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Exploring sport online: Athletes and efficient hearts
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring sport online: Athletes and efficient hearts

...energy Each athlete has his or her own ‘biological machine’ and the way that they use science to improve their performance depends greatly on the sport in which they are involved. Those who sprint in any sport, for example, train their bodies in certain ways that differ from those who participate in endurance events. The engine analogy can help us understand how...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Environmental management and organisations
Nature & Environment

Environmental management and organisations

...energy consumption and production of waste in various forms. Organisations also exist in every corner of the world – from large urban areas and cities to remote polar regions – and in every society. A focus on organisations therefore provides a way to explore environmental management at local, national and global scales. Finally, almost everyone will have some...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Exploring the boundaries between religion and culture
History & The Arts

Exploring the boundaries between religion and culture

...Energy revolving and energy dissolving And energy evolving, and that’s what I am. I’m a little flower to blossom for an hour, But in me there’s a power that grows on and on. Power in the root of me, Power in the shoot of me, Power in the fruit which will pass my seed on. I am not a somebody, I am not a nobody, I’m a cell in one body filling all space. All I ever...
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Level 1: Introductory 1 hr
Introduction to polymers
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to polymers

...energy input than bending, so radiation is absorbed at a higher frequency than rocking. Since frequency, v is inversely proportional to wavelength, λ (from the formula λ = c/v, where c is the velocity of light), C—H bonds will absorb IR radiation at a lower wavelength when stretching compared to rocking. Of functional groups, the carbonyl group (C=O) is especially...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
How do social networks play a key role in disaster recovery?
Society, Politics & Law

How do social networks play a key role in disaster recovery?

...energy policy in Japan by pushing local residents to pursue non-nuclear options. Many communities have started electricity cooperatives where they use geothermal, solar and wind to produce their power. What saved lives during the tsunami? A Japanese colleague and I hoped to learn why the mortality rate from the tsunami varied tremendously. In some cities along the coast,...
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Article 5 mins
Early widowhood: navigating a way through grief
Health, Sports & Psychology

Early widowhood: navigating a way through grief

...energy returning to me. I might be a widow, but now I am an author too. For more information about me and my book, visit here. [Hazel Carter holding a copy of her book.] About grief: a reflection by an academic grief researcher Many of you reading this may resonate with some, or all, of what Hazel has discussed in this article. You may be surrounded by the most loving and...
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Article 5 mins
LGBTQIA rights: why The Good Friday Agreement matters
Society, Politics & Law

LGBTQIA rights: why The Good Friday Agreement matters

...energy: why the Good Friday Agreement helped the LGBTQIA+ civil rights movement There has never been a better time to be LGBTQIA+ in Northern Ireland. The rights and protections afforded to LGBTQIA+ people in 2023 go beyond what I believe we could have envisioned in 1998 – not because they weren’t needed, but because the political will and societal acceptance needed...
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Article 5 mins
Solving the perplexing mathematicians' problem of the spectre
Science, Maths & Technology

Solving the perplexing mathematicians' problem of the spectre

...energy. Thanks to new 3D printing technologies, researchers at the Open University, and elsewhere, can now investigate the properties of more complex honeycomb designs, including designs based on aperiodic tilings. Most excitingly, honeycomb material based on the hat tile show zero sideways stretching when squeezed - a rare and useful trait shared with natural materials...
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Article 5 mins