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I had cancer - now stop supporting just me
Health, Sports & Psychology

I had cancer - now stop supporting just me

...Open University's Health and Social Care courses and qualifications. What’s it like to be a teenager with cancer? What changes? Does anything change? We’ve all had questions about cancer. It’s scary. And unfamiliar to most. When did you get cancer? I was sixteen. It was my sixth and final year of high school. Pressures and prospects on the horizon. At that time...
Why is Croatia adopting a more welcoming approach to the refugees?
Society, Politics & Law

Why is Croatia adopting a more welcoming approach to the refugees?

...open. And while public figures have expressed concern about being able to cope with the numbers, there remains a strong desire to help. This is in stark contrast to the vehemently hostile approach taken by leading figures in Hungary and Serbia. It was also potentially surprising given Croatia’s reputation as a fairly closed and xenophobic society. Only recently, it...
Smarty pants: wearable electronics will recharge your life
Science, Maths & Technology

Smarty pants: wearable electronics will recharge your life

...open up an iPhone 5, you’ll see that a large proportion of the phone’s volume is taken up by the battery. But flexible batteries that can be incorporated into fabrics offer a game-changing way of powering personal devices – and take us into a new world of wearable electronics. My colleagues and I form one of several applied research groups developing both flexible...
What effect does increasing noise pollution have on mammals?
Nature & Environment

What effect does increasing noise pollution have on mammals?

...open prairie. At the end of the day, every species has a finite attention span and, depending upon the source of disturbance and the task at hand, can get distracted. In an increasingly noisy world, this will no doubt have implications for other animals as well as humans.[The Conversation] This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original...
Is it a good thing that Donald Trump trusts Vladimir Putin?
Society, Politics & Law

Is it a good thing that Donald Trump trusts Vladimir Putin?

...open contempt for Western leaders might not appeal to Trump, while his very public machismo and ruthless pursuit of Russian interests are more likely to incite a competitive spirit rather than a co-operative one. So in the long term, US-Russia relations are likely to deteriorate rather than improve. But should a real crisis arise, the two leaders do still have a...
How Trump's 'fire and fury' threatens to destabilise the Asian Pacific region
Society, Politics & Law

How Trump's 'fire and fury' threatens to destabilise the Asian Pacific region

...open to dialogue with North Korea and is not seeking regime change. And by promising “fire and fury” Trump actually plays into Kim’s hands and replicates the aggressive and posturing rhetoric of the North Korean regime. North Korean state media predictably responded with reports Kim is “actively considering” a pre-emptive missile attack on the US Pacific island...
Methods in Motion: Is Q still the answer?
Society, Politics & Law

Methods in Motion: Is Q still the answer?

...opened up a new research agenda which sought to deconstruct the objective pretensions of knowledge claims, and to show their implications for people’s lives. It affirmed that social order is – amongst other things – an effect of the constant and collective performances of actors influenced and integrated by forms of knowledge that shape the ‘meaning’ of their...
Do Christmas lights interfere with your wifi signal?
Science, Maths & Technology

Do Christmas lights interfere with your wifi signal?

...Open University's Physics courses and qualifications. When Ofcom, the UK’s independent telephony regulator, released a wi-fi checker app for your smart phone, they also warned in its press release that your Christmas tree fairy lights could affect the quality of your wi-fi connection. Before the terrible jokes start and we all declare that this is a fit of “Bah...