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Animals at the extremes: hibernation and torpor
Nature & Environment

Animals at the extremes: hibernation and torpor

...analysis of variations on conventional endothermy. Whilst most hibernating endotherms lower the temperature of all or parts of their bodies by between 5 and 25° C, many ectotherms and some mammals are characterized by their ability to depress their T b to below the freezing point of water. In either situation, physiological adaptations must include: thermoregulatory...
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Level 2: Intermediate 14 hrs
George Orwell and Nineteen Eighty-Four
Society, Politics & Law

George Orwell and Nineteen Eighty-Four

...data on its population. In Activity 4, you will explore contemporary examples of the novel’s continuing significance by considering this in more detail. [A woman on her phone in a digital matrix environment] Figure 5 Surveillance is a key theme in Nineteen Eighty-Four Activity 4 In the box below, note down what information the UK government (or government of any other...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
World Environment Day 2016: Local engagement, global celebration
Nature & Environment

World Environment Day 2016: Local engagement, global celebration

...You can check the communities, from the British Isles, to Hong Kong, South Africa and Chile. Study with The Open University Environment: Journeys through the changing world (U116) - plus, there are many other modules in the environment, development and management context - visit the prospectus site for more. The data behind the day [Information related to the environment]...
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Article 5 mins
The Bottom Line Expert Opinion: The Volkswagen Scandal
Money & Business

The Bottom Line Expert Opinion: The Volkswagen Scandal

...data to VW’s response to whether this problem extends to the car industry as a whole. The BBC provided a nice primer for understanding the full breadth of this scandal in their article “Volkswagen: The Scandal Explained”. On a purely business level, this event has created unprecedented challenges for the leaders of VW. Already, both the US and Switzerland has...
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Article 5 mins
Billions are spent on educational technology, but we don’t know if it works
Education & Development

Billions are spent on educational technology, but we don’t know if it works

...data they daily collect on users. In my research work with colleagues, I have argued for a focus on the rigour and validity of various research types. New initiatives, such as the International Certification of Evidence of Impact in Education, have begun to consolidate the different research approaches, standards and certifications related to evidence of EdTech impact...
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Butterflies tell us more than you might think about our natural world
Nature & Environment

Butterflies tell us more than you might think about our natural world

...data collected by anyone – perhaps even you! If you are interested, check out the resources below. Further resources Butterfly Conservation - Volunteering The Parks Trust Milton Keynes - Volunteering UKBMS – UK Butterfly Monitoring Scheme Study with The Open University S295 The Biology of Survival S397 Terrestrial Ecosystems SDT 306 Environment: responding to change...
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Article 10 mins
What is the relationship between history and historical fiction?
History & The Arts

What is the relationship between history and historical fiction?

...Data transferred straight from the research area to the book will simply remain data, it will be imaginatively inert.’ And I know that from my own in the sense that I never write worse than when I’ve got the textbook in the other hand, because try as I will to send it through my mind it has a strange way of going straight in through my eyes and out on to the page and...
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Exploring the icy moons
Science, Maths & Technology

Exploring the icy moons

...data on the composition of the minerals. For example, I use electron microscopes to look in detail at the textures of ice samples. I look at where different types of salts accumulate and how the minerals are distributed within the ice, because that might have implications for how much fluid is transported up through the ice or how much drains back down into the oceans of...
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Article 10 mins