How magic tricks reveal how we think

Why do humans like to be deceived? How magicians trick our brains and our perception.

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Healthy buildings

What does Finland's Paimio Sanatorium tell us about design and health?

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Science and Society

Traditional Healers and HIV

Can bringing together faith healers and medics help South Africa’s fight against HIV?

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Science and Society

Transforming Bodies

The human body is evolving new senses like hearing colours with the help of technology

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Science and Society

Building Better Healthcare

Building a healthcare system: who gets treated and who pays? Innovation maybe the key.

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Science and Society

Civilisation on the Move

Why do people move, refugee health and how countries can meet migrant needs.

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Air pollution: The silent killer

Air pollution causes millions of premature deaths globally, but what are the solutions?

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Coronavirus Special

International experts take a global look at the science surrounding Covid-19.

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Coronavirus: The Evidence

Taiwan, vaccines, Africa preparedness

International experts take a look at the science surrounding Covid-19

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Coronavirus: The Evidence

Young people, lifting lockdowns, USA and Kenya updates

International experts take a look at the science surrounding Covid-19

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Coronavirus: The Evidence

Mental health and Covid-19

How is our mental health during the pandemic?

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Coronavirus: The Evidence

Covid 19: Ending lockdowns

When and how to end lockdowns?

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Coronavirus: The Evidence

Covid 19: Sub-Saharan Africa and testing

How sub-Saharan Africa is handling the pandemic and the different kinds of tests

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Coronavirus: The Evidence

Covid 19: Transmission and South America

How South America is handling the pandemic and a look at disease transmission.

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Coronavirus: The Evidence

Covid 19: vaccines and after lockdown

The latest on vaccines and how people are behaving after lockdown

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Coronavirus: The Evidence

Covid 19: recovery

The latest on how people are recovering from Covid 19

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Coronavirus: The Evidence

Covid lessons for safe school reopening

Will schools and colleges reopening fuel Covid-19 spread?

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Coronavirus: The Evidence

Are national lockdowns evidence of policy failure?

Locked in the lockdown cycle – evidence for a more targeted response

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Coronavirus: The Evidence

Pandemic rules: follower or flouter?

Why a sense of “we” rather than “I” makes us more likely to follow pandemic rules

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Coronavirus: The Evidence

Hopes and fears for Covid-19 vaccines

Vaccines could mean liberation for all, but will rich countries corner supplies?

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Coronavirus: The Evidence

The Shapeshifting Virus

Will new vaccines work against the more infectious versions of the coronavirus?

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Coronavirus: The Evidence

Keeping out Covid-19

The virus knows no borders, so do international travel restrictions work for Covid-19?

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Coronavirus: The Evidence

Mental health and the pandemic

Mental health distress has risen around the world. How can people's suffering be eased?

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Coronavirus: The Evidence

Sharing Vaccines – what’s gone wrong?

The ethics of putting children in rich countries ahead in the global vaccine queue

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Coronavirus: The Evidence

How Covid damages the human body

Covid the chameleon - the multiple ways this virus attacks our bodies

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Coronavirus: The Evidence

Whatever happened to…those Covid-19 stories

Claudia Hammond and panel study ideas that have disappeared

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Coronavirus: The Evidence

How will the pandemic end?

Keeping a lid on risks of new covid variants as vaccinated countries ease restrictions

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Coronavirus: The Evidence

02/10/2021 GMT

Claudia Hammond is joined by experts to answer questions about the coronavirus Covid-19.

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Coronavirus: The Evidence

When misinformation kills

Tackling the “infodemic” – misinformation and Covid-19

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Coronavirus: The Evidence

Healthcare pushed out by the pandemic

Global killers like tuberculosis, polio, measles, HIV/Aids and Cancer set to surge

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