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History & The Arts
Learning from the past with historic buildings
How can we work with our building traditions to create designs that will last?
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Science, Maths & Technology
The role of business development in AstrobiologyOU
Ann Grand, Lecturer in Astrobiology Education, talked with Yiannis Tsamis, Business Development Manager, about the role of business development in AstrobiologyOU.
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Science, Maths & Technology
Hat makers, Greek gods and the great poisoners
Ever wondered where the phrase 'as mad as a hatter' came from? We take a look at some infamous cases of poisoning.
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Nature & Environment
COP26 and the Glasgow Pact...one small step
Some of the 27,000 children born during the two weeks of COP26 will be 71 years old on the 100th Anniversary of the Rio 1992 Earth Summit. As that generation retells the story of how the nations of the world worked together to eventually limit dangerous global heating, Glasgow’s COP26 will be worth a mention.
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Science, Maths & Technology
Explainer: how hostile is space?
Invisible radiation in space creates a harsh environment to perform science in. This article written in 2014 by Ben Dryer, a Postdoctoral Researcher in Electronic Imaging at The Open University, explains more...
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Nature & Environment
Water: Managing the 1% in a climate changing world
Water is essential to all life on Earth. This article explores how climate change is challenging our ways of thinking about and managing this scarce resource.
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Nature & Environment
Early reflections from Glasgow on COP26
Chief OU observer ‘optimistic’ after the first three days.