Science
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Engineering
A close-up look at electronic paper reveals its exquisite patterns – and limitations
9 minutes
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Physics
Is it possible to design a shape to roll along any fixed path?
4 minutes
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Design and fashion
The mundane becomes mesmerising in this deep dive into segmented displays
14 minutes
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Physics
A song of ice, fire and jelly – exploring the physics and history of the trumpet
9 minutes
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Music
Electronic gloves and even potted plants make music in a playground for sound innovation
6 minutes
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Design and fashion
Household items are reborn in a ‘visual symphony of everyday objects’
11 minutes
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Design and fashion
From sheep to sea – an ode to the iconic sweater that warms Cornish sailors
4 minutes
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Astronomy
Raw solar-storm footage is the punk-rock antidote to sleek James Webb imagery
6 minutes
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Physics
Spectacular fractal patterns emerge when electricity meets a wooden surface
4 minutes
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Physics
This is not an animation: the spectacular sight of magnets meeting a metallic liquid
5 minutes
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Architecture
How the Dorze in Ethiopia make ‘beehive’ houses from bamboo that last a lifetime
35 minutes
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Technology and the self
‘Perfection is for the gods,’ and this sculptor gets to a thousandth of an inch of it
14 minutes
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Biology
It’s a massive, winged Cretaceous beast – could a human ride one?
9 minutes
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History of technology
Behold as a mechanical foghorn in Shetland awakes from its year-long slumber
2 minutes
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Physics
Water, salt and music form a mesmerising visualisation of sound waves
7 minutes
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Physics
In this 1975 lecture, the maglev train’s inventor deconstructs his ingenious design
19 minutes
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Design and fashion
Gear up for a stylish celebration of vintage motorcycle design
6 minutes
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Space exploration
Riches in space
Asteroids could pay for so much space exploration. We just need to mine those valuable resources – and duck a direct hit
Martin Elvis
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Making
How sky-high dreams launched one man’s audacious life in homemade rocketry
5 minutes
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Engineering
Why are NASA engineers borrowing techniques from origami artists?
5 minutes
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Ecology and environmental sciences
Nature’s playbook
From termite queens to the carbon cycle, nature knows how to avoid network collapse. Human designers should pay heed
Ruth DeFries
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Engineering
Simple objects make for epic art installations of sound and movement
20 minutes
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Complexity
Uncertain times
The pandemic is an unprecedented opportunity – seeing human society as a complex system opens a better future for us all
Jessica Flack & Melanie Mitchell
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Space exploration
What the Martian surface looked like to Oppy – humanity’s most resilient rover
2 minutes