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Worlds in Miniature

Why tiny things appeal to us.

• 40 mins

Design

Design is everywhere- from tables and chairs to physics. Does it have to be beautiful?

• 40 mins

Grief

Grief and loss and ritual in different creatures and different cultures.

• 40 mins

The Salt Story

Salt: its history and future.

• 40 mins

Magic

The art - and science - of magic and its place in the world today.

• 40 mins

Steel

How steel gives us music, art and the modern world

• 40 mins

Curves

Curves in art, space and life

• 40 mins

Upside Down

Subversion and inversion in a topsy-turvy world

• 40 mins

Are we Losing the Ability to Focus?

In the age of perpetual distraction, are we losing the ability to focus?

• 40 mins

The Wind: Its Impact on Earth and in Space

How the wind shapes our environment from the sea to art and outer space

• 40 mins

Why Do we Need the State?

Is it time to rethink what a modern state is for?

• 40 mins

The Bicycle: Freedom Machine

How important is the bicycle and what does it do for us?

• 40 mins

Boundaries

Boundaries: real and imagined

• 40 mins

Fragmentation: How Tiny Pieces Explain the Whole Picture

What can fragmented knowledge and physical matter tell us?

• 40 mins

India's Urban Challenge

Will India cope once the majority of its people live in cities?

• 40 mins

Core: A Journey to the Centre of the Earth

What lies at the heart of the universe and the core of the earth itself?

• 40 mins

Expansion and Growth

Exploring ideas about expansion and growth

• 40 mins

Reconciliation: Healing the Nation

What is the best way to redress historical injustices?

• 40 mins

Being Cold

How weather affects a nation鈥檚 character

• 40 mins

A Leap of Faith: Finding Common Ground Between Science and Religion

Can there be a common ground between science and religion?

• 40 mins

Symbols, Signs and Secrets. What symbols tell us about ourselves.

Why symbols are so important, their history and their future.

• 40 mins

The Past, Present and Future of Shipping

New ways to travel across the ocean and to find out what lies in its depths

• 40 mins

The Hidden Power of Noise

Why we should all pay more attention to background noise.

• 40 mins

Grass Roots

Grass Roots: How 鈥榩eople鈥檚鈥� 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