The Golden Age Of Gold

23/06/2021 GMT

We explore gold's past, present and future and humanity’s obsession with it.

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The Golden Age Of Gold

Gold: Its role around the globe

Gold and its impact around the world from Colombia to Ghana to the gold vaults of Dubai

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The Golden Age Of Gold

Gold: What does the future hold?

Rajvi Vora looks at the environmental cost of goldmines and the people who work at them

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The Test

Covid and economic stimulus

Can the Biden administration’s policies redefine US economy and its place in the world?

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The Test

Inflation and challenges to the dollar

Can China challenge the dollar's dominance or will digital currencies be more disruptive?

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The Test

Can America change?

Jim O’Neill investigates the impact of President Biden’s ambitions to ‘build back better’

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Libya's Revolution

Libya's Revolution: A dream of freedom

Why is the revolution that overthrew Libya's Col Gaddafi still unfinished, 10 years on?

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Libya's Revolution

The rule of the gun

Why did plans to integrate Libya's militias into a unified national army come to nothing?

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Libya's Revolution

Building a state

A decade after the end of dictatorship, can Libya expect a peaceful and democratic future?

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Sugar-coated World

Getting granular

Lainy Malkani digs into the history of sugar and how it helped shape the city of London

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Sugar-coated World

USA: Plantations and plains

How sugar became a central commodity to American culture, its diet and economy today

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Sugar-coated World

Thailand: Asia’s sugar bowl

Lainy Malkani digs into the story of sugar in Thailand and sustainable production

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The Public Misunderstanding of Science

Trust: What is the best way to communicate public health messages?

Science journalist Sue Nelson explores why have so many people given up on science

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The Public Misunderstanding of Science

Toxic debates

How do conspiracy theories take root and what can be done to combat them?

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The Public Misunderstanding of Science

The Public Misunderstanding of Science: Racist robots

Is artificial intelligence evolving too rapidly for regulators to keep up?

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The Public Misunderstanding of Science

Back to school

How space can help transform science education for the next generation

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One Hundred Years of Exile

Who is a refugee?

How do refugee crises begin and who can be considered a refugee?

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One Hundred Years of Exile

What do we owe refugees?

One hundred years after the first modern refugee crisis, how much has changed?

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One Hundred Years of Exile

How do refugee crises end?

One hundred years after the first modern refugee crisis, how much has changed?

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My Arab Spring

Freedom - Hurriya

Ten years after the Arab Spring, what did the 2011 protests achieve in Tunisia and Egypt?

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My Arab Spring

Bread - Khubz

Have economic opportunities improved since the Arab Spring?

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My Arab Spring

War - Harb

The Arab Spring and the wars that followed – from Libya to Yemen to Syria

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My Arab Spring

Displacement - Tashreed

How the aftereffects of the Arab Spring led to a mass displacement of people

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My Arab Spring

Hope – Amal

What does the future hold for the countries of the Arab Spring?

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Why We Play

Childhood: Exploring the world through play

How play is crucial to building our understanding of our surroundings, culture and self

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Why We Play

Adolescence: Discovering identity through play

How video games help teenagers to navigate issues of anxiety, depression, and identity

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Why We Play

Adulthood and the importance of play

What role does play have in our adult lives and how can it increase productivity at work?

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Why We Play

Why We Play: Old age

We don’t have to stop playing as we reach old age, and we probably shouldn’t

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It’s a Bird’s World

It’s a Bird’s World: Climate change

From seabirds to emperor penguins in Antarctica, climate change impacts all birds

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It’s a Bird’s World

It's a Bird's World: Toxic substances

How the deaths of birds have alerted the world to serious environmental problems

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