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The Scottish geologist James Hutton made a proposal in 1788 that, at the time, was extraordinarily controversial.

The 1954 Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict enters British law today (Tuesday 12 December 2017).

Today Mars has only a thin atmosphere, and its surface is very dry with the possible exception of some localised and temporary water seeps.

Research by an OU academic has found that children between the ages of 13-16 who started their school day at 10am, had improved health.

Navigating post-truth societies’ is named as one of the top ten new approaches to learning and teaching in this year’s Innovating Pedagogy report from The Open University.

Environmental scientists from the OU have discovered that trees growing in the Amazon floodplains surrounding the Amazon River emit as much methane (CH4) into the atmosphere as all of the world’s oceans.

An OU-led project has won the International Impact Award in the Times Higher Education Awards 2017.

Hundreds of the world’s top websites routinely track a user’s every keystroke, mouse movement and input into a web form – even before it’s submitted or later abandoned, according to the results of a study from researchers at Princeton University.

The UK chancellor’s recent Budget reminded us that systemic problems continue to plague the government’s delayed roll-out of universal credit – a single monthly welfare payment that will replace six separate benefits.

Why didn’t these women speak up sooner? This was asked time and time again during the recent public furore around sexual harassment, violence and abuse. Underlying the question is a persistent uncertainty about the credibility of victims – a concern with identifying what is true and what is false.