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Written by Monica Grady, Professor of Planetary and Space Sciences, The Open University Imagine that you are flying a model helicopter or a drone. You are there…
Written by Daniel McCulloch, Lecturer in Criminology and Social Policy, The Open University and Laura Kelly-Corless, Lecturer in Criminology, University of Central Lancashire. The pandemic has worsened…
by William Nuttall, professor of energy, The Open University and Philip Thomas, professor of risk management, University of Bristol The world saw something never before caught on…
by Monica Grady, Professor of Planetary Sciences, The Open University As people in the UK were settling down to watch the late evening news on February…
Rishi Sunak has unveiled his second budget as UK chancellor a year into the coronavirus pandemic and during the worst economic collapse in centuries. Our panel…
Dr Alan Shipman, senior lecturer in economics at The Open University, writes about the risk surrounding another extension of the UK furlough scheme. Finance ministers usually…
Dr Lee Raye, associate lecturer in arts and humanities, at The Open University, has written a piece which is based on their new report on wild…
Monica Grady, professor of planetary and space sciences at The Open University, discusses how the laws of physics might disprove God, as part of The Conversation’s…
Looking at aspects of safety, fairness and inclusivity, senior lecturer in philosophy Dr Jon Pike at The Open University discusses World Rugby’s guidelines on participation in…
There are two planned Mars landings in 2021. First, Nasa’s Perseverance rover is due to land on the planet later this month. Then China’s Tianwen rover…
