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We need interactive media not for more thrills but to grasp our world better
According to the digital interaction designer Janet Murray, we need new forms of media that emphasise interaction, agency and multiple perspectives over linear storytelling in order to make sense of the world we live in and understand each other better.
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Film and visual culture
A series of animated illusions illustrates how we project depth on to flat surfaces
8 minutes
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Cosmology
Building ‘bigger and better’ has pushed cosmology forward. Can it take it any further?
7 minutes
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Art
How Hokusai’s Great Wave emerged from Japan’s isolation to become a global icon
17 minutes
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Biology
Watch the elegant flow of a sheep herd, seen from the sky above Israel
1 minute
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Physics
How would a piano sound on Mars? Embark on an interplanetary sonic journey
20 minutes
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Meaning and the good life
Albert Camus built a philosophy of humanity on a foundation of absurdity
6 minutes
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Public health
When two punk bands came to a psychiatric hospital, beautiful chaos ensued
27 minutes
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Design and fashion
Gear up for a stylish celebration of vintage motorcycle design
6 minutes
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Biology
An ode to the humble rotifer – one of nature’s simplest and strangest creatures
9 minutes