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Science, Maths & Technology
Information security
Information security underpins the commercial viability and profitability of enterprises of all sizes and the effectiveness of public sector organisations. This free course begins by explaining why information security and its management are important for any modern organisation and to every individual. You need to be familiar with an ...
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Science, Maths & Technology
Mosquitoes & Malaria
In the Rough Science programme Call of the Wild, Rough Scientist Ellen has to develop a mosquito repellent
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Science, Maths & Technology
How can you use sand to store energy?
A new project is attempting to bring together two things the desert has in abundance - sand and sunshine - to generate power cleanly and efficiently.
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Education & Development
What can we learn from Pokemon Go?
While scooping up Ratatas on the way to Sainsbury's is fun, Rebecca Ferguson is more excited by the potential of applying the technologies of Pokemon Go to online learning.
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Society, Politics & Law
Why could phosphorus depletion leave us all hungry?
Easily accesible phosphorus rock sources are starting to run out. As the mines empty, food production could be hit. Should access to the rock become a basic human right?
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Science, Maths & Technology
How can statistics bring dead languages back to life?
Languages long unspoken are being brought back to life through statistical models.
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Science, Maths & Technology
How did the referendum polls get it wrong - again?
John Curtice explains why a clear prediction of the referendum result proved so elusive for many pollsters.
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History & The Arts
A 19th century autopsy unmasks a poisoner
14 physicians gather at a graveside to untangle a tale of American settlers, poison, weak alibis, murder and suicide.
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Science, Maths & Technology
Virtual Microscope
Examine moon rocks and meteorites up close with our Virtual Microscope
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Science, Maths & Technology
How do you tell the biological sex of a T-Rex?
Carefully, if you find yourself trying to determine the sex of a live T-Rex. But when all you have is fossils... how do you go about it?
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Education & Development
Early adopters: What are smartphones doing to children?
Children - very young children - are adept at using iPads and other touchscreen technologies. Should we worry? Probably not, says Olivia Solon.
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Science, Maths & Technology
Why do some cities thrive?
Milton Keynes, home of The Open University, has grown successfully as a city - while other places have failed to thrive. New research is hoping to find out why.