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Taking Notes by Hand for Better Long-term Comprehension
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Why students comprehend more information from hand-written notes; A simple solution to illegible Indian prescriptions; How living in a noisy environment can affect your heart. Show more
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A review of the week with the latest news.
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A review of the week with the latest news.
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Michelle Knight on surviving 11 years of hell with Ariel Castro; the homeless pianist who played Carnegie Hall; surviving an avalanche; a mother whose son was killed by Boko Haram Show more
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From Our Own Correspondent
And the Winner is…
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Stories about votes and voters from BBC correspondents around the world, including bravery in Baghdad and a new dawn in Indian politics. Show more
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John Laurenson meets the Africans, south east Asians and South Americans who are making up the new Christian communities of Israel. Show more
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What goes on in the brain when we see a painting or a film? With guests Okey Ndibe, Tiffany Jenkins and Arthur Shimamura. Show more
Witness History
Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi
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In 1991 the former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi was killed. The grandson of the founder of modern India, Jawaharlal Nehru, was blown up while campaigning for the general election. Show more
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Global Business
Governor of the Indian Reserve Bank - Raghuram Rajan
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The prospects for the future of the Indian economy and tackling India's poverty gap. Show more
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Investigating global developments, issues and affairs.
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Pope visits Bethlehem; presidential election in Ukraine; and gigging from your sofa.
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Helping people with dementia to live independently for longer. Also making matter from light; Egyptian mummies and physicist Alf Adams. Show more
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A new online tool tracks the millions of dollars spent by foreign lobbyists in the US. Show more
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Live sport from around the world with news, interviews and analysis.
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Live sport from around the world with news, interviews and analysis.
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Live sport from around the world with news, interviews and analysis.
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
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Michelle Knight on surviving 11 years of hell with Ariel Castro; the homeless pianist who played Carnegie Hall; surviving an avalanche; a mother whose son was killed by Boko Haram Show more
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Gender inequality, everyday sexism and balancing traditional attitudes with modern ambitions. Show more
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Newshour
Ukraine presidential election
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Proshenko claims victory; Pope Francis in Bethlehem; Wojciech Jaruzelski dies
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'It sounded supernatural to me' - Pretty Yende on first hearing opera at age sixteen Show more
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Alf Adams FRS, physicist at the University of Surrey, had an idea on a beach in the mid-eighties that made the modern internet, CD and DVD players, even bar-code readers possible. Show more
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World Business Report
Election Victory For Ukraine's Chocolate King
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The billionaire businessman Petro Poroshenko - known as the Chocolate King - claims outright victory in Ukraine's presidential election. Show more
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Michelle Knight on surviving 11 years of hell with Ariel Castro; the homeless pianist who played Carnegie Hall; surviving an avalanche; a mother whose son was killed by Boko Haram Show more
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Is competitiveness a natural instinct? Should we nurture competition in our children so they learn that victory is the ultimate goal and that only the fittest survive? Show more
Gerd Gigerenzer on the famous probability puzzle involving goats and game shows. Plus, how old will you be before you are guaranteed a round-number birthday on a weekend? Show more
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What goes on in the brain when we see a painting or a film? With guests Okey Ndibe, Tiffany Jenkins and Arthur Shimamura. Show more
Is it fair to describe Boko Haram as Islamist? Show more
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Faults reveal earthquake history; Can India match growing economy with an increase in Science? Will the people of Panama suffer from conservation? A solution to solar inefficiency Show more