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Is There Anybody Out There?

The story of the search for extra-terrestrial life

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How Did the US Get Stuck With Guantanamo?

The full story of Guantanamo 鈥� and why so-called "forever prisoners" are held there today

• 23 mins

How do you launch a nuclear missile?

We explain the nuclear weapons systems of the US, Russia, Britain and China

• 23 mins

What Would 鈥楴o Deal鈥� Mean For Brexit Britain?

What happens to Britain on Brexit day if there is no deal with the EU

• 23 mins

Can You Believe What You Read on WikiLeaks?

WikiLeaks claims to serve only transparency. But some suspect other motives

• 23 mins

Is Donald Trump Good for Journalism?

President Trump's contempt for the media may seem like bad news but is the opposite true?

• 23 mins

Why Can't We Stop Looking at our Phones?

The science and psychology of smartphone design

• 23 mins

What Happened to Europe鈥檚 Migrant Crisis?

In 2015 huge numbers of migrants were trying to reach Europe. We hear what happened next

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How is Mosul Being Liberated?

The story of the largest battle on Earth today

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Are Famines Always Man-Made?

Humankind long ago figured out how to avoid famine

• 23 mins

What鈥檚 Wrong With France?

All the candidates in the French presidential election are calling for radical change

• 23 mins

Do We Need A Plan B For Climate Change?

Scientists have been developing some very ambitious ideas to re-engineer our climate

• 23 mins

Why Is No-one Trying to Stop the War in Yemen?

Thousands have been killed and the country is on the brink of famine

• 23 mins

What Happens When You Legalise Cannabis?

Ruth Alexander looks at what happened next after legalising cannabis

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How Powerful is Facebook's Algorithm?

What does Facebook鈥檚 computer code do with the data we give it?

• 23 mins

Is Inequality About to Get Unimaginably Worse?

A special edition with Yuval Noah Harari, author of Sapiens and Homo Deus.

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How did North Korea get the bomb?

Exploring how the secretive state has acquired nuclear weapons

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How Did Venezuela Go From So Rich To So Poor?

Once the richest country in South America, Venezuela is now in deep economic crisis

• 23 mins

How Did Immigration Stop Being a Political Taboo in the UK?

How did immigration stop being a political taboo in the UK?

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Does Poverty Change The Way We Think?

Investigating the scientific claims that being poor affects how our brains work

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Is Work Too Easy?

We used to work ourselves to an early death. Do we now sit ourselves to one instead?

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How Do You Report Terrorism?

Should the media devote less coverage to terrorist attacks?

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Is the Greatest Threat to Putin Really Alexei Navalny?

Assessing the strength of the opposition leader who has run mass protests in Russia

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Why Does China Want to Revive the Silk Road?

The biggest infrastructure initiative of all time could change the current world order.

• 23 mins

Have We Always Felt This Tired?

The past, present and possible future story of human sleep

• 23 mins

What's So Special About Qatar?

The tiny state behind a global diplomatic feud.

• 23 mins

Is Gene Editing Out of Control?

The Inquiry looks into the unintended consequences of gene editing

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Is it Time to Ban the Plastic Bottle?

Every single second, 20,000 single-use drinking bottles are sold around the world

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What would war with North Korea look like?

We reveal the conversations inside the war rooms

• 23 mins

Who Gets to Have Their Own Country?

You might think simple rules decide the creation of nation states. You'd be wrong.

• 23 mins