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Changing World, Changing Bodies

How modern life is changing our backs

How modern life has promoted back pain and why it is the number one cause of disability

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Changing World, Changing Bodies

How modern living is changing our faces

How our faces are evolving from jaws that are shorter to our teeth and eyes

• 26 mins

Changing World, Changing Bodies

How modern life affects our sleep

How do we get a good nights sleep in an increasingly noisy world?

• 26 mins

Changing World, Changing Bodies

Is height all in the mind?

Professor Cregan-Reid explores why people have grown so fast in the 20th Century

• 26 mins

Changing World, Changing Bodies

What is the secret to a longer life?

Five communities consistently outlive the rest of the planet boasting members aged 100+

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The Future of Free Speech

Courts and the right to free speech

Robin Lustig explores the threats to and opportunities for the right to free speech

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The Future of Free Speech

Freedom of speech in universities: Who draws the line?

Robin Lustig explores the threats to and opportunities for the right to free speech

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The Future of Free Speech

Blasphemy or free speech?

Robin Lustig explores the challenge of blasphemy over the right to free speech

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The Future of Free Speech

Journalists: Free speech v personal safety

Robin Lustig explores journalists' freedom to report against threats to their own safety

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The Future of Free Speech

Tech companies and free speech

Is it up to tech companies to police what people should or shouldn鈥檛 say, post or tweet?

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Window on the universe

A new space telescope promises to transform our view of the universe.

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The Pandemic that Changed the World

Reasons: The pandemic that changed the world

Why did world leaders fail to work together to prevent the spread of Covid-19?

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The Pandemic that Changed the World

Remedies: The pandemic that changed the world

How should governments respond to the pandemic?

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The Pandemic that Changed the World

Rethinking: The pandemic that changed the world

Ian Goldin analyses the Covid pandemic, economic disaster and the future of globalisation

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The Senses

The senses: Touch

When our sensory system goes wrong, we learn how our senses help us understand the world

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The Senses

The senses: Vision

How glitches between our eyes and brain cause bewildering, even terrifying, images.

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The Senses

The senses: Hearing

鈥業 could hear my eyeballs moving鈥�: How rogue messages pass between our ears and brain

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The Senses

The senses: Smell and taste

鈥楨verything smelled of rotting flesh, even perfume鈥�: What happens when smell goes wrong?

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The Senses

The senses: Synaesthesia: When senses merge

Synaesthesia: We meet the man whose sister tastes of blackcurrant yoghurt

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The Sun, Our Star

It's the source and sustainer of all life on Earth, but what do we really know about it?

• 27 mins

The Sun, Our Star

The Sun, Our Star: Energy

How much energy can we get from the Sun?

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The Sun, Our Star

The Sun, Our Star: Ancient sun

How the Sun鈥檚 light and heat inspired rituals dating back to the earliest humans

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The Sun, Our Star

The Sun, Our Star: Space weather

What effect could solar winds have on life on Earth?

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The Sun, Our Star

The Sun, Our Star: Health and beauty

What does being deprived of sunlight do to you?

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Climate Wars

Climate Wars: Darfur

Will Robson examines the links between climate change and global conflicts

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Climate Wars

Climate Wars: Water conflicts

How drought is fuelling conflict in India and Pakistan

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Climate Wars

Climate Wars: The new Cold War

As temperatures rise in the Arctic, global superpowers are eyeing new opportunities

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Climate Wars

Climate Wars: The Sahel

How climate change is acting as a catalyst for conflict in Africa's Sahel region

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Climate Wars

Climate Wars: Central and Northern America

What impact is climate change having on human security in Central and Northern America?

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Can Germany Save the World?

Can Germany Save the World?: Mutti and her crisis management

Can Angela Merkel teach the world a lesson about managing crises?

• 26 mins