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Sync with ScienceThe self-paced course
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Sync with ScienceThe self-paced course

Synchronise with modern science and technology, from the lab to the launchpad.

27 chapters in four parts, about 12 hours, at your own pace.Climate science and tipping points, the new space race, genetics, gene editing and bioethics, immunity and vaccines, energy from fission to fusion and renewables, and the breakthroughs shaping the decade.Every claim and figure checked against its source.

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1LearnEach chapter opens with a question from everyday life, tells a story, and gives you something to try: a simulator, a model, a sorter.
2PractiseEvery chapter ends with five questions. Pass with 4 right, as often as you need, and each answer comes with its reason.
3FinishPass every chapter check and the final round for a certificate of completion with a link anyone can use to verify it.

What the course covers

Part 1How science knows, and a warming worldEvidence, how sure is sure, the greenhouse effect, weather and climate, oceans and ice, tipping points, and what can be done

7 chaptersAbout 3 hoursChapter 1 free

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  1. Before you beginWelcome: science you already live byHow much of your day runs on science?Free10 min
  2. 1How do we know?How would you know if a home remedy really works?Free25 min
  3. 2How sure is sure?If scientists are not completely sure, should we wait?25 min
  4. 3Why does carbon dioxide warm the planet?How can a gas that is a tiny part of the air warm a whole planet?25 min
  5. 4One cold week, a warming worldIf this winter is cold, has the warming stopped?25 min
  6. 5Where does the extra heat go?If the ice floating in the Arctic melts, does the sea rise?25 min
  7. 6Points of no returnCan a small push cause a change that cannot be undone?25 min
  8. 7What can be done, and who decides?If the world cuts its emissions, why does carbon dioxide keep rising?25 min
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Part 2The new space raceOrbits, rockets, India's road to the Moon and Mars, reading starlight, life elsewhere, who owns space, and what space does for Earth

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  1. 8Falling around the EarthWhy do astronauts float, if gravity reaches all the way up there?25 min
  2. 9Pushing against nothingHow can a rocket speed up in empty space, with nothing to push on?25 min
  3. 10India's road to the Moon and MarsHow do you reach Mars with a rocket that cannot fly there directly?25 min
  4. 11Reading the light of starsHow can we know what a star is made of, without ever going there?25 min
  5. 12Are we alone?With so many stars, why have we not heard from anyone?25 min
  6. 13Who owns space?If you land on the Moon first, is it yours?25 min
  7. 14What has space done for Earth?Should a country with poor families spend money on space?25 min
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Part 3Genes, germs and the bodyDNA, inheritance, gene editing, bioethics, immunity, vaccines, and the germs that fight back

7 chaptersAbout 3 hours

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  1. 15The code in every cellHow does a cell know what to build?25 min
  2. 16Like your family, but not a copyHow can two parents without a condition have a child who has it?25 min
  3. 17Editing the codeCan we edit a gene the way you fix a typo?25 min
  4. 18Just because we can, should we?Should parents be allowed to edit their baby's genes?25 min
  5. 19The army inside youHow does your body recognise an invader it has never met?25 min
  6. 20A rehearsal for the bodyHow can a vaccine protect you without making you ill?25 min
  7. 21When germs fight backWhy do antibiotics stop working?25 min
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Part 4Energy, breakthroughs and your questionEnergy, fission, fusion, renewables, breakthroughs, whom to believe, and the question you will write on

6 chaptersAbout 3 hours

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  1. 22Where the power in your switch comes fromWhen you switch on a fan, where did that energy start?25 min
  2. 23Splitting the atomHow does splitting an atom boil water?25 min
  3. 24A star in a bottleIf the Sun runs on fusion, why don't our power stations?25 min
  4. 25Sun, wind and the nightIf sunshine is free, why is it not all our power?25 min
  5. 26From lab to lifeWhen a headline says "breakthrough", how close is it to your life?25 min
  6. 27Whom should you believe?Two experts disagree on your screen. How do you decide?25 min
  7. The wrap-upYour question, and what nextSo, coming back: how much of your day runs on science?35 min
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Your certificate

A certificate of completion, issued when you pass every chapter check and the final round while logged in. It names the course and its length, about 12 hours. It is not a grade, an examination result or an accreditation.

This course is for learning. It is not medical advice: health and vaccines are taught from official guidance and reviewed science. It names no company to praise or blame, and takes no side in party politics.