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22/09/2012 GMT

How are we, and other creatures, affected by being cut off from the rest?

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21st Century Education

What is education really for and how should we improve it? Presented by Martin Rees.

• 40 mins

Real versus virtual

As digital technology spreads, is there a still a border between real and virtual?

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That's disgusting!

How a primal emotion protecting us from poison can drive our decisions.

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Black Holes – a force for good?

Supermassive black holes which project their power across entire galaxies of stars.

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Guilt

What's the best way to deal with personal and collective guilt?

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Rivals or enemies? Why the distinction matters.

Bitter partisanship is poisoning Western politics, so what is the way forward?

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People Power: a dream, fig leaf or reality?

What will it take for the voice of ordinary citizens to be clearly heard?

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Listening: The Forum Live @ the Radio Theatre

Celebrating 90 years of ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio.

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Humans and Big Data: Who is in charge?

Can massive amounts of processed data help us make better decisions?

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The individual and society

The Forum @ RSA in London with Margaret Atwood.

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Women’s Freedom in 2012

Is women’s ability to choose and act increasing or in retreat?

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Maps and Mapmaking

Why do we make maps, and what do they say about us?

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Happiness

What really makes us smile?

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Taking Time Out

Making sense of gaps in our lives that take us out of our routine.

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Imitation

Why do human beings copy one another so much?

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Plant and flower shapes

What makes a plant leaf or flower either flat and simple or curly and complicated?

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What’s the best way to build up new markets?

How do we encourage enterprise in a way that benefits lots of people, not just a few?

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Connections with the sea

Are all linked to the sea, even if we live hundreds of miles from the coast?

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The vanishing world of our ancestors

Ancient tradition and custom among tribal people, and what we can learn from it.

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Improvisation

Why improvising comes naturally to all of us.

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Ice

New views from the world’s freezer

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Meaning in Life

What makes your life meaningful? With Alain de Botton, Susan Wolf and Alexandre Mitchell.

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The Challenge of Ageing

Is it time to re-define what we actually mean by Old Age?

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Making Good Law

It’s the basis of society: but what is the secret to creating laws that really work?

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The Forum @ London's South Bank: A celebration of women of African and Caribbean descent.

Maggie Aderin-Pocock, Jean ‘Binta’ Breeze, Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah, Ayanna Witter-Johnson

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Viruses: in medicine, technology and in our minds

The terrifying and wonderful viral world with Peter Piot, Angela Belcher, Susan Blackmore

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What If...The Forum could change the world?

Visions of the future with Michio Kaku, Barbara Sahakian and Karen Lord.

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Obsessions, new and old, in literature and technology

With Javier Marias, Evgeny Morozov and Manil Suri.

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Progress: Are we Making Any?

Advances suggest that things can only get better for the majority of people. Is it true?

• 40 mins