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    Photo of an elderly woman resting her forehead on a large stone bust outdoors near a decaying concrete structure.

    videoHistory

    In Stalin’s home city in Georgia, generations clash over his legacy

    20 minutes

    A large, artificial ice structure in a mountainous landscape with clear blue sky in the background.

    videoEngineering

    Can monumental ‘ice stupas’ help remote Himalayan villages survive?

    15 minutes

    An older man in a red cap and printed T-shirt looking into the distance.

    videoVirtues and vices

    Why Bennie tried to disappear, and what happened when he was found decades later

    16 minutes

    Photo of a woman meditating by a fire in a dimly lit room with artwork on the walls and others seated in the background.

    videoAnthropology

    For an Amazonian female shaman, ayahuasca ceremonies are a rite and a business

    30 minutes

    A wooden cabin on a grassy hill with a mountainous backdrop and cloudy sky in the distance.

    videoKnowledge

    Why it takes more than a lifetime to truly understand a single meadow

    11 minutes

    Photo of a silver inflatable balloon floating in the sky over a blurred brownish background, resembling a flying saucer.

    videoInformation and communication

    Coverage of the ‘balloon boy’ hoax forms a withering indictment of for-profit news

    17 minutes

    Children climbing on monkey bars, photographed from below, against a clear blue sky.

    videoEducation

    Scenes from a school year paint a refreshingly nuanced portrait of rural America

    25 minutes

    A person with a prosthetic leg stands in a room filled with plastic-wrapped prosthetics and limbs, showcasing orthopaedic supplies.

    videoTechnology and the self

    A filmmaker finds a tactile beauty in the creation of her prosthetic leg

    11 minutes

    Illustration of a man in a suit, looking down, with a background of indistinct figures in a hallway. The colours are muted, creating a sombre atmosphere.

    videoCosmology

    The Indian astronomer whose innovative work on black holes was mocked at Cambridge

    13 minutes

    Peach Twig (Prunus Persica) (1918) by Royal Charles Steadman

    videoBiology

    In 1886, a US agency set out to record new fruit varieties. The results are wondrous

    5 minutes

    Close-up of tree roots and rocks on a forest floor, covered with moss and surrounded by dense greenery.

    videoNature and landscape

    Take a serene hike through an ancient forest, inspired by a Miyazaki masterpiece

    6 minutes

    Person climbing a tall tree using a rope, viewed from the base looking upwards into the canopy of green leaves.

    videoThe environment

    Tree-sit with activists as they fight industrial logging from 100 feet above the ground

    25 minutes