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What will Donald Trump do for the environment?
Nature & Environment

What will Donald Trump do for the environment?

...world. As we write in Nature today, the global environmental community is particularly concerned by Trump’s anti-climate and broader anti-environmental stance during his presidential campaign. Trump’s more extreme campaign statements may not eventuate. But there will most likely be substantive changes in how the United States engages with the world on environmental,...
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Article 5 mins
Exploring Ovid’s big ideas
History & The Arts

Exploring Ovid’s big ideas

...world’s biggest questions...In an age where machines seem to be doing more and more ‘human’ tasks, we are all constantly grappling with the question: ‘what makes a human, human’? The Roman poet Ovid also asked this question – it was one of many big questions about the world that he asked which we are still struggling with today. Others, like ‘how did the...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Safe computing
Digital & Computing

Safe computing

Tracking the security threats in the connected world - and how you can protect yourself from them
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Doping in rugby union: a case of papering over the cracks?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Doping in rugby union: a case of papering over the cracks?

...world, the Rugby World Cup, began. In the lead-up to the event – and amidst the current turmoil surrounding other elite sports such as athletics and cycling – World Rugby’s Anti-Doping Compliance manager, David Ho, has boldly claimed that the sport’s anti-doping programme is the envy of sports around the world. Ho cites numerous reasons for this including an...
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Under Pressure again: Can the England team bring football home?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Under Pressure again: Can the England team bring football home?

...World Cup. The 2014 World Cup saw huge amounts of pressure and expectation placed on Hodgson’s 23 man England squad. This pressure and expectation came from representing their country, the public and their manager who openly stated before the tournament that he felt he had a winning squad. Roll forward to 2016 and exactly 50 years since England’s iconic 1966 World Cup...
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Article 10 mins
There is a biological reason why teenagers struggle to wake up early!
Health, Sports & Psychology

There is a biological reason why teenagers struggle to wake up early!

...world need to change how they treat teenagers says The Open University's Honorary Associate in Sleep, Circadian and Memory Neuroscience, Dr Paul Kelley...In societies the world over, teenagers are blamed for staying up late, then struggling to wake up in the morning. While it’s true that plenty of teenagers (like many adults) do have bad bedtime habits, researchers have...
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British Science Week
Science, Maths & Technology

British Science Week

...world around us. If they inspire you to dig deeper, you can continue your journey with The Open University's introductory module, Questions in Science, designed to help you develop your own scientific thinking. Biology - genomes and human biology Explore the building blocks of life with this engaging collection of introductory biology resources. From breeding the rarest...
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