Â鶹ԼÅÄ

The Why Factor: Time Perception

Mike Williams asks why we perceive time differently in different circumstances

• 5 mins

The Inquiry: Can Virtual Reality Help Treat PTSD?

Psychologist Skip Rizzo uses virtual worlds to help soldiers talk about their experiences

• 5 mins

From Our Own Correspondent: Breaking the Mould in Albania

Andrew Hosken considers Albania's past, present and future - and its once-feared Segurimi

• 5 mins

Â鶹ԼÅÄ Trending: Blessers’ - South Africa’s Sugar Daddy Problem

The online backlash against relationships based on money and gifts

• 5 mins

More or Less: The World's Most Profitable Product

Is the iPhone the most profitable product in history? What are the other contenders?

• 5 mins

The Inquiry: Would A New International Convention Help Refugees?

Luara Ferracioli explains the best way to deal with the refugees crisis

• 5 mins

From Our Own Correspondent: Hiroshima's Paper Cranes

Juliet Rix reflects on the legacy of the A-bomb for the city - and for America and Japan

• 5 mins

Â鶹ԼÅÄ Trending: The Movies Hidden in Wikipedia

Why Bangladeshi pirates are hiding Hollywood films in the internet’s encyclopaedia.

• 5 mins

The Why Factor: Thin

Life as a model eating three apples a day

• 5 mins

The Inquiry: Are we Fighting Cancer the Right Way?

The World Health Organisation says cancer rates around the world are rising fast

• 5 mins

From Our Own Correspondent: Departed Friends

Jeremy Bowen reflects on war reporting and remembers three friends killed 16 years ago

• 5 mins

Â鶹ԼÅÄ Trending: Try Beating Me Lightly

Pakistani women have reacted to a suggestion that men can beat their wives 'lightly'

• 5 mins

More or Less: HIV in Africa

Are 74% of African girls aged 15-24 HIV positive?

• 5 mins

The Inquiry: Why Can’t Egypt Stop FGM?

Dalia abd El-Hameed says Egypt needs a sexual revolution if it’s to end FGM

• 5 mins

From Our Own Correspondent: Finland's Reactor Blues

David Shukman goes inside the site of the vast French-designed Olkiluoto reactor

• 5 mins

Why are People Putting their Names in Brackets on Twitter?

A campaign led by anti-Semitic trolls has sparked a backlash online

• 5 mins

The Why Factor: Copying Art

Mike Williams asks why people copy famous works of art and who buys them.

• 5 mins

The Inquiry: Are We Really About To End World Poverty?

Helen Clark, head of the UNDP, explains the global poverty target.

• 5 mins

Where the Castoffs Go

The business of recycling and why the rich world buys so much stuff

• 5 mins

Â鶹ԼÅÄ Trending: Tipsters on Trial

We investigate the social media betting tipsters who make money when you lose.

• 5 mins

More or Less: When Companies Track Your Life

How are companies using our personal data?

• 5 mins

The Inquiry: Why Do So Many People Dislike Hillary?

Seasoned political observer Mark Halperin on Hillary Clinton's likeability deficit

• 5 mins

From Our Own Correspondent: A Ghost of Saudi's Future?

Stephen Sackur ponders the aims (and reality) of the vast KAEC project in Saudi Arabia

• 5 mins

The Inquiry: Can the EU Survive?

Aristotle Kallis says the EU has no future without the people’s trust

• 5 mins

From Our Own Correspondent: Lesotho's 'Green Drought'

Starving in slow motion as southeast Africa's crops shrivel

• 5 mins

More or Less: Old versus young Brexit voters

The effect of young voters on the referendum

• 5 mins

The Inquiry: Can You Make Bankers Behave Better?

Dutch regulator Wijnand Nuijts on using psychologists to improve bankers' behaviour

• 5 mins

From Our Own Correspondent: New Pastures for Democracy

How journalism can help democracy in South Sudan and across Africa

• 5 mins

The Why Factor: Newspapers

Digital news is threatening newspapers, so why do they survive and what is their future?

• 5 mins

The Inquiry: Can Trump Win?

Campaign veteran Scott Jennings on why candidates need money

• 5 mins