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60 Second Adventures in Artificial Intelligence
Digital & Computing

60 Second Adventures in Artificial Intelligence

...work? How is AI used in science? All is explained these short animations narrated by David Mitchell. ...Find out about The Open University's Open degree. The Quest For AI (And Why We’re Not There Yet) The concept of thinking machines dates back to antiquity. Renaissance craftsmen built complex automatons to try to simulate intelligent behaviour. However, the possibility...
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Helen Cammock and the art of storytelling
Languages

Helen Cammock and the art of storytelling

...work. Joint winner of the Turner Prize in 2019, Cammock uses a variety of methods and materials – video, performance, photography – to explore the multitude of personal stories and people’s histories which are entwined together in the fabric of our culture. One of the techniques she uses is the ventriloquising of other people’s words. In the video installation The...
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Why learning disability nurses are essential – and how you can become one
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why learning disability nurses are essential – and how you can become one

...work of a learning disability nurse goes far beyond traditional healthcare: it is a compassionate, rights-based, person-centred practice that transforms lives, strengthens families, and builds inclusive communities. Yet despite the importance of this speciality, learning disability nursing remains one of the lesser-known fields of nursing—something that urgently needs...
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...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 planning the delivery of free learning through sound and sustainable business models. We improve learner esteem and confidence by helping them gain badges and statements of participation. The Open...
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A school reaches for the stars with an online astronomy course
Science, Maths & Technology

A school reaches for the stars with an online astronomy course

...working with the images, so it was important to get this right. Here at The Open University in Scotland we are very fortunate to have good links with local schools and are very grateful to the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) teacher and pupils at Denny High School for helping us in the developmental testing of the course." Science – it’s all...
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Oliver Sacks: "Don't skip the footnotes"
Health, Sports & Psychology

Oliver Sacks: "Don't skip the footnotes"

...works have introduced readers to the marvellous complexities of the mind, proving a great example of how “the two cultures” of science and literature may be reconciled. It is telling that Sacks’ admirers come equally from both sides of the divide, with science heavyweights Francis Crick, Gerald Edelman, Stephen Jay Gould matched by literary luminaries such as W.H....
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Blade Runner: What's the balance between science and fiction?
Science, Maths & Technology

Blade Runner: What's the balance between science and fiction?

...work when real scientists look at its workings?...Science – or strange permutations of it at least – is everywhere in the cinema. At any one time on movie screens around the world, humans are being threatened by lethal viruses, cured from terminal illness by miracle elixirs, rendered superhuman with bionic limbs or made obsolete by robots possessing artificial...
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Climate change’s costs are still escalating
Nature & Environment

Climate change’s costs are still escalating

...working outdoors in countries such as Malaysia The massive economic and health losses that climate change is already causing across the world are detailed in six scientific papers published on the 19th July. Perhaps most striking is the warning about large productivity losses already being experienced due to heat stress, which can already be calculated for 43 countries....
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