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Socrates - Teacher, Paragon or Chatterbox?
History & The Arts

Socrates - Teacher, Paragon or Chatterbox?

...opened up, to reveal a god inside. The comparison is certainly a striking one. It captures the impression that Socrates seems to have made on his followers: a decidedly unimpressive exterior, concealing something precious and strange. To his fellow citizens in fifth century Athens, Socrates must certainly have seemed very odd. In a city that prized power and wealth,...
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The sharing economy
Society, Politics & Law

The sharing economy

...Open University modules. As the module title suggests, sharing in a broad sense is a central concept in DST206 Environment: Sharing a Dynamic Planet. More specifically, non-market sharing and other forms of informal and diverse economies in the food system are explored in Block 5: Food, most prominently in Chapter 7 Beyond the ABC model: from biotechnology to ‘grow your...
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Does the universe have a heartbeat? The science of cosmic connection
Science, Maths & Technology

Does the universe have a heartbeat? The science of cosmic connection

...Open University Professor) noticed a ‘bit of scruff’ on her radio telescope charts. It was a signal from deep space that pulsed every 1.3 seconds (Hewish et al., 1968). She had discovered a Neutron Star. This is the crushed core of a massive star that ran out of fuel. Imagine a star heavier than our Sun squeezed into a ball the size of a city (about 20km wide)....
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Dictation and voice control
Digital & Computing

Dictation and voice control

...Open a blank document and dictate a short paragraph about your day. Don't worry about mistakes. The aim is simply to get used to speaking to your device. Voice control If you find that you would like to do more with your voice, because you want to or you find you need to, you can use your voice to access most of the features on your device. How voice control works Voice...
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Pushing through the speed barrier: trailblazing women in motorsport
Health, Sports & Psychology

Pushing through the speed barrier: trailblazing women in motorsport

...course. As a rider who has ridden round the mountain course, I can only imagine the speed at which these women flew! In the world of the British Superbike Championships (BSB), Jenny Tinmouth firmly established herself as the most accomplished female racer to date. In 2011, she became the first woman to compete in the BSB. She also holds the record as the fastest female...
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London inside out
Society, Politics & Law

London inside out

...open rather than bounded, hospitable rather than excluding, as ever-changing rather than eternal. And nothing that follows is meant to gainsay that. What I should like to explore about this imagination of place held by so many Londoners, however, is how it might be broadened out. First of all this is an internal, indeed internalised, view of the city. It is about...
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Supporting young trans people’s rights to health and happiness
Education & Development

Supporting young trans people’s rights to health and happiness

...open. At the same time, they are still constrained and restricted by gender roles and expectations – particularly by school structures (Neary, 2021; Bragg et al., 2018). A society that is more accepting of trans and non-binary lives is open to wider possibilities for all children. This article has focused on treatment for gender dysphoria – the deep feeling that your...
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Voters might not love Europe - but that doesn't mean they'll leave
Society, Politics & Law

Voters might not love Europe - but that doesn't mean they'll leave

...course, is precisely the sentiment to which Cameron has been trying to appeal through his renegotiation. Another 22% said that Britain should leave the EU. If we put the two groups together, this means that nearly two-thirds of voters (65%) can be regarded as at least to some extent sceptical about Europe. This scepticism expresses itself in a wish to curb much of the...
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