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Collage of close-up photos of ants on greenery with varying poses; detailed view highlights ant features and textures.

videoEvolution

Green tree ants have been successful for ages. Enter the imposters

5 minutes

Photo of a naked man in a vast sunflower field with a distant house under a clear blue sky.

videoPersonality

Searching for a local legend, a filmmaker stumbles into a tragicomedy

21 minutes

Digital collage featuring a silhouette of a person with arrows pointing outward over a blurred monochrome crowd.

videoPhilosophy of mind

Beyond the mind-body divide – on the ‘affective turn’ in the humanities

12 minutes

Photo of an airship labelled R101 flying above a grassy field with cows and a tall structure in the background.

videoHistory of technology

Before the Hindenburg there was R101 – Britain’s ill-fated airship

17 minutes

Vintage-style photo of a cowboy in a saloon drinking from a mug held by a saloon girl holding a gun at the bar.

videoRituals and celebrations

At an Old West theme park, tourists play in a past that never existed

14 minutes

Photo of a man with closed eyes wearing headphones, appearing focused, against a blurred green background.

videoProgress and modernity

Indonesia is building a new capital city. What’s being lost?

19 minutes

Painting of a spectacled owl with bright yellow eyes against a dark background, highlighting its feathers and beak.

videoMetaphysics

The alien worlds beside our own – a journey into animal eyes

14 minutes

Marble painting of a peacock beside a pedestal with a sphere, abstract shapes in the background.

videoHistory of technology

The millennia-long history of our obsession with fake marble

22 minutes

Photo of a scene from a film showing a soldier in muddy gear behind sandbags in a jungle, reflected on an iPad screen.

videoTechnology and the self

Are we ever really done seeing a movie? On ‘Platoon’ and memory

10 minutes

Illustration of a robot reading with a thought bubble showing ancient cave paintings of hunters and a deer.

videoPhilosophy of mind

Could there ever be a viable test for artificial consciousness?

6 minutes

Painting of three figures with a flag on a dot-patterned background in red, yellow, purple and white.

videoArt

Meet the Aboriginal Australian artists painting over the colonial past

11 minutes

Photo of Earth from space showing clouds, oceans and land masses against a starry black background.

videoSpace exploration

Is this Artemis II timelapse the ‘Pale Blue Dot’ for our times?

11 minutes