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What is language?
Languages

What is language?

...history and social significance of our communicative abilities. Transcript If this piece has piqued your interest in the world of words, we have many language courses available for you to study. If you want to know more about the function and significance of language, we can particularly recommend the following courses: Or, if you’re looking for a course to develop your...
Timeline: Engineering the real cyborgs
Science, Maths & Technology

Timeline: Engineering the real cyborgs

...history of how engineering has helped certain disabilities is to click the arrow on the right hand side (or swipe right on a tablet), which will take you through all the entries. You can also investigate various thems such as: 'Heart' or 'Eyes' by selecting the 'Open filters' button on the top right hand side. This will allow you to filter content and only see one theme....
O' Fortuna: Can you survive Early Modern Europe?
History & The Arts

O' Fortuna: Can you survive Early Modern Europe?

...O Fortuna image] Select the image to start your journey. Instructions For best results, use a modern web browser. Upgrade to the latest version of Internet Explorer or try a free alternative like Google Chrome, Firefox or Safari. Playing on a tablet or mobile device? To play in full-screen mode, tilt your device on the long, landscape side. Delve deeper into history...
15 minutes on Mars
Science, Maths & Technology

15 minutes on Mars

...history of Mars, investigate the environment on the planet today and find out where the future might take us. Click here or on the image below to launch the interactive [Illustration of Mars in space] Instructions For best results, use a modern web browser. Upgrade to the latest version of Google Chrome, Firefox or Safari. [AstrobiologyOU logo]This article is part of the...
Child spirituality
Education & Development

Child spirituality

...family and social relationships, social presentation, emotional and behavioural development, self-care skills). They also require assessments to think about each child in the context of their particular family and community. This helps practitioners to assess what appears to be universal to children, to understand individual differences, the relationship of behaviour to...
Life in a bubble: the training camp experience at a World Cup
Health, Sports & Psychology

Life in a bubble: the training camp experience at a World Cup

...families, who were colloquially known as the WAGs (wives and girlfriends) and FAFs (friends and families). The WAGs included the high-profile wives and partners of players like David Beckham, Ashley Cole and Wayne Rooney. Unfortunately, Baden-Baden became a celebrity circus with the focus often centred on the social activities of the players’ partners and families...
Further uses of genetic testing
Science, Maths & Technology

Further uses of genetic testing

...family. Genetic testing can use this to work out how two people are related to each other, by analysing how well their DNA profiles match. This can range from identifying a child’s biological father using paternity testing, to mapping whole family relationships over time through genetic genealogy. Genetic ancestry testing uses a similar idea of comparing a person’s...
Desmond Morris - Earth In Vision
Nature & Environment

Desmond Morris - Earth In Vision

...history television Desmond Morris discusses Zoo Time, digital archive, David Attenborough, climate change, human behaviour and the future. ...Desmond Morris Desmond Morris is an English zoologist, ethologist, broadcaster and author. He has a zoology degree from the University of Birmingham and a Doctorate from the University of Oxford on the reproductive behaviour of the...