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Can dogs read their owners' emotions?
Science, Maths & Technology

Can dogs read their owners' emotions?

...thinking? Can your dog empathise? It's possible, suggests new research...Can dogs tell when we are happy, sad or angry? As a dog owner, I feel confident not only that I can tell what kind of emotional state my pets are in, but also that they respond to my emotions. Yet as a hard-headed scientist, I try to take a more rational and pragmatic view. These personal...
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Methods in Motion: What does Open Methodologies mean?
Society, Politics & Law

Methods in Motion: What does Open Methodologies mean?

...think in scales of global economic tides and social values, but the individual, workplace, family or locality is easier to apprehend and to alter. A political aspect of open methodologies is that they approach methods not in terms of grand narratives, but as practices through which worlds are enacted. This is a reaction to, and qualified rejection of, that research which...
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War Memorials
History & The Arts

War Memorials

...systems: witness the frequent references to God, nation, king, and empire on First World War memorials. They also illustrate altering (and persisting) artistic tastes: compare the Islington memorial – which is an example of art nouveau – with the Poplar one, which reaches back into the nineteenth century in its determinedly Victorian Gothic symbolism. Many British war...
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Academic versus AI
Science, Maths & Technology

Academic versus AI

...systems contain inherent biases, AI applications in higher education might inadvertently exacerbate existing inequalities. For example, biased algorithms could impact admissions processes, exacerbating disparities in educational opportunities. Moreover, there's the risk of over-reliance on AI, potentially diminishing the human touch crucial for effective teaching and...
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Introducing ethics in Information and Computer Sciences
Education & Development

Introducing ethics in Information and Computer Sciences

...system for that purpose. You might be inclined to think that the government is entitled to deploy a surveillance system because there are problems that need to be dealt with, somehow; perhaps you view the system as just a technological extension of the police. However, individuals too have rights, and this raises questions concerning the legitimacy of surveillance...
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Level 3: Advanced 40 hrs
Richard Brock - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Richard Brock - Earth in Vision

...think means dog’s body. And I started in radio with someone called Tony Soper who made a film about geese up in Scotland and then I went into television in a small way with Look with Sir Peter Scott and the famous Heinz Sielmann Becker film which was a… I didn’t used to call it the watercooler moment, but people talked about the fact that you could see inside a...
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Can comedy change your life?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Can comedy change your life?

...think and even how we act...Find out more about The Open University's Psychology courses Maeve Higgins once set herself a task. The Irish-born comedian wanted to see what life would be like if she stopped laughing at things that weren’t funny. Turns out it wasn’t as easy as she thought. “It was so effing hard,” she says. “Laughter is a lubricant and is expected,...
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Measure the Astronomical Unit and watch the Transit Of Venus
Science, Maths & Technology

Measure the Astronomical Unit and watch the Transit Of Venus

...think Andy, it’s very close. Can we see the white light one too? White light one? Andy It’s almost there isn’t it? Adam It’s so difficult. I reckon, is that like, it’s very tiny. Andy Yeah on the white light image from here. Adam I reckon it’s about, right, all you don’t forget to shout now when you think it happens look on the big screen. Andy It could be...
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