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Engineering
How water-based clocks revolutionised the way we measure time
10 minutes
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Consciousness and altered states
What do screens depicting serene natural scenes mean to those living in lock-up?
12 minutes
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Anthropology
Margaret Mead explains why the family was entering a brave new world in this 1959 film
29 minutes
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Demography and migration
In California’s farmlands, immigrant workers share their stories of toil and hope
17 minutes
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Ageing and death
Memories of friends and neighbours light the streets of a seaside village in England
11 minutes
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History of science
How we came to know the size of the Universe – and what mysteries remain
26 minutes
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Ecology and environmental sciences
Join endangered whooping cranes on their perilous migratory path over North America
6 minutes
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Knowledge
Why David Deutsch believes good explanations are the antidote to bad philosophy
10 minutes
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Architecture
A lush tour of Fallingwater – the Frank Lloyd Wright design that changed architecture
14 minutes
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Home
Life moves slowly in a Romanian mountain village, shaped by care and the seasons
13 minutes
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Family life
A mother and child bond in an unusual prison visitation space in this poignant portrait
11 minutes
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Archaeology
At a prehistoric pigment mine, researchers glimpse our earliest moments in the Americas
25 minutes