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A brand-new collection of BBC ideas videos, featuring six co-produced by The Open University, have launched on BBC iPlayer.<\/p>\nA brand-new collection of BBC ideas videos, featuring six co-produced by The Open University, have launched on BBC iPlayer.<\/p>\n
The new collection branded \u2018Life\u2019s Big Questions\u2019<\/strong>, can be seen here<\/a> on iPlayer.<\/p>\n The OU co-produced videos included in the collection are:<\/span><\/p>\n Professor Brian Cox explains the \u2018panspermia\u2019 theory \u2013 how life could spread between planets.<\/p>\n OU academic consultant:\u00a0<\/strong>Dr Mark Fox-Powell<\/a>, Research Fellow<\/p>\n Western societies tend to see nature and humanity as separate. But are there other ways of relating to the natural world?<\/p>\n OU academic consultant:\u00a0<\/strong>Dr Eleni Dimou<\/a>, Lecturer in Criminology<\/p>\n Join Professor Brian Cox on an astonishing journey from Earth to the edge of the known Universe.<\/p>\n OU academic consultant: <\/strong>Andrew Norton<\/a>, Professor of Astrophysics Education<\/p>\n Globally, thousands die each year waiting for a kidney transplant. Should healthy people be allowed to sell a kidney to those in need?<\/p>\n OU academic consultant:<\/strong>\u00a0Derek Matravers<\/a>, Professor of Philsophy, and Dr Vicki Caldwell<\/a>, Senior Lecturer, Social work<\/p>\n OU academic consultant: Dr Jan Kowal<\/a>, Senior Lecturer, STEM<\/p>\n Are zoos a great way to teach people about nature and save species from extinction? Or a cruel way of using animals as entertainment, far from their natural habitats?<\/p>\n OU academic consultant: Dr Vicky Taylor,<\/a> Senior Lecturer in Biology<\/p>\n You can find the full comprehensive set of OU\/BBC co-produced digital videos available here, on the OU playlist<\/a> and on the award-winning BBC Ideas<\/a> website.<\/p>\n More films will follow this year, covering topics such as the exploration of Bilingualism and the connections between the mind and body.<\/p>\n Our BBC Ideas content is commissioned by Broadcast and Partnerships<\/a> with support from all of our faculties.<\/p>\nAre we thinking about alien life all wrong?<\/strong><\/a><\/h2>\n
Is it time to reassess our relationship with nature?<\/strong><\/a><\/h2>\n
How big is our Universe?<\/strong><\/a><\/h2>\n
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The Nuclear Dilemma.<\/strong><\/a><\/h2>\n
As the climate crisis deepens, and energy demands continue to grow, how much do we need nuclear power?<\/div>\nShould animals be kept in zoo\u2019s?<\/strong><\/a><\/h2>\n
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