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En rumbo: intermediate Spanish
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En rumbo: intermediate Spanish

...En rumbo: intermediate Spanish... Introduction ¡Hola! Bienvenidos a los materiales de En Rumbo, el curso de español de nivel intermedio de la Open University. Personal information part 1 We’re going to listen to street interviews with eight people from different parts of the world giving basic personal information. Personal information part 2 Here are three examples...
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Audio 35 mins
Social Science
Society, Politics & Law

Social Science

...Sciences? One definition is that they are specialised systematic forms of knowledge, which leads the question: What is knowledge? Through discussions with powerful and responsible social scientists, the tracks on this album focus on the history of social science, how they are shaping the world as we know it, and the differences between scientific and religious knowledge....
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Audio 1 hr 24 mins
Women in Science
Science, Maths & Technology

Women in Science

...science through time? To celebrate the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day (March 8th) and to mark International Year of Chemistry 2011, The Open University asked some of the female scientists currently working in its Faculty of Science, to nominate their personal choice of outstanding woman of science. The female scientists nominated include several Nobel...
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Science, Maths & Technology

Questions in science

...science, then these short courses are for you. There are three short taster courses in the disciplines of chemistry, physics, biology, environmental science and ethics in science for you to study. It does not matter which order you study the different taster courses in. This suite of courses consists of 3 different blocks of study, each of which should take you about 3...
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Science, Maths & Technology

Ethics in science?

...science? discusses how scientists have a moral and ethical responsibility to consider whether they should carry out an experiment. In this short course you will learn of the first clinical trials undertaken for scurvy and small pox and gain an understanding of how much more rigorous today’s clinical trials are. You will conduct your own online research into an unethical...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Planetary science
Science, Maths & Technology

Planetary science

...science and the search for life... Planetary science A short introduction to this album. The Nature of Impacts What happens when an asteroid crashes into a planet? Geologists investigate the causes of the Reis crater in Germany. The Formation of Craters When an asteroid penetrates the Earth's surface, it incredible temperatures and shockwaves transform the landscape....
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Nature & Environment

The science of genetics

...science at the heart of genetics...[Centrifuge] The 21st century began with the completion of the first draft of the complete sequence of the human genome. Coupled with new techniques for intervening in genetic disorders such as mass genetic screening, gene therapy and genetic manipulation these are among the most fraught areas of debate in modern biology and medical...
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Article 10 mins
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Health, Sports & Psychology

The science of chocolate

...science Claire Turner asks: Can chocolate ever be good for us?...[Close up photo of chocolate bars] Close up photo of chocolate bars Over the years, we all get bombarded with the latest health warnings or stories proclaiming the latest superfood which can provide miraculous health benefits. And very often, the stories completely contradict previous reports about the same...
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