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Small But Deadly

The poisonous toxins carried in puffer fish

• 28 mins

Does Cuba Recognise Guantanimo Bay?

Cuba’s position on the US detention centre at Guantanimo Bay

• 28 mins

Ancestry of the Igbo People

Searching for the origins of Nigeria’s Igbo ethnic group

• 28 mins

Gender Transitioning in South Africa

A South African’s journey to become a woman

• 28 mins

A Farewell to Big Ben

Why the chimes of Big Ben can no longer be heard on the Â鶹ԼÅÄ World Service

• 28 mins

Lassa Fever

The causes and symptoms of Lassa fever

• 29 mins

Head in the Sand

Do ostriches really bury their heads in the sand?

• 28 mins

Poverty And Pentecostalism

The relationship between poverty and the rise of Pentecostalism

• 28 mins

The Fear of Thirteen

Why are Europeans superstitious about the number 13?

• 29 mins

Mark of the Beast

Who is the beast – and what’s the relevance of the number 666?

• 29 mins

Locating the Bermuda Triangle

Inexplicable disappearances inside the Bermuda Triangle

• 29 mins

The Geneva Convention

The international rules of warfare

• 26 mins

The World Bank

The role of the World Bank in humanitarian emergencies

• 27 mins

England’s Dwindling Churchgoers

The decline in popularity of the Church of England

• 27 mins

The Origins and Adoption of Female Genital Mutilation

How did the practice come to be adopted? And why does it continue to exist?

• 28 mins

The Pursuit of Happiness

Does money make us happy?

• 27 mins

The Hindenburg Disaster

How airships work and what causes disasters

• 26 mins

Scaling Mount Everest

Sir Edmond Hilary describes his 15 minutes on top of Mount Everest

• 26 mins

Metric v Imperial

Why the US prefers the outdated Imperial system

• 26 mins

Funding the World Service

The £200 million required every year to keep the public service on air

• 27 mins

Understanding HIV and Aids

How HIV and Aids affects the human body

• 27 mins

Crossing the African Continent

Discovering the differences between east and west Africa

• 27 mins

The Story of Mankind

Tracing the footsteps of human evolution

• 27 mins

What is Kleptomania?

Demystifying the psychological disorder kleptomania

• 26 mins

Animal Intuition

How birds and animals predict earthquakes

• 27 mins

In a Coma for 19 Years

One man wakes up after 19 years in a coma

• 26 mins

The End of the World as we Know it

The death of the sun will be spectacular

• 26 mins

Golf’s Humble Beginnings

How golf began in Scotland with a pebble and stick

• 26 mins

A Laughing Matter

The physiology of laughter

• 26 mins

Kidnap and Ransom

The origins of the words kidnap and ransom

• 28 mins