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Science, Maths & Technology
Trusting Statistics in Today’s News
With so many contradictory statistics in the news, how do you know which COVID-19 stats are accurate? Who can you trust?
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Science, Maths & Technology
COVID-19: Making decisions based on flawed statistics
Can the UK be unlocked with a faulty key? A case for ending lockdown rests on bad statistics.
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Science, Maths & Technology
The research and modelling of COVID-19
Dr Kaustubh Adhikari, Lecturer in Statistics at The Open University, interviews Dr Sayantan Banerjee, a statistician from IIM-Indore.
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Science, Maths & Technology
Fake news during COVID-19
Dr Kaustubh Adhikari, Lecturer in Statistics at The Open University, interviews science integrity expert Dr Elisabeth Bik.
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Science, Maths & Technology
Ask the experts: Coronavirus fake news & medical terminology
A discussion and Q&A session on COVID-19 with experts from the OU STEM faculty.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Coronavirus: The Lowdown
The Covid-19 pandemic is affecting almost everyone worldwide. We've pulled together some content on the virus and how to cope in these unprecedented times.
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Science, Maths & Technology
Why cancer cells go to sleep: the mystery of cancer dormancy
New studies are challenging our understanding of the disease and teaching us more about dormant cells.
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Planetary Protection: Space Governance and the Search for Life
What is planetary protection? This article explores the policies and legislative action of forwards and backwards contamination.
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Diary of a Mars operations day
Dr Susanne P. Schwenzer outlines a day in the life of the operations team for the Mars rover, Curiosity.
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Science, Maths & Technology
What can Earth tell us about Mars?
As NASA’s Perseverance rover gears up for its mission to collect and test rock samples from the Jezero Crater on Mars, Michael Macey talks about his work, what got him started in this area of research and where he hopes it will go with Ann Grand (Lecturer in Astrobiology Education).
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Science, Maths & Technology
Dangoor Education
This page explores the history of collaboration between the Open University and Dangoor Education, and provides links to the free courses we have created together.
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7 accidental discoveries that look like April Fool's Day headlines but aren't
Here are some unbelievable discoveries that are very far from being pranks.