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Soil as the book of nature
Nature & Environment

Soil as the book of nature

...the OPAL national soil and earthworm survey. Support those who are working to improve soils situation, such as the Soil Association. Open University courses Neighbourhood nature [Free version] Environment: journeys through a changing world Other links BBC One - Life British Society for Soil Science International Union of Soil Sciences European Union Soil Thematic Strategy...
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Article 5 mins
Ethics Bites
History & The Arts

Ethics Bites

...works best? Brenda Almond gives her perspective on the family. Find out more about Brenda, and ethics, at www.open2.net/ethicsbites. Copyright When is inspiration actually plagiarism? Richard Posner guides us through the world of copyright. Find out more about Richard, and ethics, at www.open2.net/ethicsbites. Sex and Perversion When does sex bring fulfilment and when is...
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Audio 3 hrs 49 mins
Cloning
Nature & Environment

Cloning

...working in Texas, succeeded in cloning a sheep using a nucleus from a cell of an early embryo. This exciting result was soon replicated by others in a host of other organisms, but it only seemed to work when early embryo cells were used. Researchers began to think that animal embryo cells became irreversibly "committed" after the first few cell divisions and that nuclei...
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Article 30 mins
Recovery strategies in sport and exercise
Health, Sports & Psychology

Recovery strategies in sport and exercise

...works with a range of sports governing bodies and professional athletes, talks about the importance of sports recovery. Watch the video and consider the role recovery plays in a training programme. NICK GRANTHAN My name is Nick Granthan. I'm a performance enhancement specialist. I work with a range of national governing bodies in sports as well as individual athletes....
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Diagrams, charts and graphs
Science, Maths & Technology

Diagrams, charts and graphs

...work with a diagram length of 1 cm. As 2 cm represent 1 m, 1 cm will represent 0.5 m. Then 6 cm represent 0.5 × 6 m = 3 m, 0.2 cm represent 0.5 × 0.2 m = 0.1 m, 3 cm represent 0.5 × 3 m = 1.5 m, 3.6 cm represent 0.5 × 3.6 m = 1.8 m, 0.5 cm represent 0.5 × 0.5 m = 0.25 m. (b) Here 1 m in reality is represented by 2 cm on the diagram. So 2.3 m are represented by 2.3 ×...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
How did Trump win the White House?
Society, Politics & Law

How did Trump win the White House?

...working-class voters. Previous Republican nominees such as John McCain, who embraced generous immigration policies, and Mitt Romney, who advocated free trade, never managed to connect with blue-collar voters in the Great Lakes region. But Trump’s anti-immigration and protectionist trade policies gave him a unique opening with white working-class voters, and he made the...
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Does maths offer a better model for multi-candidate elections?
Science, Maths & Technology

Does maths offer a better model for multi-candidate elections?

...work well when there are more than two strong candidates. It can then produce quite arbitrary outcomes. If there are five strong candidates, should you really be eliminated just because 18 percent of voters put you first, while the other four candidates were placed first by 19 to 22 percent of voters? Shouldn’t we look at how many voters put you second, for instance,...
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28 July 2005: 4 o'clock and all is well
OpenLearn Ireland

28 July 2005: 4 o'clock and all is well

...working together Irish republicans can achieve our objectives. Every Volunteer is aware of the import of the decisions we have taken and all Oglaigh are compelled to fully comply with these orders. There is now an unprecedented opportunity to utilise the considerable energy and goodwill which there is for the peace process. This comprehensive series of unparalleled...
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