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Worlds in Miniature
Why tiny things appeal to us.
Design
Design is everywhere- from tables and chairs to physics. Does it have to be beautiful?
Grief
Grief and loss and ritual in different creatures and different cultures.
The Salt Story
Salt: its history and future.
Magic
The art - and science - of magic and its place in the world today.
Steel
How steel gives us music, art and the modern world
Curves
Curves in art, space and life
Upside Down
Subversion and inversion in a topsy-turvy world
Are we Losing the Ability to Focus?
In the age of perpetual distraction, are we losing the ability to focus?
The Wind: Its Impact on Earth and in Space
How the wind shapes our environment from the sea to art and outer space
Why Do we Need the State?
Is it time to rethink what a modern state is for?
The Bicycle: Freedom Machine
How important is the bicycle and what does it do for us?
Boundaries
Boundaries: real and imagined
Fragmentation: How Tiny Pieces Explain the Whole Picture
What can fragmented knowledge and physical matter tell us?
India's Urban Challenge
Will India cope once the majority of its people live in cities?
Core: A Journey to the Centre of the Earth
What lies at the heart of the universe and the core of the earth itself?
Expansion and Growth
Exploring ideas about expansion and growth
Reconciliation: Healing the Nation
What is the best way to redress historical injustices?
Being Cold
How weather affects a nation鈥檚 character
A Leap of Faith: Finding Common Ground Between Science and Religion
Can there be a common ground between science and religion?
Symbols, Signs and Secrets. What symbols tell us about ourselves.
Why symbols are so important, their history and their future.
The Past, Present and Future of Shipping
New ways to travel across the ocean and to find out what lies in its depths
The Hidden Power of Noise
Why we should all pay more attention to background noise.
Grass Roots
Grass Roots: How 鈥榩eople鈥檚鈥� movements are changing.
A Very Long View
Tracking changes in our lives and bodies over decades, generations and even millennia
Consumption and Our Identity
How what we consume shapes and defines our identity
Reawakening Language
Reawakening language and culture
The Pleasures and Perils of Storytelling
Why do we see a narrative in everything?
Machine Translation: The End of the Human Translator?
Will new technology mean the end of the human translator?
Anger
Why do we get cross?
Oxygen: Its History and its Future
The history and the future of oxygen
