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Work
What is it like to clean the world for tomorrow while the rest of a city sleeps?
7 minutes
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Philosophy of mind
Caring for the vulnerable opens gateways to our richest, deepest brain states
7 minutes
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History of ideas
How did ‘personal responsibility’ evolve into its opposite, ‘everyone for themselves’?
52 minutes
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Gender
The nearly forgotten origin myth of Hawaii’s third-gender healers, as told by one
9 minutes
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Architecture
A whirlwind tour of Hong Kong’s high-rises is an awesome meditation on urbanity
9 minutes
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Physics
The Standard Model might be the most successful theory in science. But what is it?
16 minutes
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Family life
An artist grapples with the loss of his brother, and the problem of canine abduction
7 minutes
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Sports and games
After a day’s toil in California’s fields, labourers let loose in street races
9 minutes
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History of technology
Remarkable historical footage is locked behind paywalls. It’s time to set it free
4 minutes
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Thinkers and theories
Bigger isn’t better – the renegade ‘Buddhist economics’ of E F Schumacher
30 minutes
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Subcultures
What do tropical fish make of the strange creatures who love them so?
14 minutes
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Sports and games
You’ve likely never heard of the only woman drafted into the NBA – and that’s fine by her
22 minutes