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Why do we find things disgusting?

Meet a ‘disgustologist’ who has been uncovering answers to our uneasy feelings

• 9 mins

Why living in the city could make you happier

What makes some cities more successful than others?

• 9 mins

Ubernomics

Does behaviour tracking help tech companies become better at saying sorry?

• 9 mins

Understanding emotions: Should we follow our hearts?

How noticing things in our bodies can help us read our feelings

• 9 mins

Big ideas: The body

David Edmonds discovers fascinating research on the human body

• 49 mins

How do we spot rogue cops?

Within every police force there are bad cops, but could there be a trick to spotting them

• 9 mins

The importance of fairness

Why it pays to be fair, and why people are less selfish than you think

• 9 mins

The science of sleep

What does sleep do for us, and what can go wrong if we don't get enough?

• 9 mins

Do cities need rules?

How does the way a city is run change its inhabitants' lives?

• 9 mins

The new normal

How Donald Trump is reshaping our ideas of normal behaviour

• 9 mins

The science of addiction

Why drug addicts want drugs – even when they don’t

• 9 mins

Big ideas: The city

Five big ideas that could change the way we think about cities

• 49 mins

Fighting pandemics

The 2020 pandemic has transformed our world, but it won’t be the last to do so

• 9 mins

Big ideas: The way we think

Five ideas challenging how we think about the world

• 49 mins