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Does counting calories work?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Does counting calories work?

...simple. And part of the problem goes way beyond individual self-control. The numbers logged in Nash’s Fitbit, or printed on the food labels that Haelle reads religiously, are at best good guesses. Worse yet, as scientists are increasingly finding, some of those calorie counts are flat-out wrong – off by more than enough, for instance, to wipe out the calories Haelle...
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Dreaming of an answer to narcolepsy: Why don't we understand sleep?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Dreaming of an answer to narcolepsy: Why don't we understand sleep?

...simple – I just need to get the orexins (or something similar) back inside my brain. So why am I still waiting? *** In April 1972, a toy poodle in Canada produced a litter of four. Eager families were quick to snap up the cute puppies, but one of them, a silver-grey female called Monique, soon developed what her owners described as “drop attacks” when she tried to...
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For some people, staying awake might help fight depression
Health, Sports & Psychology

For some people, staying awake might help fight depression

...simple as staying awake overnight bring about such a transformation? Unpicking the mechanism isn’t straightforward: we still don’t fully understand the nature of depression or the function of sleep, both of which involve multiple areas of the brain. But recent studies have started to yield some insights. The brain activity of people with depression looks different...
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Form and uses of language
History & The Arts

Form and uses of language

...simple: line 2 consists entirely of words of one syllable, and much of the rest of the poem is the same, with only one word of more than two syllables (‘incompetent’) in the whole poem. There are no unusual or unfamiliar words. Its simplicity is almost exaggerated. Interestingly, though, he did not spell out an explicit message in this poem. If you feel that you have...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Supporting children's development
Education & Development

Supporting children's development

...simple tongue twister: ‘Smelly shoes and socks shock sisters’ and then encouraging him to copy them. In just a few days his pronunciation has improved and Tomos has found the activity – the learning experience – to be enjoyable, probably because he finds it funny, having a sister to shock with smelly shoes and socks. Vygotsky, like Piaget, argued that children...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
IT: Information
Science, Maths & Technology

IT: Information

...coding and even incorporated data compression with a form of what we now call 'run length coding' – not much is really new, is it? This development enabled pictures to accompany the telegraphed or telephoned reports from many major cities in Europe and the US. As a consequence, the newspapers prospered and fortunes were made by the now infamous press barons whose...
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Level 1: Introductory 20 hrs
Groups and teamwork
Science, Maths & Technology

Groups and teamwork

...simple prescription for being a good leader; yet there are some characteristics that most effective leaders have in common...Groups and teamwork: 2.1 What is a group? - Our tendency to form groups is a pervasive aspect of organisational life. As well as formal groups, committees and teams, there are informal groups, cliques and cabals. Formal groups are used to organise...
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Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs
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Money & Business

Managing my money for young adults

...code you're on? And how can you check it's the right one? What does the government do with the tax revenue raised? Well, a large proportion of government spending is in a range of state benefits, so in this session you'll also look at the benefits you may be entitled to once you finish your education. So enjoy. The knowledge gained this session will help you right now,...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs