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How scientists found rare fireball meteorite pieces on a driveway – and what they could teach us
Science, Maths & Technology

How scientists found rare fireball meteorite pieces on a driveway – and what they could teach us

...code, remember to close gates and don’t tread in anything soft. But in the time of a pandemic, everything changes. The UK government currently forbids citizens from travelling far from home, unless the travel is essential. Was it essential for a group of meteoriticists to travel to Winchcombe? Yes, it was. Each had completed fieldwork risk assessments and received...
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Think entertainment is violent today? The Victorians were much, much worse
Society, Politics & Law

Think entertainment is violent today? The Victorians were much, much worse

...code increased the public’s desire for such “artwork”. Fewer people, and essentially only murderers, were hanged by the accession of Queen Victoria, so the rarity of an execution combined with the sensational nature of the crime whetted public appetites. Highly decorative broadsides were printed to inform about and commemorate in prose, verse and image the crime,...
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What is the evidence that King Edward VIII was a Nazi sympathiser?
History & The Arts

What is the evidence that King Edward VIII was a Nazi sympathiser?

...code breakers at Bletchley Park came across a telegram from Hitler, saying: “The Führer attaches importance to the Duke of Coburg, on no account falling into enemy hands.” This was one of Hitler’s famous “Nero orders”, an indirect sentence of death. The secrets Hitler and Coburg shared seemed to be so important that they needed to be hidden from public view....
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Can yoga help us achieve sustainable development goals?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Can yoga help us achieve sustainable development goals?

...code of conduct for individuals. Out of these so-called eight “limbs” of yoga, three are better known than others. These are asanas (physical postures), pranayama (breathing exercises) and dhyana (meditation). The remaining five are less well-known. These are yamas (ethical restraints), niyamas (ethical observances), pratyahara (withdrawal of senses), dharana...
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Take away Science
History & The Arts

Take away Science

...coding in snakes and research developments. We also meet David Robinson, a biologist and Senior Lecturer at the OU, who has been involved with OU television programmes for many years, and chat about what the future for science programming might look like. Finally, we chat to Jenny Worthington, a project officer at the OU, about the fantastic evolution meglab project. The...
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Understanding language and learning
Languages

Understanding language and learning

...simple commands: ‘you come here’, ‘you put him down’, ‘don’t touch him’, in order to get people to do things for her. Although in mature adult speech, commands are often expressed as either imperative clauses in which the subject (you) is absent – e.g. ‘come here’ – or expressed indirectly through interrogative clauses – e.g. ‘Could you come...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Eco-anxiety and how to cope with the Climate and Ecological Crisis
Health, Sports & Psychology

Eco-anxiety and how to cope with the Climate and Ecological Crisis

...code red for humanity’ (United Nations, 2021). Hearing and reading about these facts can be deeply disturbing. Depth psychology tells us that when a thought or an experience is too painful or difficult to bear, we use psychological defences so we can carry on as if it wasn’t there. We can know and not know about the climate crisis at the same time, something known in...
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Fast Reactors and Thorium
Science, Maths & Technology

Fast Reactors and Thorium

...simple transfer of momentum largely due to elastic collisions of neutrons with the nucleus of the moderator atoms. You will learn more about moderators in Week 2, where the physics of reactors is covered in more detail. Thermal reactors benefit from the enhanced chance of nuclear fission when thermal neutrons come close to and interact with a U-235 or Pu-239 nucleus. The...
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