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EU Referendum - Sovereignty
Society, Politics & Law

EU Referendum - Sovereignty

...open to trade, which helps it become more competitive and innovative. But it also points out that greater openness means more exposure to financial market contagion, especially from the Eurozone, and that the task of maintaining a dynamic, well-regulated UK financial sector may “become more challenging as the euro area integrates further.” So while its report...
Valuing death at home: making preparations
Health, Sports & Psychology

Valuing death at home: making preparations

...Open University's Health and Social Care qualifications. In this second of a series of OpenLearn articles linking to The Ageing Well Public Talks (AWPT) Series structured around Five Pillars for Ageing Well that runs every year at The Open University, we are going to discuss how we could prepare for a home death. Earlier in the AWPT Series, we discussed Advance Care...
Golden Globe Ocean Race: Antarctic ice cliff instability and sea-level predictions
Nature & Environment

Golden Globe Ocean Race: Antarctic ice cliff instability and sea-level predictions

...Open University and I am currently in the extraordinarily lucky situation that a part of my research is published and gains quite some attention from the research community and media alike. The study has been led by one of my supervisors, Tamsin Edwards, former lecturer at The Open University, now at King’s College London. On top of this coincidence the timing happened...
Herbal medicine
Health, Sports & Psychology

Herbal medicine

...Open University are not responsible or liable for any diagnosis made by a user based on the content of the OpenLearn website. The BBC and the Open University are not liable for the contents of any external internet sites listed, nor do they endorse any commercial product or service mentioned or advised on any of the sites. Always consult your own GP if you are in any way...
Broken Hearts in Batten Disease (Juvenile Dementia)
Science, Maths & Technology

Broken Hearts in Batten Disease (Juvenile Dementia)

...openings through which blood enters the chambers prevents it from flowing in the reverse direction. The resting heart rate varies between individuals. During exercise or in response to stress, the heart rate increases. A condition where an individual has a chronically low heart rate is called bradycardia, which can be a sign of potentially serious illness. Conversely, an...
Lying and politics: a brief primer
Society, Politics & Law

Lying and politics: a brief primer

...course it's even more insulting if you actually are lying. Why do we accept the lies why do we not see through them? Tony Thorne But when we're talking about lying euphemisms are very popular because people people who do lie or people who trade in lies never want to admit that they're lying and trying to avoid using the word altogether unless they're accusing someone...
Dreaming of an answer to narcolepsy: Why don't we understand sleep?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Dreaming of an answer to narcolepsy: Why don't we understand sleep?

...open with a dullness I recognise. He turns, daintily steps into his basket and curls up for the rest of the interview. *** Back in the 1980s, the idea of locating the gene for canine narcolepsy was off-the-scale ambitious. Breeding narcoleptic Dobermans is harder than it sounds, as the afflicted tend to topple over mid-coitus, temporarily paralysed by a cataplectic thrill...
Matt Ridley - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Matt Ridley - Stories of Change

...Open University Transcript Stories of Change Project Matt Ridley Interview Key RH: = Roger Harrabin, interviewer MR: = Matt Ridley, journalist, participant RH: Matt Ridley, thank you very much for agreeing to be interviewed for a combination of the Open University and BBC. It’s a great pleasure to talk to you. We’re asking everybody, for the first question, when their...