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Science, Maths & Technology
Design a school
As a new academic year gets under way, some schools are settling in to new premises. But what sort of choices and trade-offs are made during the design process?
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Science, Maths & Technology
Noble gases
What happens when you put noble gases, some balloons and a rooftop together? Watch what happens...
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The Naming of Asteroids
How do asteroids get their names?
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Fizzy drinks
Find out what's really in those bubbles that give your drinks their fizz.
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Science, Maths & Technology
Sacrificial Metals
In the Rough Science programme 'The Reef', the Rough Scientists constructed a burglar alarm to protect the delicate coral reef off the island of Chumbe. They strung out a wire across the surface of the water to mark out a no-go region for boats. If a boat crossed the line the circuit was completed and the alarm sounded. Being an important nature...
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Properties of gold
Open University chemist Mike Bullivant outlines the properties of gold
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The science of making musical instruments
How can you take string or a tube and create a device to make music? Here's the science behind the tools of art.
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Fossil soft parts
Taphonomy - the soft parts of organisms need certain conditions in order to become fossils
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Science, Maths & Technology
Building a crystal radio set
For many of the original teenagers, home-built crystal radios gave them their first contact with the world beyond their bedrooms. Here, Fraser Robertson describes how to make your own.
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Britain's Billion Year Journey
The geological history and geographical position of Britain can be traced back one billion years. Follow Britain’s journey through time
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Society, Politics & Law
Artificial intelligence - chatting with bots
As technology advances, machines are becoming more advanced at interacting with humans, but what does this mean for the future?
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Additive manufacturing
This free course, Additive manufacturing, introduces you to its key concepts. It covers the fundamentals of the additive manufacturing (AM) process, the steps involved in creating a model and building an artefact, the materials and techniques used, as well as the design implications and the factors which affect the functionality of the finished ...