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The Science of Fear
Health, Sports & Psychology

The Science of Fear

...energy in your muscles if you run in the wrong direction! • Contents of the stomach/bowel/bladder may be jettisoned. This could distract the attacker and 'lightens the load' the body has to carry in escape. The 'fight or flight' mechanisms listed above were invaluable in primitive times, when hunting prey or escaping from predators, and were essential daily activities;...
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Article 15 mins
An expert’s take on AI
Digital & Computing

An expert’s take on AI

...energy that is consumed by training and using artificial intelligence. There are ethical concerns about the data that goes into the training. Some of it might be copyright and not actually being allowed to be used by by the companies creating artificial intelligence. So there are a number of legal cases underway particularly in the United States about books, movies,...
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Article 5 mins
Killed by Agatha Christie: Strychnine and the detective novel
History & The Arts

Killed by Agatha Christie: Strychnine and the detective novel

...energy. To further confuse the case, then, the story’s victim, Mrs. Inglethorp, has herself just finished taking a strychnine tonic. But she had been taking it for weeks at far too trace a dose to have triggered the convulsions. The police suspect instead that her evening cup of coffee was poisoned. The coffee, of course, was left sitting on a hall table so that almost...
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Managing coastal environments
Nature & Environment

Managing coastal environments

...energy and process materials to produce the communities and landscapes that we see in the world around us. In ecology, the term has become associated with a particular approach to the study of the interactions among living organisms, an approach that concentrates on energy and material exchanges. However, it is also used more colloquially to refer to any area or grouping...
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Level 2: Intermediate 3 hrs
Difference and challenge in teams
Money & Business

Difference and challenge in teams

...energy that might otherwise be put to good use. In teams, a degree of conflict on the journey together might – as you will see in this course – actually help...Difference and challenge in teams: 1.2 The bee colony - Countless worker bees spread out from the hive in search of nectar. Different bees end up at different nectar sources, and on their return, perform...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
Criminology beyond crime
Society, Politics & Law

Criminology beyond crime

...energy, nuclear war, the extinction of the planet. And the UN began to pass resolutions about nuclear weapons, about chemicals that we used to make weapons and energy, and criminologists began to take an interest in these sorts of issues. I mean, we saw in 1983 Professor Richard Harding from Australia published in the ANZ Journal of Criminology a piece about nuclearism...
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Level 3: Advanced 3 hrs
Exploring depression
Science, Maths & Technology

Exploring depression

...energy, and silence about it really does make the depression worse. And then I began thinking about all the ways people make themselves better. I'd started off as a medical conservative. I thought there were a few kinds of therapy that worked. It was clear what they were there. There was medication; there were certain psychotherapy; there was possibly electroconvulsive...
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Level 3: Advanced 7 hrs
Building relationships with donors
Money & Business

Building relationships with donors

...energies? The following discussion stresses how the pyramid model needs to be used with caution and complements it with some other models to guide your effective donor development. The pyramid represents a ‘bottom-up’ approach to donor development. It rests on your ability to attract and renew a broad base of potential interest and support. What might the process look...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs