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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

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

Sharing and Why it is Essential for the Human Race

Why do we share and how important is it for our survival?

• 40 mins

Balloons and How they Changed the World

The extraordinary impact of balloons on the human race.

• 40 mins

Image overload: Coping with the modern world's visual clutter

How do our brains cope with the visual clutter of the modern world?

• 40 mins

What is the Best Way to Deal with Anxiety?

How anxiety is created in the brain and how we can best help the anxious

• 40 mins

Fire: How Climate Change is Altering our Attitudes to Wildfires

How do we deal with fire to protect health without compromising the environment?

• 40 mins

Underground: How Deep Can Life Survive?

Exploring the mysteries of the biosphere below the earth’s surface.

• 40 mins

Turmoil Around the World and in Ourselves

Exploring turmoil in politics and society

• 40 mins

How Shyness and Introversion can be a Strength

Are shyness and introversion cultural or innate; do they help us negotiate today’s world?

• 40 mins

Using Other People’s Water

Are we sucking our worldwide supply dry?

• 40 mins

Reducing Urban Poverty

How to ensure people in deprived areas get secondary education and adequate nutrition

• 40 mins