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How is a scorpion going to help fight brain cancers?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How is a scorpion going to help fight brain cancers?

...adults under the age of 30) will have their operations performed using the drug. “I think lots of other people are trying to find out the difference between brain cancer and normal tissue, but they don’t know what to do with the information when they get it,” Olson says. “They publish their paper and then they move on to the next thing.” He hopes tumour paint...
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Article 5 mins
Stonehenge before the First World War
History & The Arts

Stonehenge before the First World War

...adult mind. The most amusing instance of a false picture of something seen in childhood and continuing through life I have met was that of an Italian peasant I knew in South America. He liked to talk to me about the cranes, those great and wonderful birds he had become acquainted with in childhood in his home on the plains of Lombardy. The birds, of course, only appeared...
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Article 10 mins
Ade Thomas - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Ade Thomas - Earth in Vision

...adult audiences because it’s such a great way of creatively communicating these issues. And Steve Backshall, within the context of things, does a good job in terms of communicating the wider story around conservation and biodiversity loss. The potential of new technology for reporting the environment So, in terms of a democratic way of people being able to create and...
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Video 30 mins
The suicide of The Ceasefire Babies
Health, Sports & Psychology

The suicide of The Ceasefire Babies

...adults who as children had lived through the worst period of Troubles-related violence (from 1970 to 1977) as the age group that experienced the most rapid rise in suicides in the decade after 1998. It seems obvious that this group, the middle-aged who’d seen the worst of the Troubles, would be affected. But what about teenagers, people like Jonny? We were the Ceasefire...
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Article 15 mins
Wales and rugby
Society, Politics & Law

Wales and rugby

...think it needs to be more discriminating and treat its audience sometimes as adults rather than just stupid fanatic. This audio is an extract from The Open University free taster course Contemporary Wales. If you want to study formally with us, you may wish to explore more courses we offer in this subject area. This material is also available in Welsh on OpenLearn Cymru....
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Audio 20 mins
Cognition and gender development
Education & Development

Cognition and gender development

...adults and peers there is a clear motivation for the child to behave in a gender-stereotyped manner. However, there is also evidence of choice and flexibility in children’s behaviour, and this is where cognitive processes come into play. Once children have begun to internalise the standards of behaviour appropriate for males and females, based on the social experiences...
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Article 15 mins
Making creativity and innovation happen
Money & Business

Making creativity and innovation happen

...adults it is easy to be drawn away to the world of being serious and attending to more ‘grown-up matters’. Even when you do access your imagination it can often be through the lens of someone else’s thought as you read a book, or watch a film or television programme. Yet for adults, imagination is arguably important for ‘even the most minimally creative thought’...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Everyday English 2
Languages

Everyday English 2

...Adult Learning Wales, Coleg Gwent and the NPTC Group of Colleges....Introduction and guidance: Introduction and guidance - This free badged course, Everyday English 2, is an introduction to Functional Skills English Level 2 and Essential Skills Wales Communication Level 2. It is designed to inspire you to improve your current English skills and help you to remember any...
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Level 1: Introductory 48 hrs