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Health, Sports & Psychology
Drivers and hand-held mobile phones: extending the ban won’t solve the problem – here’s why
Dr Gemma Briggs and Dr Helen Wells look at the changes to the law for using a mobile phone whilst driving and why attitudes towards this activity need to change.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Think you’re better at driving than most? How psychological biases are keeping our roads unsafe
Overconfidence in your driving ability can be highly dangerous. Dr Gemma Briggs explains how can we change driver behaviour.
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Science, Maths & Technology
So, you want to work in the video gaming industry
Have you ever been told that you spend so much time playing computer games, you should get paid to do it? Well, maybe you should consider a career in designing them!
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Science, Maths & Technology
Solving the perplexing mathematicians' problem of the spectre
In 2023, a UK maths enthusiast called David Smith discovered a shape that had one very specialproperty.Using copies of this shape, nicknamed “the spectre,” one can cover a flat surface forever-without the pattern repeating itself. This special property is called aperiodicity, and David’s discovery solved a problem that had been perplexing ...
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Digital & Computing
In-car technology: are we being sold a false sense of security?
Our new cars come equipped with technology to read out text messages and let us use voice commands to make phone calls. Allocating attention to other tasks, can lead to our driving performance suffering and putting lives at risk.
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Science, Maths & Technology
15 minutes on Mars
Have you ever looked up into the night sky at the red planet and wanted to know more? Now here’s your chance to explore Mars.
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Science, Maths & Technology
Electromagnetism: testing Coulomb’s law
This free course explores Coulomb’s law, the physical law that governs the force between electric charges, and shows how it can be verified experimentally. As a prerequisite you will need some mathematical knowledge of vectors. This free course is an adapted extract from the Open University course SM381 Electromagnetism.
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Transport and Sustainability
This free course, Transport and sustainability, explores the issues around sustainable transport and how the role of technology and society can interact to lower the overall impact of transport.
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Science, Maths & Technology
Geology toolkit
Discover the unique landscape of Great Britain and Ireland with our interactive Geology Toolkit, featuring a geology timeline, rock analyser, rock cycle, landscape features and safety tips.
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Science, Maths & Technology
Planetary Protection
Protecting the space environment is becoming ever more critical so we’ve collated some FREE resources on protecting planetary bodies as humans explore extraterrestrial environments.
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Science, Maths & Technology
Answering questions in Science
In a series of videos, discover some of the most intriguing questions about the world around us, from the fundamental properties of water and the very definition of life to the forces that shape our planet and the vastness of the cosmos.
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Science, Maths & Technology
Engineering your dream career
Imagine spending time working on the things you love. Discover engineering careers which match your passions in this short interactive experience on women in engineering.