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Europa: Jupiter’s ocean world
Science, Maths & Technology

Europa: Jupiter’s ocean world

...Source: NASA/Lunar and Planetary Institute/Paul Schenk Density measurements made by Galileo also showed that Europa had a solid, dense interior, probably made of a metallic core surrounded by rock, and a thin atmosphere containing oxygen and ozone. However, one of the mission’s most significant findings was that the moon also had a magnetic field. This meant that Europa...
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Proper men, proper women: Gender roles in contemporary UK society
Health, Sports & Psychology

Proper men, proper women: Gender roles in contemporary UK society

...sources I have referenced in this piece are: Culture and subjectivity in neo-liberal and postfeminist times Rosalind Gill writing in Subjectivity2009, 25, pages 432-445 The Aftermath of Feminism: Gender, Culture and Social Change Angela McRobbie, published by Sage I discuss this book in a review published in Feminism & Psychology Reclassifying upward mobility: femininity...
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Does fiction make people more empathic and is that a good thing?
History & The Arts

Does fiction make people more empathic and is that a good thing?

...source of variation in how people engage with stories (for more on the case for exploring other media, see Turner, in press). So, assuming we get there, and start to identify how fiction – its mechanisms and moderators – can influence different facets of empathy, is this something we would want to cultivate in the real world? Is increasing people’s empathy by...
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The ocean of Jupiter’s moon Europa
Science, Maths & Technology

The ocean of Jupiter’s moon Europa

...sources, such as cometary ice and water extracted from hydrated minerals, to assess what elements could be released into the ocean. [Interior of Europa and the ocean-seafloor boundary]Figure 3 An illustration of water-rock interactions occurring at the ocean-seafloor interface of Europa. Credit: Lewis Sym.Show descriptionThere are two illustrations side by side. The left...
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The jury: Why we need to learn more about their collective decision-making processes.
Society, Politics & Law

The jury: Why we need to learn more about their collective decision-making processes.

...Sources of bias in juror decision making. Medicine, Science & the Law. Doi: 10.1177/0258024221080655. Devine, D., & Caughlin, D. E. (2014). Do they matter? A meta-analytic investigation of individual characteristics and guilt judgments. Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 20, 109-134. doi: 10.1037/law0000006. Devine, D., Clayton, L.D., & Dunford, B, B. (2001). Jury...
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An introduction to minerals and rocks under the microscope
Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to minerals and rocks under the microscope

...open them in separate tabs in your browser, which you can do by holding down the 'Ctrl' button before left-clicking on the link with your mouse (or equivalent for non-mouse users). To get back to this course please press the back button in your browser. Activity 1.1 Introduction to the Digital Kit Timing: You should allow about 1 hour for this activity, in order to...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Supporting older people with learning disabilities and their families
Health, Sports & Psychology

Supporting older people with learning disabilities and their families

...Open University’s Health and Social Care courses and qualifications....Session 1: Growing older and behaviours that challenge others: Introduction - What does excellent care and support for older people with learning disabilities look like? How do you know when you see it? How can it be replicated across different settings? And who needs to be involved in delivering it?...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Virtual reality, 19th Century style: The history of the panorama and balloon view
History & The Arts

Virtual reality, 19th Century style: The history of the panorama and balloon view

...source of light. Barker wasn’t taking the picture out of the frame, he was making the frame big enough to include the spectator as well. [Cross-section of the Rotunda in Leicester Square in which Barker’s panorama of London was exhibited (1801)] Cross-section of the Rotunda in Leicester Square in which Barker's panorama of London was exhibited (1801) To audiences...
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