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More than carbon sinks: Other ways forests can fight climate change
Nature & Environment

More than carbon sinks: Other ways forests can fight climate change

...write this column The team of scientists that turned the global conversation on trees, forests and climate on its head has indeed demonstrated a good example of scientific synergy. They have shown the need for scientific disciplines to collaborate to solve the problems of our time, like climate change. Cool. This article was originally published by SciDevNet under a CC-BY...
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Article 5 mins
Music and mental health: the parallels between Victorian asylum treatments and modern social prescribing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Music and mental health: the parallels between Victorian asylum treatments and modern social prescribing

...writing: “There is or may be a hidden life within him which may be reached by harmony.” The writer James Webster recorded in 1842 that: “In many, the effect produced by the music upon their countenances and behaviour was often quite apparent.” Records include many stories of patients seemingly cured by music. Webster cites the example of a young girl, previously...
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A sport transformed: Safety in motor-racing since 1969
Health, Sports & Psychology

A sport transformed: Safety in motor-racing since 1969

...Writing in the popular magazine, MotorSport, journalist Denis Jenkinson wrote in response to the cancellation of the 1969 Belgium Grand Prix that: “I have always thought one of the enduring features of a Grand Prix driver was that he had guts and would accept a challenge that normal people like you and I would not be brave enough to face; now I’m not so sure if any of...
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Studying design at The Open University: a rewarding journey
Science, Maths & Technology

Studying design at The Open University: a rewarding journey

...writing the storyboard and script to recording the video in the OU studio. [Cindy and Ida’s storyboard for the video.]Figure 1 Cindy and Ida’s storyboard for the video Cindy and Ida describe their experiences as distance learners and offer helpful tips to prospective students. They share moments of accomplishment and strategies for overcoming challenges. I want to...
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Video 5 mins
Paris Attacks: Social media is the villain of the piece, and the hero of the hour
Digital & Computing

Paris Attacks: Social media is the villain of the piece, and the hero of the hour

...writes: While the average person was getting on with life in Paris before last Friday’s terror bombings and shootings, Twitter threads in Arabic from the Middle East were urging for attacks to be launched upon coalition forces in their home countries. “Advance, advance – forward, forward” they said, regarding Paris. Iraqi forces had warned coalition countries one...
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Article 10 mins
Addressing ethical issues in your research proposal
Education & Development

Addressing ethical issues in your research proposal

...writing your proposal and ultimately when designing and conducting your research study. The Ethical Guidelines for Educational Research (British Educational Research Association, 2018) identifies the key responsibilities you will have when you conduct your research, including the range of stakeholders that you will have responsibilities to, as follows: to your...
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Ralph Waldo Emerson on Shakespeare's craft
History & The Arts

Ralph Waldo Emerson on Shakespeare's craft

...writing, is entitled thenceforth to steal from the writings of others at discretion. Thought is the property of him who can entertain it; and of him who can adequately place it. A certain awkwardness marks the use of borrowed thoughts; but, as soon as we have learned what to do with them, they become our own. Thus, all originality is relative. Every thinker is...
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Getting started with Italian 3
Languages

Getting started with Italian 3

...write in Italian the information given by the person at the railway information office. Check your answers against the transcript. Riascoltate l’audio e scrivete in italiano le informazioni fornite dall’impiegato. Usate la trascrizione per controllare le risposte...Week 2: Enquiring about train times: 4 Talking about the availability of something - [Described image]...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs