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The flu risks of public transport. Mental health in the Falkland Islands. How thinking about your ancestors can boost your intelligence. And why regular breaks from your desk are good for your heart Show more

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Why is there a crisis in India's microcredit industry? For Assignment Madeleine Morris travels to the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh to investigate. Show more

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Investment advice from Marc Faber, the economist known as Dr Doom. And the views of investor Victor Chu who's been in Davos. Plus: the woman who gave it up work to sail singlehanded around the world. Show more

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With South Sudan on the verge of independence - what would that mean for football in the region? The coach of Sudan's national team and the general secretary of the Sudan FA give their opinions. Show more

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Michael Robinson documented China's awakening for the BBC almost 20 years ago and now he returns to assess the prospects and problems of the unrelenting shift of power from West to East. Show more

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Author Ursula Le Guin gives Owen Bennett Jones a lesson in science fiction and talks about how her work has been influenced by anthropology and Taoism. Show more

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With South Sudan on the verge of independence - what would that mean for football in the region? The coach of Sudan's national team and the general secretary of the Sudan FA give their opinions. Show more

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Would you still walk down the aisle if you found out that your prospective in-laws and the best man were fake? Roland Buerk investigates Japan's growing 'rent a friend' service. Show more

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We not only live in the atmosphere, we live because of it. It is a transformer and a protector, though ultimately also a poison.

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Football and more - the fan's phone-in from the BBC.

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Nik Gowing hosts a special debate with economic experts on the outlook for the world economy this year. Show more

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Author Ursula Le Guin gives Owen Bennett Jones a lesson in science fiction and talks about how her work has been influenced by anthropology and Taoism. Show more

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Personal approaches to spirituality from around the world.

Fighting alien species in Florida and London, plus Hong Kong's tradition of shark fin soup. Show more

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An Indian Forum from the front lawn of the Diggi Palace in Raipur's city centre: greed and envy, medicine in the slums, and advantages of being Nepali. Show more

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Contemporary and classical tracks from around the world with Mark Coles.

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Alain de Botton explores the notion that museums are our new churches. But museums - he says - have a lot to learn from churches about getting their message across. Show more

BBC Global News Director Peter Horrocks discusses financial cuts to the World Service which he says will see some 30 million fewer listeners around the world. Show more

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Personal approaches to spirituality from around the world.

Fighting alien species in Florida and London, plus Hong Kong's tradition of shark fin soup. Show more

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Photographer Joseph Rodriguez visits Sweden to uncover why racial tensions are increasing in a progressive European country. Show more

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Peter Day makes a return visit to BYD in Shenzhen - in the Pearl River Delta - to meet its founder, Wang Chuanfu the man with big ambitions to be the number one car manufacturer in the world by 2020. Show more

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Bamboo bikes and bioifuel genes helping with food security; Oil dispersants in the Gulf of Mexico; Visceral - where art meets tissue culture; Untangling the cause of the Ordovician mass extinction Show more