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First broadcast: on BBC World Service Americas and the CaribbeanLatest broadcast: on BBC World Service South Asia
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What can monkeys tell us about the stock market? Trained to use money, monkeys make some ‘financial’ decisions which are remarkably similar to those made by humans. Show more
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First broadcast: on BBC World Service Americas and the CaribbeanLatest broadcast: on BBC World Service South Asia
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Can political experts predict the future? We’re used to seeing political pundits on our television screens predicting future. But how accurate are their forecasts? Show more
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First broadcast: on BBC World Service Americas and the CaribbeanLatest broadcast: on BBC World Service South Asia
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Can our experiences be passed down biologically to our children and grandchildren? And is it time for evolutionary theory to evolve? Show more
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First broadcast: on BBC World Service OnlineLatest broadcast: on BBC World Service East Asia
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What can data tell us about cities? Sandy Pentland has the ingredients for a city’s success. Show more
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Why do some kids do better at school than others? Psychologist Carol Dweck suggests one possible answer. Show more
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One day computers could far surpass human intelligence. If and when they do, will we be able to control them? Show more
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First broadcast: on BBC World Service South AsiaLatest broadcast: on BBC World Service East Asia
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Child psychologist Alison Gopnik believes that babies are much smarter than people realise. Show more
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First broadcast: on BBC World Service AustralasiaLatest broadcast: on BBC World Service East Asia
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Is there a limit to the number of friends we can have? Anthropologist Robin Dunbar says there is. It’s become known as Dunbar’s number Show more
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First broadcast: on BBC World Service OnlineLatest broadcast: on BBC World Service East Asia
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Why is there so much outrage on social media? And what does this have to do with our moral conscience? Show more
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Can you make meat without animal flesh? Professor Pat Brown is trying to do just that. Show more
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Should you trust your memory? The fascinating research of psychologist Elizabeth Loftus shows how unreliable memory can be. Show more
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First broadcast: on BBC World Service OnlineLatest broadcast: on BBC World Service East Asia
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If you want to reduce malaria is it best to give people mosquito nets for free or make them pay? The influential economist Esther Duflo worked out the answer…. Show more
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How do you stop different groups hating each other? Miles Hewstone says what’s really needed is contact. Show more
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Are we living through a crisis in trust? An era of Fake News? The highly trustworthy philosopher Onora O’Neill discusses whether the world needs more trust. Show more
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Are we all racist? Harvard professor Mahzarin Banaji has tested this with the Implicit Association Test (IAT). Show more
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First broadcast: on BBC World Service OnlineLatest broadcast: on BBC World Service East Asia
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Inequality makes people anxious. How? Well, according to Kate Pickett in unequal societies we become more conscious of our position in society, more aware of our status. Show more
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First broadcast: on BBC World Service OnlineLatest broadcast: on BBC World Service West and Central Africa
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Do black woman face more prejudice than black men or white women? Professor Kimberlé Crenshaw introduced her famous concept of ‘intersectionality’ to help address such questions. Show more
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First broadcast: on BBC World Service OnlineLatest broadcast: on BBC World Service East Asia
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What is the cause of famine? The obvious answer is shortage of food. But, says the Nobel-prize winning economist Amartya Sen, it’s not that simple… Show more
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First broadcast: on BBC World Service OnlineLatest broadcast: on BBC World Service West and Central Africa
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Some countries have very high murder rates, other countries have very low murder rates. So what explains this extraordinary difference? Show more
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First broadcast: on BBC World Service OnlineLatest broadcast: on BBC World Service West and Central Africa
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Why do some teenagers drive fast? Why do many teenagers find it difficult to get out of bed in the morning? A leading neuroscientist has some surprising answers… Show more
