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What astronomical object was the Christmas Star?
Science, Maths & Technology

What astronomical object was the Christmas Star?

...system and is a leftover from our planetary formation process. As the comet gets closer to the Sun and becomes heated, the ice can turn straight to gas carrying dust particles out into space. The gas and dust create impressive tails that can reach up to millions of kilometres in length. [Comet C/2020 F3 (Neowise) photographed during July 2020 in the northern sky]Figure 2...
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Depression, mood and exercise
Health, Sports & Psychology

Depression, mood and exercise

...system as the accumulation of drugs (due to slow kidney and liver function – due to dehydration and no exercise) leads to harmful drugs interactions. This negatively influences our muscle function and neural system functions and is toxic. It further increases our sedation, we feel weaker, dizzier, wobblier and have more violent mood swings, headaches, drowsiness and...
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International health service: How the NHS has always relied on overseas labour
Society, Politics & Law

International health service: How the NHS has always relied on overseas labour

...system introduced 1971 Vouchers abolished; work permit system introduced 1985 Four-year permit-free training scheme introduced 1997 Nature of training available to non-EU migrants altered. Training typically takes five years, but all training posts had shorter stay periods 2006 Non-EU migration virtually closed Immigration and EU workers key dates Year What happened?...
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The unique relationship between the fig and the fig wasp
Nature & Environment

The unique relationship between the fig and the fig wasp

...systems where changes in one small thing can have knock-on effects to many othersEverything is connected to everything else. That’s one of the themes that runs through A Perfect Planet. The Earth is a set of interconnected systems where changes in one small thing can have knock-on effects to many others. One of the stories in the series is about tropical fig trees, the...
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Jim Skea - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Jim Skea - Stories of Change

...system a bit away from fossil fuels, towards lower carbon forms of energy. RH: Well the public sector has made solar vastly cheaper, hasn’t it, that extraordinary and some people thought at the time, Quixotic ambition from the Germans for a million solar roofs in cloudy Northern Europe, but that unleashed a huge amount of private investment into R&D and then stimulated...
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Critical criminology and the social sciences
Society, Politics & Law

Critical criminology and the social sciences

...systems that we construct to make organisations function. Often, we distinguish between macro organisational behaviour, the study of organisations in their wider social, political, and economic contexts, and micro organisational behaviour, the study of individuals' behaviour in the context of organisations they are members of and the wider context of their membership in...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
The global pursuit of equitable football coaching legacies from Africa and The Caribbean to the UK
Health, Sports & Psychology

The global pursuit of equitable football coaching legacies from Africa and The Caribbean to the UK

...systemic barriers that still hinder equity. Through this lens, it calls for deeper investment, reform, and a dismantling of colonial legacies in men’s football. At the 2022 World Cup in Qatar seemingly one powerful narrative was emerging, Africa’s assertion of Black African coaching excellence which could hopefully lead to global conversations about representation,...
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An introduction to electronics
Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to electronics

...systems pervade everything we do, and teach some of the basic ideas...Electronics is fundamental to modern life. Using an interactive website, videos, and easy-to-use electronic circuit design and simulation software, this free course, An introduction to electronics, will show how electronic devices and systems pervade everything we do, and teach some of the basic...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs