation (resistance) is really just digestion. Perhaps bacteriocins, if not antibiotics, exist not to help bacteria but rather to ensure their own survival. In an experiment published in 2013, Inglis and colleagues showed that bacteriocins can act primarily as selfish genetic elements promoting their own transmission in...
Brexit and health care professionals
Health, Sports & Psychology

Brexit and health care professionals

...source of labour that is trained in UK-compatible standards and practices The opposite side of this is also true. The mutual recognition of qualifications policy and the fitness to practise reciprocal arrangements currently allow for UK trained health care professionals to work within the EU. Post-Brexit this may not be the case, if these systems are not maintained or...
For older people, the storms might abate but the harm persists
Health, Sports & Psychology

For older people, the storms might abate but the harm persists

...sources to try to draw conclusions about the impacts of disasters. Disaster preparedness tips for older residents from the New York City Office of Emergency Management. Long-lasting effects I recently conducted a study that examined hospitalizations among older adults after a 2011 tornado outbreak that spawned hundreds of tornadoes throughout Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi...