This video shows us that Shakespeare invented over 2000 new words and phrases like eyeball, anchovy and puppy.
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What is sickle cell disease? And if it cannot be caught or contracted, who is at risk and what are their chances of inheriting it?
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A fun, easy introduction to the scale of noise pollution and what kind of exposure leaves the ear irreparably damaged.
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Explore the universe in your microwave. Measure the speed of light with chocolate. For more information on how this and other experiments work see http://www.open2.net/sciencetechnologynature/worldaroundus
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All seven videos from the 'Seven Wonders of the Microbe World&' series combined into one, talking about Microbes and why some are good, some are bad and what they have done for mankind.
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In 1066, William the Conqueror invaded Britain and bought with him fancy French words to add to the English language.
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Open University lecturers Ronald Mackintyre and Bruce Heil visited the 'Green&' islanders of Eigg, Scotland in summer 2010 to see for themselves how these proactive residents get most of their electricity from hydro, solar and wind schemes. Renewable energy normally provides the isle with 92% of its electricity and the community has reduced household carbon emissions by 47%. Ronald and Bruce look into the technological, social and economic green journey the islanders are on.
2010 UK winners of the Ashden Awards for Sustainable Energy
Learn about American-English and how some American words were actually English to start with.
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Exploring how the British Empire spread across the world bringing back many new words and phrases.
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A look at how lexicographers started creating the Dictionary of the English Language to ensure that everyone spelt words correctly and knew their correct definition.
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The future of English and the many hybrids that have been created. Should we still call it English?
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The influence of differing levels of light, water, CO2 and nutrients on plant photosynthesis around the world
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Illustrating that in 1611, the new King James Bible was created and gave us many famous phrases.
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