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World Service,·256 episodes
Tracing the footsteps of human evolution
Discovering the differences between east and west Africa
How HIV and Aids affects the human body
The £200 million required every year to keep the public service on air
Why the US prefers the outdated Imperial system
Sir Edmond Hilary describes his 15 minutes on top of Mount Everest
How airships work and what causes disasters
Does money make us happy?
How did the practice come to be adopted? And why does it continue to exist?
The decline in popularity of the Church of England
The role of the World Bank in humanitarian emergencies
The international rules of warfare
Inexplicable disappearances inside the Bermuda Triangle
Who is the beast – and what’s the relevance of the number 666?
Why are Europeans superstitious about the number 13?
The relationship between poverty and the rise of Pentecostalism
Do ostriches really bury their heads in the sand?
The causes and symptoms of Lassa fever
Why the chimes of Big Ben can no longer be heard on the ´óÏó´«Ã½ World Service
A South African’s journey to become a woman
Searching for the origins of Nigeria’s Igbo ethnic group
Cuba’s position on the US detention centre at Guantanimo Bay
The poisonous toxins carried in puffer fish
How to improve reproductive health in Ghana
Do food allergies last forever – or will they go away over time?
Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings on the responsibilities of a First Lady
Becoming a woman after half a century as a man
Famine-stricken Zambia rejects GM food aid
Why malignant and benign tumours form in the brain
Madagascan names have a reputation for being almost impossible to pronounce
