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Animation allowed the makers of Flee to tell a story that challenges the pervasive narrative of it means to be a refugee
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Consciousness is a vast & complex subject drawing on the latest advances in multidisciplinary research. We provide a taste of some concepts involved.
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Why are rapture ideologies exploding?
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When cuneiform was cracked, it gave us some astonishing insights into the ancient world. Made in partnership with The Open University.
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It has been said that the Civil Wars were the first conflict in Britain not about who should rule but about how they should rule. And it is the ‘how’ as much as the ‘who’ that preoccupies us today. Brexit reminds me of the Civil Wars’ great lesson: that it is far harder to win the peace than the...
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This documentary goes over many philosophical concepts that inspired, and are presented in, the trilogy. They spend the first half on the origina
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Psychologist and author Steven Pinker explores apophenia - the tendency to perceive meaningful connections between unrelated things.
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Catch up on your favourite BBC radio show from your favourite DJ right here, whenever you like. Listen without limits with BBC Sounds.
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Labeling thinkers like Albert Einstein and Steve Jobs as "other" may be stifling humanity's creative potential.
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When I was called in to assess Seb, I needed to understand why he had committed such a horrendous crime. But first I had to get him to talk
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TED Talk Subtitles and Transcript: Brené Brown studies human connection -- our ability to empathize, belong, love. In a poignant, funny talk, she shares a deep insight from her research, one that sent her on a personal quest to know herself as well as to understand humanity. A talk to share.
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The Grade I-listed manor house has surviving elements that go back to 1300 and was extensively remodeled, added to and subtracted from for centuries. The last major addition dates to the first half of the 17th century.
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Years from now, if anyone looks at a line graph (in the OED or Google dictionary) tracking the frequency with which a word is mentioned in print, they may notice the current affinity for the word “narrative.” An already overworked word (by virtue of its abstractness), it is now almost
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Materialism is dead. There are simply too many questions left unanswered after years of studying the brain. Now, people are scrambling for a new way to understand the mind-body relationship. Cartesian dualism has become a whipping boy in philosophy, but it has advantages over the alternatives. Dr. Joshua Farris discusses Cartesianism and philosophy with Dr. Michael Egnor.
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People without clocks had a couple advantages over us.
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When I was ten years old, I discovered computers. My first machine was a PDP-10 mainframe system at the medical center where my father worked. I taught myself to write simple programs in the BASIC…
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In 1793, Alexander Wood emigrated from Scotland to Upper Canada at the age of 21. Within seven years, he had become one of the most successful merchants in York (which eventually would grow into Toronto), a lieutenant in its militia, and a magistrate. He would eventually serve as an acting
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Is everything an illusory simulation? Was the world created by a non-physical force that we can communicate with and possibly influence with ou
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Stories are just stories, right? Not really. They are also incredibly powerful - and can both reduce prejudice, and help persuade.
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Two new documentaries delve into the ongoing saga of Leonardo da Vinci's Salvator Mundi in a moment when true art crime stories are at their peak, writes Caryn James.
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Whether to kill baby Hitler might be a political firecracker, but can counterfactuals say anything deeper about the past?
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Storytelling is important to society and benefits the storytellers, a new study found. Here's why it's so significant
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Historians believe that the past is irreducibly complex and the future wildly unpredictable. Scientists disagree. Who’s right?
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Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the deciphering of hieroglyphs, secret for 1,500 years.
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By Christian Jarrett These ten characters have all had a huge influence on psychology and their stories continue to intrigue each new generation of students. What's particularly fascinating is that many of their stories continue to evolve – new evidence comes to light, or new technologies are brought to bear, changing how the cases are…
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