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Society, Politics & Law
Detecting Deception: Can you spot a liar?
Some money has been stolen - everyone denies taking it but some people are lying. Can you work out who is telling the truth and who is being dishonest? Find out in our interactive...
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Science, Maths & Technology
Bioinformatics: a new asset in the Disease Detectives toolkit
Bioinformatics is transforming modern medicine. Discover how DNA sequencing and metagenomics are helping scientists identify hidden pathogens, solve medical mysteries and improve disease diagnosis faster than ever before.
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History & The Arts
Religion as Social Control - Karl Marx
Why did Karl Marx thought religion was like Opium? Had Marx got his way, society would be so happy being revolutionaries, there’d be no need for religion. This 60 second animation explains more.
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History & The Arts
Troy Story: Homer's Iliad and Odyssey
Interested in Greek myths? We've condensed the epic narrative of Homer's poems the Iliad and the Odyssey into short animations voiced by the dulcet tones of Don Warrington.
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Money & Business
Entrepreneurship – from ideas to reality
Turn your business ideas into reality with this free course on entrepreneurship. Explore practical steps for starting and growing a business, from developing ideas and choosing a business model to funding, location, and assessing your own skills and risk approach — all illustrated with real-life case studies.
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History & The Arts
HeadStart Classical Studies
Explore the worlds of ancient Greece and Rome with this collection of free courses on the classical world.
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History & The Arts
Exploring Ovid’s big ideas
Discover how ancient stories still give us new ways of thinking about the modern world’s biggest questions. Meet characters from ancient myth like Actaeon the hunter and find out why Ovid’s work is still so relevant today.
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History & The Arts
Religion as Virus - Richard Dawkins
Athiest and evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins said religion and science can't sit side by side. This animation explains more...
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History & The Arts
Religion as Ritual - Auguste Comte
French philosopher, Comte, thought religion was such a huge ritual that removing it may be chaos. This animation explains more.
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History & The Arts
Fakespeare: Rewriting the bard
Rewrite Shakespeare’s best bits for the 21st Century and reveal your inner wordsmith.
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History & The Arts
Hadrian: The Roamin' Emperor
Can you piece together strands of historical evidence to work out what motivated the Roman Emperor, Hadrian, to travel so extensively?
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Money & Business
Managing my money for young adults: in partnership with the Harrison Foundation
This OpenLearn Create course introduces the knowledge and skills that are essential for good financial decision making.