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In the night sky: Orion
Science, Maths & Technology

In the night sky: Orion

...social media. If using Twitter, try using the hashtag #OLOrion to share your images and compare them with other people studying this course...Week 1: Beginning the journey: 1.1.4 Who was Orion? - [An artist’s impression of the hunter Orion.] Figure 6 An artist’s impression of the hunter Orion. In Greek mythology, Orion was a hunter, the son of Poseidon, god of the...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Heritage case studies: Scotland
History & The Arts

Heritage case studies: Scotland

...social memory, battlefield heritage and landscapes of regret’ in Hanna, S.P. and Del Casino, V.J. (eds) Mapping Tourism, Minneapolis, University of Minnesota Press, pp. 108–131. Johnston, R. and Ripmeester, M. (2007) ‘A monument's work is never done: the Watson monument, memory, and forgetting in a small Canadian city’, International Journal of Heritage Studies,...
Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Surfaces
Science, Maths & Technology

Surfaces

...worked problem we present an object that looks as though it might be a surface, but fails to be so because it has a point with no such neighbourhood. Worked problem 1 [Figure 9] Figure 9 Explain why the double cone, open at both ends, is not a surface. Solution Although most points on the double cone have disc-like or half-disc-like neighbourhoods, the point z in the...
Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
Water for life
Nature & Environment

Water for life

...work together, starting with a chemical compound we are all very familiar with water...Atoms, elements and molecules are the building blocks of everything that makes up our world, including ourselves. In this free course, Water for life, you will learn the basic chemistry of how these components work together, starting with a chemical compound we are all very familiar...
Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
EU Referendum - Sovereignty
Society, Politics & Law

EU Referendum - Sovereignty

...work better with individual countries. Others say the EU is being too weak when it comes to the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), which critics attack for potentially forcing the privatisation of public goods and services which member governments want to keep public, and for the secrecy surrounding its negotiation. It has been largely powerless to...
Where a ban has been replaced by a bee
Languages

Where a ban has been replaced by a bee

...working memory, better problem solving skills a greater ability to pay attention. It’s not just a boon for people who speak a language other than English at home. Briseño says more non-native speakers of Spanish are taking advantage of dual-language programs in schools too. According to the Harvard Education Letter, programs have increased tenfold in as many years. In...
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

...work was a Nature paper by Rob DeConto and David Pollard in 2016 who predicted up to ten times higher sea level contributions from Antarctica at the end of this century than previous estimates. Maybe not completely surprisingly, this had a huge impact and ended up as one of the most discussed scientific papers of the year. But the interesting thing about this 2016 paper...
The case for and against a second referendum
Society, Politics & Law

The case for and against a second referendum

...work of art in Dover. A man knocks a star out of EU flag. ] A painting in Dover by the England-based graffiti artist, Banksy Apart from the yes/no referendum, few politicians have actually asked for the opinion of the builders, the shopkeepers, the accountants, the factory workers, the consultants, the miners, the bankers, or the unemployed who voted for or against...