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In this brief, whimsical documentary, the UK director Eleanor Mortimer turns her camera’s gaze on urban birdwatchers as they wait for, observe and marvel at the peregrine falcons hovering above Sheffield in the north of England. The result is a beguiling look at a uniquely human condition: envy of flying. Or maybe it’s something else that turns these city-dwellers’ eyes skywards. The pleasures of birdwatching are many; the words to describe them are perhaps best left to the poets among us.
Director: Eleanor Mortimer
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Family life
The precious family keepsakes that hold meaning for generations
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Neuroscience
This intricate map of a fruit fly brain could signal a revolution in neuroscience
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Archaeology
What did the first people who entered Tutankhamun’s tomb see?
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Information and communication
Coverage of the ‘balloon boy’ hoax forms a withering indictment of for-profit news
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Childhood and adolescence
Marmar is living through a devastating war – but she’d rather tell you about her new dress
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Computing and artificial intelligence
The ‘cloud’ requires heaps of energy to stay aloft. Could synthetic DNA be the answer?
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Art
A puppeteer makes sense of an overwhelming world by shrinking it down to size
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History
There are fragments of Romani Gypsy history all over the UK – if one knows where to look
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Biology
Brilliant dots of colour form exquisite patterns in this close-up of butterfly wings
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