The hidden sources of forever chemicals
As one of the birthplaces of the industrial revolution, the River Mersey in northern England is no stranger to pollution flowing into its waters. Now it's got a new problem: monitoring shows the amoun...
16 Okt 202523min
Nobel laureate Shimon Sakaguchi on his immune system breakthrough
Back in the 1980s, when Shimon Sakaguchi was a young researcher in immunology, he found it difficult to get his research funded. Now, his pioneering work which explains how our immune system knows whe...
9 Okt 202516min
The diagnosis dimension to the rise in autism
As Donald Trump gives oxygen to unproven theories about what might be behind a recent rise in autism cases, experts repeatedly point to the changing nature of how autism is diagnosed and viewed.A key ...
2 Okt 202527min
Pressuring the Fed doesn't end well
Donald Trump is not letting up pressure on the US Federal Reserve. He's taken efforts to fire one of its governors, all the way up to the US Supreme Court. Trump's clash with the Fed echoes pressure t...
25 Sep 202527min
Palestinian statehood: the route to recognition
With France, the UK, Australia and Canada expected to recognise an independent Palestinian state at UN General Assembly in New York, what are the origins of the state they plan to recognise? In this e...
18 Sep 202529min
The sovereign citizen movement's spread around the world
Police in Australia are continuing a huge manhunt in the mountains for Dezi Freeman, a man accused of killing two police officers and injuring a third in late August. Freeman identifies as a sovereign...
11 Sep 202523min
How China is weaponising the history of WWII
As China invited world leaders to a vast military parade marking the end of the second world war on September 3, President Xi Jinping said China is "never intimidated by bullies" and would "stand by t...
4 Sep 202524min
The secret ingredients for creative flow
If you’ve ever experienced a state of creative flow, perhaps when writing, playing music, or even gardening, you’ll know that it feels like everything just clicks into place. But what is actually happ...
28 Aug 202522min
