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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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The world's busiest railway station - Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, Mumbai
Science, Maths & Technology

The world's busiest railway station - Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, Mumbai

...work. All this is because of the ‘headway’ – what the station’s control team call the turnaround time between getting trains in and out of the station. In order to keep this massive operation on schedule, they must keep the headway period to the minimum time possible. In peak hours, trains enter and exit each platform every three minutes and thirty seconds....
Strange coloured teeth; strange coloured bones
Science, Maths & Technology

Strange coloured teeth; strange coloured bones

...working at a nickel-cadmium battery factory) can give you yellow teeth. Dogs dosed with thalidomide reportedly end up with yellow-green bones. Some folks even suspect eating a lot of carotene-rich foods such as carrots or sweet potatoes can turn your bones yellow. Yellow tetracycline antibiotics can cause teeth and bones to acquire a yellow-green-brown colour (one paper I...
What can we learn from Pokemon Go?
Education & Development

What can we learn from Pokemon Go?

...work out how Niantic has engaged all those young people. That last one is the challenge for teachers. How do we tap into the power of this phenomenon and use it to support learning? This is a challenge that teachers have been facing since the emergence of virtual reality and augmented reality. Can we take these technologies, with their power to excite and inspire, and use...
The growing demand for drugs in UK prisons
Society, Politics & Law

The growing demand for drugs in UK prisons

...work in them. Chemical comforts Drug taking in prison should be considered against two of the most painful harms of imprisonment: the conscious experience of time and the loss of personal autonomy. It is well documented that prison life is both highly regulated and filled with emptiness. Drugs distort time and prisons are all about the wasting and loss of time. Many...
Soldering
Science, Maths & Technology

Soldering

...work (steel, copper, tinplate) General sheet-metalwork (brass, galvanised sheet) K, F, R, G, B, M, C K, F Automotive Heat-exchangers, automotive radiators, refrigerators Auto-body patching and filling G, J C D Others Capillary plumbing joints Dip-soldering (non-electrical) Coating (pre-tinning) Food-can soldering K, F, G C, D, N K, G K, F, G Design: Optimum gaps are...
Article 10 mins
Cold forging
Science, Maths & Technology

Cold forging

...work hardening of the materials. High tooling costs and high capital expenditure require high volume production: e.g. <0.5 kg components, 30,000 year-1 (min.); 0.5–1.0kg, 15,000 year-1 (min.). Tolerances: diameter 0.1–0.2 mm length 0.6–3 mm flange thickness 0.2–0.4 mm Shape limitations lumpy shapes eccentric and asymmetric shapes sharp edges undercuts too deep,...
Article 5 mins
Olde dessert recipes
History & The Arts

Olde dessert recipes

...in an antiquarian bookshop at the age of 13. He has since collected early cookery books and equipment as well as systematically learning most of the techniques and methods of the period confectioner. Ivan has given numerous lectures and demonstrations, runs courses in the authentic preparation of period food and works a great deal as an advisor to museums and exhibitions....