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What is Planetary Protection?
Science, Maths & Technology

What is Planetary Protection?

...humanity is alone in the Universe has been asked for millennia, but the answer remains elusive. This is despite the objectives of many past, current and future space exploration missions to find evidence of past (extinct) or present (extant) life. But as our understanding of life on Earth improves and we expand the range of extra-terrestrial environments we explore with...
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Can rabies be eliminated from Asia by 2020?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Can rabies be eliminated from Asia by 2020?

...human welfare as it is for dogs.” This is part of an ongoing – and some say uphill – battle to eliminate rabies from India. Around 59,000 people die from rabies every year, according to a 2015 study published in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases. The overwhelming majority are in Asia and Africa: India alone accounts for 20,847 deaths, more than one-third of the...
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What effect does increasing noise pollution have on mammals?
Nature & Environment

What effect does increasing noise pollution have on mammals?

...humans, such as hikers and cyclists, passed by the same animals and barely triggered even a raised head. Intelligent animals These unexpected observations may well be explained by the fact that prairie dogs, despite their small size, have impressive cognitive abilities. Experiments have demonstrated that they can distinguish between different predators (and even human...
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How technology can challenge our understanding of Frankenstein
History & The Arts

How technology can challenge our understanding of Frankenstein

...Humanities at The Open University, believes specialised text analysis software can help us develop new insights into classic literature...When Mary Shelley published her iconic Gothic novel two hundred years ago in 1818, she probably did not imagine it would continue to be read and reprinted into the twenty-first century. Like many other works from our cultural past,...
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Exploring Psychology
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring Psychology

...humans think, develop, and experience the world around us has been fascinating psychologists for over 100 years. The tracks in this album cover a range of case studies, looking at factors which can influence the development of our personalities. What is the impact of significant people in our early lives? How do you go about the process of researching topics like this in...
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Medea
History & The Arts

Medea

Discover the Ancient Greek tragedy Medea (by Euripides), in our two-minute animation voiced by Angela Griffin...This content is associated with The Open University's Arts and Humanities courses and qualifications. Transcript
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Life through a lens
History & The Arts

Life through a lens

...have changed their view of the world through lenses, we see further and closer thanks to the power of this wonderful invention, could you imagine life without lenses?...You might be reading this now with your prescription glasses on: two lenses custom-made just for you. If you have perfect vision, you probably carry a tiny lens with you all the time in the form of your
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Coronavirus: Dealing with Death, Dying and Grief
Health, Sports & Psychology

Coronavirus: Dealing with Death, Dying and Grief

...resources to offer advice or comfort in these times...We only get one chance to have our dying wishes met, which is why it’s vital to talk, plan and make arrangements for the end of life – before it’s too late. With the sudden Coronavirus pandemic, it seems more crucial than ever to lay out our plans; our immersive interactive 'Life or Death Decisions' explores this...
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