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From Brexit to the break-up of Britain?
Society, Politics & Law

From Brexit to the break-up of Britain?

...simple referendum decision flowed from a very straightforward question, namely ‘Should the United Kingdom remain a member of the European Union or leave the European Union?’ But it was merely the first step into a tangle of legal (treaty-based) requirements and a series of complex negotiations. The formal process of leaving the EU was triggered by the UK government in...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
An introduction to artificial intelligence
Education & Development

An introduction to artificial intelligence

...simple yet general text-based dialogue in English. This is an early example of ‘Symbolic’ AI. Around 1966, work on the first general-purpose mobile robot, Shakey began at MIT. The ALPAC (Automatic Language Processing Advisory Committee) report was released in 1966, and its largely negative findings on progress within Machine Translation led to drastic reduction of...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
A modest liking for Liverpool
History & The Arts

A modest liking for Liverpool

...simple neighborhood, so that we sat down at its foot and rested a long, long minute till the tram came by and took us back into the loud, hard heart of Liverpool. I do not mean to blame it, for it was no louder or harder than the hearts of other big towns, and it had some alleviation from the many young couples who were out together half-holidaying in the unusually...
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Article 10 mins
Some merits of Manchester
History & The Arts

Some merits of Manchester

...simple miracle would be impossible in America, where our trains, when not shrieking at the tops of their whistles, are backing and filling with a wild clangor of their bells, and making a bedlam of their stations; but in England they "Come like shadows, so depart," and make no sound within the vast caravansary where the enchanted traveller has changed from them into a...
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Article 10 mins
Virtual reality, 19th Century style: The history of the panorama and balloon view
History & The Arts

Virtual reality, 19th Century style: The history of the panorama and balloon view

...simple case of cause and effect, with the balloon coming first, nor did both devices emerge from the same set of circumstances, for example, the balloon’s uptake depended on the availability of hydrogen that had only just been successfully combined. But the panorama undoubtedly schooled its visitors in a mode of viewing that was compatible with ballooning. And though...
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Article 5 mins
EPQs: designing your research question
Education & Development

EPQs: designing your research question

...simple as you’d like something to put on your UCAS statement, to show you can be self-motivated and self-managed. It might be that you enjoy finding things out, asking a question no one has asked before and uncovering answers that no one else has found. All of these are excellent reasons for undertaking an EPQ. Understanding why you want to do a research project will...
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Article 5 mins
Happy birthday Shakespeare!
History & The Arts

Happy birthday Shakespeare!

...simple title ‘Shakespeare’s Sonnets’. Inside, accompanied by no introductions or explanations, were 154 powerful love poems: 126 to an unidentified young man and 28 to a woman, the notorious ‘dark lady’. For whom were these poems written? What relationship do they have to Shakespeare’s life? The biographical mystery behind the sonnets is fascinating, but the...
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Article 3 hrs
Living psychology: animal minds
Health, Sports & Psychology

Living psychology: animal minds

...simple things, like pain. When we’re making decisions about euthanasia: Is an animal unhappy? We have to make lots of questions about how they’re behaving. And we make subjective judgements on how they behave and whether they are happy, and whether quality of life is adequate. BIANCA I definitely think that my cat experiences joy and happy emotions. It could be any...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs