主播大秀

Loneliness

What is loneliness and why do we feel it?

• 17 mins

Attraction

Why are we attracted to some people and not to others?

• 17 mins

Why Do We Love the Bicycle?

How did the bicycle change the world?

• 17 mins

Newspapers

Digital news is threatening newspapers, so why do they survive and what is their future?

• 17 mins

Why Are We Getting Smarter

Mike Williams examines the Flynn Effect and finds out why we are all getting smarter.

• 17 mins

Violence

Why are men more violent than women?

• 17 mins

Driving

As auto-piloted cars begin tests Mike Williams asks if we will miss driving

• 17 mins

Fear vs Fact

Are we living in an age where messages of fear dominate and the truth goes unheard?

• 17 mins

Fear of Animals

What lies behind our often overwhelming fear of harmless animals?

• 17 mins

Why do pet videos go viral?

The strange success of pets on the internet. Why?

• 17 mins

Why not celebrate introvert personalities?

People are often labelled as shy, but introversion is very much misunderstood. Why?

• 17 mins

The Voice

What do our voices reveal about ourselves?

• 17 mins

Why do we find some voices irritating?

Why is it that we find some voices more annoying than others?

• 17 mins

Why do Crazes Take Off?

What explains the success of the Hula-Hoop, Rubik鈥檚 Cube and Pokemon Go?

• 17 mins

Comic Book Superheroes

Why are we so fascinated with the superheroes which populate our comic books and movies?

• 17 mins

Assisted Death

Is it ever right to take a life? Mike Williams explores the dilemmas of assisted death.

• 17 mins

Grief

Why do we feel so many different emotions when someone close to us dies?

• 17 mins

Farewell Letters

Why do we write farewell letters? And how do we find the words to say goodbye?

• 17 mins

Organ Donation

Why do we donate organs and will we still need to in the future?

• 17 mins

Eye Witness Identification

Mike Williams asks why scientists and courts are so worried about eye-witness testimony

• 17 mins

Unconscious Bias

Why do we make judgments about people without even realising?

• 17 mins

Hoarding

Why do some people fill their homes and their lives with stuff?

• 17 mins

The Family Tree

Why are so many people obsessed with discovering their family origins?

• 17 mins

Why Do Cities Make Us Rude?

Why do cities make us rude? What makes us behave so badly in urban areas?

• 17 mins

The Female Orgasm

Why do we understand so little about female sexual pleasure?

• 17 mins

Revenge

Why did this type of aggressive behaviour evolve? And what purpose does it serve?

• 17 mins

Why do we Get Road Rage?

Why does driving bring out the worst in some people?

• 17 mins

Forgiveness

Could you forgive the person who killed your child or who raped or tortured you?

• 17 mins

Why Do We Make Lists?

From shopping lists to to-do lists 鈥� why do we make lists and what do they say about us?

• 16 mins

Vigilantes

Why do some people take the law into their own hands?

• 17 mins