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Grass Roots

Grass Roots: How ‘people’s’ movements are changing.

• 40 mins

A Very Long View

Tracking changes in our lives and bodies over decades, generations and even millennia

• 40 mins

Consumption and Our Identity

How what we consume shapes and defines our identity

• 40 mins

Reawakening Language

Reawakening language and culture

• 40 mins

The Pleasures and Perils of Storytelling

Why do we see a narrative in everything?

• 40 mins

Machine Translation: The End of the Human Translator?

Will new technology mean the end of the human translator?

• 40 mins

Anger

Why do we get cross?

• 40 mins

Oxygen: Its History and its Future

The history and the future of oxygen

• 40 mins

The Benefits of Simplicity

How to make the world simpler

• 40 mins

The Element of Surprise

How open are you to the unexpected?

• 40 mins

Advances in Bioengineering

Bridging the divide between living and inorganic matter

• 40 mins

The Human Face: How We See Each Other

How humans and machines interpret facial expressions

• 40 mins

Taming Nature

What lies behind our desire to improve and perfect nature

• 40 mins

Living at the Edge: Life in Extreme Environments

Extreme life on earth and in space.

• 40 mins

A Single World, Many Identities?

Turkish novelist Elif Shafak, Nick Bostrom and Ann Phoenix from UCL discuss identity

• 40 mins

Lost and Found

Can loss be a force for renewal, forcing us to adjust and experience things differently?

• 40 mins

Balance: How we Find Equilibrium

Why balance in humans, machines and music are needed for effectiveness and safety

• 40 mins

Rules and how they govern us

Rules and how they govern us.

• 40 mins

Wheel Revolutions

The technology and art of wheeled transport

• 40 mins

Brain Drain: Can We Stem the Flow?

How can we stem the brain drain from countries who need their talented people?

• 40 mins

After Dark: How we Respond to Darkness

Exploring how we operate at night and our attitude to the dark

• 40 mins

When Does Healthy Competition Become Destructive?

What is the place of rivalry in human behaviour?

• 40 mins

Resilience: A Survivor's Guide to Adversity

Why some people and animals adapt to hardship

• 40 mins

Talking Rubbish: Clever Ways with Waste

Advice from a garbologist, a waste expert and a taxidermist about re-using waste

• 40 mins

Unfinished: The Art of the Incomplete

How do we respond to things that are unfinished or incomplete?

• 40 mins

Microbes and Humans: The Science of Living Together

New insights into the human microbiome, the tiny organisms living in and on our bodies

• 40 mins

Defiance: Why Are Some People More Defiant than Others?

When is defiance a resistance to authority, and when is it a sign of disregard to others?

• 40 mins

Radioactivity: Friend or Foe?

Separating the benefits of radioactivity from its dangers

• 40 mins

Do You Know What You’re Eating?

How to ensure better food transparency: to track what we eat from farm to fork.

• 40 mins

The Unpredictable Planet: Understanding Volcanoes and Earthquakes

New ideas about volcanoes, earthquakes and other geological processes

• 40 mins