As you know, there are hundreds of free courses on OpenLearn... and then there are our 'badged courses' - a special group of courses that not only earn you a statement of participation, but a digital badge that you can add to your profile, share on social media, use to demonstrate CPD, or in a job or university application, for example.

We've now handed out a quarter of a million of these badges, and we think that's worth shouting about (see below). But if you haven't discovered them and earned your first badge yet, this bank holiday weekend - or as we like to call it, a badged holiday weekend - is a great time to get started.

Learn more: Explore the 80 badged courses on offer. From Moons of our solar system, to Forensic psychology ... there's something for everyone!

Did you know there are 7 common writing mistakes that many people make? To help you out, we've created this handy animation - perfect for when you might want to check your use of apostrophes; or which is the right there, their or they’re to use. It also looks at the use of fewer or less, and why we never write should of!

How does artificial intelligence, or AI, as it's most commonly known, work? How is AI used in science? Was this newsletter created entirely by AI? [No, no it wasn't - newsletter Editor]. All is explained in this series of short animations, narrated by the wonderful David Mitchell.

In April, the European Space Agency launched the JUICE
(JUpiter ICy Moons Explorer) mission to explore the environment around Jupiter and study its three icy moons (Ganymede, Europa and Callisto). Could moons like these, orbiting giant gas planets, really ever be habitable?