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According to the UN, one third of the food we grow ends up in the rubbish bin - how can we stop this?
How are 3D printers providing solutions to some of our medical problems?
What can opinion polls really tell us?
Learn about an idea to deal with climate change that could affect marine ecosystems.
Is music really a cure for a broken heart?
We discuss whether the art of conversation is being lost in the era of social media
Hear about the workers who built the World Cup stadiums
How people are trying to manipulate the weather
We talk about the people who make flavours
We discuss whether Halloween costumes are now too scary to be fun.
We discuss how extreme weather events are affecting our mental health.
How to adapt dishes from other countries
We talk about Mozart, Jimi Hendrix and teach you vocabulary.
Learn vocabulary to talk about inflation
We discuss the language used for online dating
We discuss the advantages of the design of the human body
Hear the inspiring story of people who are doing it
Are emojis turning us into lazy writers?
Hear about women who are using social media to change attitudes to beauty
Hear about the career-killing tasks that are holding women back in the workplace
How can you connect the unconnected?
We talk about previous periods in which deadly diseases went global
Having a Groundhog Day? Keen to break the internet? Learn some modern idioms.
How sharks have become an endangered species.
Can today's animals evolve quickly enough to survive a changing climate?
Missing your mother's cooking? We talk about traditional dishes.
Astronomer Neil deGrasse Tyson's quest to highlight the difference between opinion and fact
In this episode, we discuss the events leading to the creation of the first atomic bomb.
What is life really like in the Pacific islands?
What is the relationship between translation, technology and the human brain?
We talk about a very British tradition
Living with synaesthesia
Is there north and south in space?
Hear how tech is helping people change their behaviour for the better
How do you mark your personal territory?
Deep convictions and a sense of humour - we talk about a man who helped end apartheid in South Africa.
We talk about an extreme environment which is stranger than fiction
We talk about an art that started with ancient Greek philosophers
It's not all about tea. Britons love coffee too!
Listen to a conversation about optimists and pessimists
Hear a chat about the queen of murder mystery, who had her books translated into over 100 languages
Is there life on Mars?
Shouldn't we take laughter more seriously?
Listen to what scientists are saying about the benefits of giving others a helping hand
Would you eat a cricket? How about a portion of nice crunchy ants?
Why not put your idle brain to good use?
We wonder what all that licking is really all about
Life in a place where people work, study longer hours and get less sleep than anywhere else
Artificial snow, coronavirus and controversy surround the Beijing Games starting soon.
Learn how microbes help digest food and have an impact in our bodies.
How do languages get invented?
What will future technology be like?
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