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Stephen Hawking: The tributes
Science, Maths & Technology

Stephen Hawking: The tributes

...writings were inspirational to many scientists and enriched the lives of millions with the latest science and cosmic perspectives. He was also wonderfully funny with a fantastic media savviness that propelled him into A-list celebrity stardom as few other scientists before. Through it all, of course, his illness made his achievements near-superhuman. How he manipulated...
Rare diseases: low numbers, high impact
Science, Maths & Technology

Rare diseases: low numbers, high impact

...writing, around 7,000 rare diseases have been described. Over 80% of those affect less than 1 in 1 million people (so they are very rare). However, new rare diseases are constantly being described, so this number is continuously increasing. In the UK, around 3.5 million individuals have a rare disease. It is estimated that over the whole lifetime, around 1 in 17 people...
Getting started with a Password Manager
Digital & Computing

Getting started with a Password Manager

...an email asking you to authenticate any new computers or phones before it will allow you to use the application on those devices. This is done to help prevent your LastPass details being stored on machines you do not control. In case anyone was worried, I changed my Google password again after writing this – so the password you can see above isn’t my actual password....
28 July 2005: 4 o'clock and all is well
OpenLearn Ireland

28 July 2005: 4 o'clock and all is well

...writing over several decades has chronicled the long transition from conflict to peace. It goes beneath the surface to explore the detailed happenings behind the headlines, and to add understanding to the complexities of peacebuilding. In his latest archive publication, Rowan follows the signposts on the road from 2005 to 2010; that end to the armed campaign, the...
Time management and study
Health, Sports & Psychology

Time management and study

...Writing a shopping list and using leftovers are both tips on the NHS guidance on how to eat well on a budget but these tips will also help you with staying more organised. Procrastination, burnout and self-care Everyone puts things off, or as we have already discussed, prioritises other items first, in turn delaying something else. Procrastinators can avoid difficult...
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Science, Maths & Technology

Mathematics for science and technology

...writing 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2, we write 26. This is read (and said) as ‘2 to the power 6’; 6 is the index or the power. In general, this means that a super n equals a multiplication a multiplication a multiplication a full stop full stop full stop full stop full stop full stop to n postfix times factors where n is called the index, or the power, of a. Both a and...
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History & The Arts

A freelance career in the creative arts

...writing etc. Activity 2 Categories within the creative arts sector Timing: Allow about 5 minutes Spend a few minutes thinking about the subsectors listed by the Creative Industries Federation. Can you identify which subsector (or maybe there’s more than one) your work fits into? Discussion If you’re unsure whether your ideas fit with the categories this course intends...
Can rabies be eliminated from Asia by 2020?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Can rabies be eliminated from Asia by 2020?

...writing it has only launched a pilot project in the northern state of Haryana to advise on managing the problem nationwide. Meanwhile, the government leaves it to the local city authorities to carry out programmes for vaccinating stray dogs on the street. Most deal with the problem by hiring NGOs like CUPA. That leaves rural areas, where rabies strikes hardest, all but...