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Eating the planet

 
A half-eaten breakfast
A half-eaten breakfast

How do cows get into a lasagne?

Turning the raw ingredients into edible foodstuffs takes the intervention of technology. Follow food from pasture to plate.

Fancy an English?

Gordon Ramsay samples the delights of 15th Century supper - so how modern is modern British food?

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What impact does your diet have on the planet? Is your fast food contributing to global warming? Explore the true costs of your diet.

 

Screenshot from the interactive

Launch "Your diet - at what cost"

The tool is a Flash file. There is also a simple HTML version.

 
 
 

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Darwin as depicted in the 30th September 1871 edition of Vanity Fair

There are some people who won't accept it - so just how good is the evidence for evolution?

Titan: Image ESA/NASA/JPL/University of Arizona

To explore the surface of Titan, you should start on Chesil Beach.

The Open University

Have you seen our trail? Are you inspired to learn?

 
 

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