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Rosetta unexpectedly finds oxygen on comet 67P, surprising scientists
Science, Maths & Technology

Rosetta unexpectedly finds oxygen on comet 67P, surprising scientists

...system formed...[Oxygen found on comet 67P by the ESA's Rosetta spacecraft] Scientists are perplexed by the detection of molecular oxygen in comet 67P's tail - a completely unexpected discovery. Discovery of molecular oxygen in comet tail forces rethink on how the solar system formed Scientists have for the first time detected molecular oxygen (O2) in a comet’s coma,...
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An expert’s take on AI
Digital & Computing

An expert’s take on AI

...systems which are rule-based, and you have a whole load of rules which can be thought of as ‘if this is true or if this is false, then do this…’. They’re widely used in medical diagnosis and fault finding in complex engineering systems, for example. An alternative approach is to mimic the way that simple animals work, such as insects, so a lot of robots will walk...
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Why did poorer people vote to leave the European Union?
Society, Politics & Law

Why did poorer people vote to leave the European Union?

...think Brexit would reduce immigration. Just over half of those with less than A-level education thought leaving would bring down immigration. UKIP and sections of the press may have persuaded more of them once the campaign got going. However, according to the survey, those who were more likely to believe leaving the EU would reduce immigration tended to be in a higher...
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Open education
Education & Development

Open education

...system, they’re not going away. I think we are at a different point in education. People have talked about this for over a decade: how what happened to the music industry is going to happen to education, or what happened to the newspaper industry is going to happen to education. The impacts are going to be different but one way or another the internet is going to happen...
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Level 3: Advanced 40 hrs
Preparing for your digital life in the 21st Century
Science, Maths & Technology

Preparing for your digital life in the 21st Century

...system and think about the detailed wiring, voltages, electric currents, circuit boards, power supplies, cooling fans, etc. However, few people really need to think about a computer system in this way. Instead we can think of the computer as a series of standard parts connected by standard wiring, with standard communication protocols exchanging data in standard ......
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
What the Applying Psychology to Work hub is about
Health, Sports & Psychology

What the Applying Psychology to Work hub is about

...think about things in a different way. Applying psychology at work in a timely fashion can prevent work-related psychological problems (e.g. poor mental health, productivity), as well as improve overall functioning within organisations (culture, relations, productivity and wellbeing). [neon sign - think about things differently] What is the Applying Psychology at Work...
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The rural dimension – rundale in the West of Ireland
OpenLearn Ireland

The rural dimension – rundale in the West of Ireland

...system once governed how farmland was distributed between tenants in Ireland. It supposedly died out in the 19th century, but this was not actually the case in some parts of the West of Ireland...Explore the articles in this collection . [Rundale Clachan style village cluster] Rundale clachan patterns of settlement still visible in County Mayo Agriculture itself...
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Key Ideas in Therapy
Health, Sports & Psychology

Key Ideas in Therapy

...systems around them, such as family and work, which might be where the client's emotional problems come from... The Therapy Relationship What’s more important, finding the right therapy or finding the right therapist? There are a wide range of therapeutic approaches out there in the health marketplace, so how do you know which one is right for you? It turns out that the...
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