Essay/History ‘Here we are all the same’ The US Constitution guaranteed freedom of religion, but the fight for religious equality was only just beginning Richard D Brown
Essay/Social Psychology Microaggressions? Prejudice remains a huge social evil but evidence for harm caused by microaggression is incoherent, unscientific and weak Scott O Lilienfeld
Video/Evolution Flashing together: when fireflies meet LEDs, the result is a beautiful lightshow 2 minutes
Idea/Stories & Literature This is the Muslim tradition of sci-fi and speculative fiction Muhammad Aurangzeb Ahmad
Video/Internet & Communication A classic film on communication finds renewed meaning in the age of memes and emojis 22 minutes
Essay/Values & Beliefs Dissolving the ego You don’t need drugs or a church for an ecstatic experience that helps transcend the self and connect to something bigger Jules Evans
volume_up play_arrow pause Idea/Politics & Government Even the ancient Greeks thought their best days were history Johanna Hanink
Video/Life Stages Harlem’s over-55s synchronised swimming team thinks ageing is better in the pool 4 minutes
Essay/Work The future is emotional Human jobs in the future will be the ones that require emotional labour: currently undervalued and underpaid but invaluable Livia Gershon
Essay/Gender & Sexuality The orgasm cure What if we could expand ecstasy, reduce stress and lift depression, all by delaying and extending orgasm? Peter von Ziegesar
volume_up play_arrow pause Idea/Economics Conspicuous consumption is over. It’s all about intangibles now Elizabeth Currid-Halkett
Essay/Political Philosophy Theory from the ruins The Frankfurt school argued that reason is dangerous, mass culture deadening, and the Enlightenment a disaster. Were they right? Stuart Walton
volume_up play_arrow pause Essay/Cognition & Intelligence How totalism works The brainwashing methods of isolation, engulfment and fear can lead anyone to a cult. I should know – I was in one Alexandra Stein
Video/Demography & Migration The island where 50 million crabs roam free and refugees are trapped in limbo 21 minutes
Essay/Quantum Theory Quantum common sense Despite its confounding reputation, quantum mechanics both guides and helps explain human intuition Philip Ball
Video/Nature & Environment Preventing the all-consuming sound pollution of modern life starts with listening to nature 10 minutes
volume_up play_arrow pause Essay/Cognition & Intelligence How totalism works The brainwashing methods of isolation, engulfment and fear can lead anyone to a cult. I should know – I was in one Alexandra Stein
volume_up play_arrow pause Idea/Stories & Literature So I exaggerate a little – am I wrong to jazz up my stories? Andrea Askowitz
Video/Cosmology The Sun – our steady, reliable companion – tells a very different story up close 4 minutes
Essay/Politics & Government The bloodstained leveller Throughout history, plagues and wars have left greater equality in their wake. Can we get there again without violence? Walter Scheidel
Video/Love & Friendship From a 77-year relationship to a first date – a brisk, cheery survey of love 3 minutes
Essay/Gender & Sexuality The orgasm cure What if we could expand ecstasy, reduce stress and lift depression, all by delaying and extending orgasm? Peter von Ziegesar
Video/Travel Castles, croquet and kilts: on the tour bus from China through the photo ops of Britain 10 minutes
volume_up play_arrow pause Essay/Cognition & Intelligence Had a good think lately? Not busy-work, ticking off to-do lists or keeping-up-with-stuff. Just sitting. And thinking. Is it so hard? André Spicer