

Have the topics in this series sparked your imagination? Perhaps you would like to learn more? A course from the Open University could be just the thing for you! Check out our courses page for a list of what is on offer, or visit our science faculty website.
Here are some courses with relevance to the programmes that may be of interest:
Global Warming is Caused by Human Activity
Y161 - Introducing Environment (Available from 2007)
T172 - Working with Our Environment: Technology for a Sustainable Future
There is Intelligent Life Elsewhere in the Universe
S282 - Astronomy
S283 - Planetary Science and the Search for Life
The Mapping of the Genome Will Transform Medicine
SXR376 - Molecular Basis of Human Disease
The Natural Limit of Our Life is Threescore Years and Ten
SK277 - Human Biology
CJD is Caused By BSE
U205 - Health and Disease
S320 - Infectious Disease
Human Evolution Has Stopped
SK277 - Human Biology
S366 - Evolution
Truth Will Out in more depth:
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Truth Will Out - CJD is caused by BSE
Truth Will Out explores the origins of CJD with a panel of specialists in this series of articles, originally published in July 2001
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Level: 1 Introductory
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Truth Will Out - Global warming is caused by human activity
Truth Will Out spoke to a number of experts in the field of climate change to get their view of global climate change. These articles were originally published in July 2001
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Level: 1 Introductory
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Truth Will Out: Has human evolution stopped?
To explore the contention that humankind has developed as far as it will go, Truth Will Out assembled a team of experts with first hand knowledge for this series of articles, originally published in July 2001
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Level: 1 Introductory
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Truth Will Out - There is intelligent life elsewhere in the universe
In this series of articles originally published in July 2001 to coincide with Truth Will Out, our panel of experts discuss their views on the likelihood that we are not alone in the universe
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Level: 1 Introductory
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Truth Will Out: Three score and ten - How long will I live?
The Bible fixes our lifespan at 70 years. Science thinks we can do a lot better than that.
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Level: 1 Introductory
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Truth Will Out - Will genome mapping change medicine?
The TV series Truth Will Out asked a panel of experts if mapping the human genome will bring forward a new era of medicine. These articles were originally published in July 2001.
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Level: 1 Introductory
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Truth Will Out: Intelligent life - viewers respond
What were your views on the possibility of intelligent life elsewhere in the universe? Here is a selection of the emails we received from viewers:
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Level: 1 Introductory
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Truth Will Out: Global Warming - viewers respond
What did the public have to say about the issue of global warming? Take a look at the comments we received.
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Level: 1 Introductory
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