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Human impacts on the lives of animals
Nature & Environment

Human impacts on the lives of animals

...out more about The Open University's Science courses and qualifications [Black necked storks] During the long history of life on Earth, the generally slow pace of evolution has been punctuated by dramatic mass extinction events, during which, over a relatively short period of time, a very large number of species became extinct. There are thought to have been five such...
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How juror bias can be tackled to ensure fairer trials
Society, Politics & Law

How juror bias can be tackled to ensure fairer trials

...out about The Open University's Law courses. A microcosm of society, the jury room has always fascinated people: a variety of individuals from different backgrounds all working together to make a judgement on the fate of an individual. These judgements are some of the biggest decisions a person will face in their lifetime, and can have serious consequences for both...
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One refugee's story: A long, risky journey
Society, Politics & Law

One refugee's story: A long, risky journey

...out fast and just when he thought things couldn't get any worse, they did. His passport was stolen. With no passport and no work permit, he had to act fast. He decided to make his way into Europe. With so many Syrian refugees trying to make it to Greece and Italy, smugglers are not hard to find. A couple of phone calls later, Orfahli had found his smuggler. “He told me...
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From a distance
Society, Politics & Law

From a distance

...out of the bed at night and I just documented her as delicately as possible. She was asleep, she had no idea what happened. It was like a dream for her in some way. Umut: In telling or representing the stories of refugees there is a risk of re-inscribing the boundaries between the people who can look, who can watch and reflect and grapple with the ethical and political...
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The realities of rural life in the 1950s-1980s
OpenLearn Ireland

The realities of rural life in the 1950s-1980s

...very nearby by the County Council. So you’re moving out of the old house now down to this nice new one, but why are you moving? GLADYS FULLER: Well really this house is damp. We have no bathroom, no water inside. PAT JESS: And what about the kitchen? GLADYS FULLER: Well it was small and we had no accommodation for anything. Explore the articles in this collection ....
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Astronomers think they’ve just spotted an ‘invisible’ black hole for the first time
Science, Maths & Technology

Astronomers think they’ve just spotted an ‘invisible’ black hole for the first time

...out if it was a black hole or a faint star required a lot of work, and that’s where the second type of gravitational lensing observations came in. The authors repeatedly took images with Hubble for six years, measuring how far the star appeared to move as its light was deflected. Eventually this let them calculate the mass and distance of the object which caused the...
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Do animals have sex for fun?
Nature & Environment

Do animals have sex for fun?

...out leopard-slug reproduction). There’s no reason why an animal should seek sex unless they enjoy it. It is often proposed that an inherent “drive to reproduce” explains nonhuman sexual activity, but that is not an alternative here: if animals possess an instinct to reproduce, it needs to function somehow – and pleasure is a fairly basic motivator. The hypothesis...
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30 years of SME research highlights impact of the ‘digital revolution’
Money & Business

30 years of SME research highlights impact of the ‘digital revolution’

...promote the core aims of the Quarterly Survey while also expanding its reach to a wider audience. For a copy of the full report, a freely-accessible archive of previous surveys dating back to 1990, and additional background information on the history of the Quarterly Survey, please visit www.open.ac.uk/quarterly-survey Interested in Business and Management? Find out more...
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