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How do microplastics make their way into our food?
Nature & Environment

How do microplastics make their way into our food?

...Open University's Environment qualifications. Microplastics are small - less than 5 millimetres in size - plastic particles that come from various sources. They can either be intentionally manufactured, known as primary microplastics, or the result of the degradation of larger plastic items, called secondary microplastics. Primary microplastics include microbeads in...
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Charles Dickens, Race and Colonialism
History & The Arts

Charles Dickens, Race and Colonialism

...Open University English modules (A111 and A335). Dickens transformed the nineteenth-century novel; created characters that most of the population still knows by name; and allegedly invented Christmas, although he competes with Prince Albert for this last honour. Less well known are his views on race and colonialism. Few readers think of Dickens as a ‘colonial’ writer...
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What happens to our brain as we age and how can we stop the decline?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What happens to our brain as we age and how can we stop the decline?

...Open University while walking outdoors (more can be also found here, improving sleep and decreasing use of alcohol, and quitting smoking. This in turn decreases the vascular risk factors that make developing a vascular dementia (caused by reduced blood flow to the brain) more likely. Research shows that some parts of the brain are larger in people who exercise more than...
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Volunteers in Green Social prescribing: contributions and inclusion
Nature & Environment

Volunteers in Green Social prescribing: contributions and inclusion

...open water swimming or arts and cultural activities which take place outdoors. Many green social prescribing activities are led and supported by volunteers. What is volunteering and why volunteer? Volunteering is considered an act of social service whereby individuals or organisations provide services and support without expectation of compensation. The value of...
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What will Donald Trump do for the environment?
Nature & Environment

What will Donald Trump do for the environment?

...opening to strengthen environmental safeguards. Global commerce facilitated by international trade poses many threats to biodiversity. So trade protectionism could be used to support environmental protection. For example, nations could take action against importing products that threaten key ecosystems or species. At present, such restrictions are determined by consumers...
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Music as a Source of Unity: When Rory Gallagher Came to Belfast
History & The Arts

Music as a Source of Unity: When Rory Gallagher Came to Belfast

...Open University's Arts and Humanities qualifications. “In an Irish Tour, I always try and include Belfast and the north of Ireland. After all, I lived there for a while and I learned a lot playing in the clubs there, so I have a certain home feeling for it. It’s always a great audience there. Pretty much almost no one else goes to play there.” Rory Gallagher, Irish...
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International Jazz Day
Miscellaneous

International Jazz Day

...Open University's Music qualifications. The designation of April as Jazz Appreciation Month began in 2002 under the auspices of the Smithsonian National Museum of American History. Back then, posters proclaimed the slogan ‘Jazz. Made in America. Enjoyed Worldwide.’. In 2005, this was altered to become ‘Jazz. Born in America. Enjoyed Worldwide.’, a subtle shift in...
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The psychology of World Cup fans
Health, Sports & Psychology

The psychology of World Cup fans

...opening rounds of the World Cup fans may be able to get away with criticising their own team, but nearer the final it will be much less welcome. 4. Why do we enjoy it when a team that’s not meant to be very good wins a match? Often during the World Cup, a plucky inexperienced team progresses further than expected and suddenly becomes a focus of the tournament. People...
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