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Why is it dangerous when Trump sees people as objects?
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Why is it dangerous when Trump sees people as objects?

...course, is a thing, not a person. A thing that he might kiss or grab, even without its consent. A thing can’t give its consent, after all. The comments on the tape suggest that he might, at times, not wait for any at all. When Anderson Cooper asked Trump about the comments about women at the second presidential debate, Trump’s ensuing apologia – a speech of...
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How can a genetic mutation shared by many Brazilians help in the fight against cancer?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How can a genetic mutation shared by many Brazilians help in the fight against cancer?

...opened from the coast to the interior by early explorers, settlers and military men. One appealing notion is that the founder was a tropeiro, one of a band of travelling traders who journeyed by mule between the scattered settlements, carrying goods and gossip and mail in the 17th and 18th centuries. Away from home most of the time, a tropeiro would likely have had a...
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How the atmosphere sustains life on Earth
Science, Maths & Technology

How the atmosphere sustains life on Earth

...Open University's Science courses and qualifications Earth is a vibrant blue planet, the only place that we can be sure that life exists. As A Perfect Planet shows, a complex and interconnected set of systems operate to form our environment. Every planet except one in the Solar System has a gaseous atmosphere, as do some moons and even some dwarf planets. Why does the...
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Professor Lord Nicholas Stern - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Professor Lord Nicholas Stern - Stories of Change

...Open University Transcript Stories of Change Project Professor Lord Nicholas Stern interview Key RH: = Roger Harrabin interviewer NS: = Professor Lord Nicholas Stern, Economist, and Chair of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the LSE, participant RH: Nick Stern, Lord Stern, thank you very much for agreeing to be interviewed for the OU...
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Prison Abolition in Question(s): Part One
Education & Development

Prison Abolition in Question(s): Part One

...course, a grave concern for any society. The reduction of violence (in all its forms), harm and unnecessary human suffering sit at the centre of abolitionist thought. Placing people in prison to punish them for what they have done has been repeatedly proven NOT to work and, in fact, frequently stimulates rather than calms violence. If heightened public protection and...
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5 things you need to know about sepsis
Health, Sports & Psychology

5 things you need to know about sepsis

...concentrating or sleeping. Friends, relatives and carers may also have worries. Some people may have life-changing physical after-effects, such as Stella whose story is shown in the video There are resources and organisations that offer support for those who have experienced sepsis. The UK Sepsis Trust website Recovery After Sepsis brochure Like this? Try a FREE course...
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How we live is seen as a justification: Why the French way of life became a target
Society, Politics & Law

How we live is seen as a justification: Why the French way of life became a target

...course, we can disagree on choices about the economy, morals, education and strategy, but we should recognise that liberty unites us much more than these disagreements divide us. Positive thinking It remains for politicians to make speeches that can bring us together. But each of us must also have a positive attitude towards our society, which offers so much liberty and...
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The budget warns about danger ahead
Money & Business

The budget warns about danger ahead

...course, this will be the case if there will be no further political crises in the interim, like a challenge to Theresa May’s leadership and/or a snap election. Whether you call yourself a Brexiter or a Remainer, there is nothing to be cheerful about, with GDP forecasts being considerably lower than the 2.1% median recorded over the last 300 years or so. And all of this...
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