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What is it like to research death and loss?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What is it like to research death and loss?

...resources below. Transcript. Further resources Centre for Open Thanatology on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/openthanatology.bsky.social You can find publications written by Centre for Open Thanatology members via the Open University library: https://oro.open.ac.uk/view/research_centre/OThan.html Follow the links on this page to find other resources from the Centre for...
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About the ThrustWSH education hub
Science, Maths & Technology

About the ThrustWSH education hub

...resources related to the Thrust Water Speed Hydrofoil (ThrustWSH) that will introduce some of the advanced technologies and take your learning deeper into the underlying mathematics and engineering used in the project. ThrustWSH aims to break the world water speed record with a design speed of 450 mph and builds on the team’s experience from the ThrustSSC and Bloodhound...
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Earth In Vision: A Collection
Nature & Environment

Earth In Vision: A Collection

The Earth in Vision project explores the BBC archives of environment themed television and radio programmes from the last 70 years, looking at the potential of these archives as a digital resource as well as to illustrate the potential of digital broadcast archives for researchers.
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...resources. ​Free learning resources are core to our social mission. We believe that the main barriers to starting education are access, lack of confidence and cost. This is why the Open University works to remove these barriers: We build on formats and platforms that are available offline and online. This improves our discoverability and access. We eliminate cost by...
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Should animals have legal standing?
Society, Politics & Law

Should animals have legal standing?

...human beings are recognised by the law as persons, although personhood only begins at the moment of birth. But legal personhood is also bestowed on non-living entities, such as companies and ships. This allows companies to own property or enter into contracts in their own right, although of course in reality these actions are being taken by human beings acting on behalf...
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Speed of Arctic changes defies scientists
Nature & Environment

Speed of Arctic changes defies scientists

...human activity from natural climate fluctuations. It was only when regular satellite observations began in 1979 that measurement of surface climate over the Antarctic and the Southern Ocean became possible, says the study, published in the journal Nature Climate Change. To gain a longer view, Dr Jones and her colleagues used a compilation of records from natural archives...
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The benefits of a longer product life
Science, Maths & Technology

The benefits of a longer product life

...resourcefulness is reflected in products that last longer, are adaptable, maintainable, and repairable. Such products optimise material value through preventing waste. These design strategies challenge the ways we create, use, and dispose of our everyday stuff. By extending the utility of our products, we reduce wastes, such as carbon emissions, across the whole product...
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Hands-free phone tech is dangerous - so why do car firms still promote it?
Digital & Computing

Hands-free phone tech is dangerous - so why do car firms still promote it?

...resources, which include all the resources needed to perceive things in our vision, understand what we hear, and plan for upcoming actions. When driving, your workload may be relatively manageable, yet adding a phone conversation increases that workload. If the demands of driving suddenly increase –- for example when the vehicle ahead brakes sharply –- your workload...
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