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Today, more people live in cities than in rural areas and, by 2050, this ratio is predicted to rise to 7 out of every 10 people. Can we rethink how we design and live in cities? What will the impact of increasing numbers of people living in cities be on society, or biodiversity, or on food, water and energy security? A panel of distinguished speakers focuses on some of these most pressing challenges faced by our cities. 

Sustainable Cities

Can reading the mind allow us to use thought control to move artificial limbs?Neuroscientist Miguel Nicolelis aims is to build a suit that a quadriplegic person can wear and control to kick a football at the opening of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. Geoff Watts visits Nicolelis' laboratory to see just how near we are to achieving his aim on the football pitch. Published on November 28, 2012.

Frontiers: Brain Machine Interfaces

The hormone oxytocin is involved in mother and baby bonding and in creating trust. Linda Geddes finds out if taking oxytocin can help people with autism become more sociable Published on July 17, 2013.

Frontiers: Oxytocin

In March astronomers in the BICEP2 collaboration announced they had found gravitational waves from the Big Bang.  But now the evidence is being questioned.  Dr Lucie Green reports. Published on July 9, 2014.

Frontiers: Inflation and Cosmology

Matt Daggett, Greenpeace International's global campaign leader for forests, visits with Amy Mount, Yale F&ES '15, about the organization's theory of change and climate policy in the US. 

Theory of Change: a Conversation with Greenpeace's Matt Daggett

Gaia Vince explores the idea that humans have begun a new phase in our planet’s history,that our global influence on the Earth has launched a new geological period, which scientists are now calling the Anthropocene. Published on November 21, 2012.

Frontiers: Anthropocene

Dr Hannah Fry investigates the hidden patterns behind terrorism and asks whether mathematics could be used to predict the next 9/11. Published on December 23, 2014.

Frontiers: Maths and Terrorism

Geoengineering is a controversial approach to dealing with climate change. Gaia Vince explores putting chemicals in the stratosphere to stop solar energy reaching the earth. Published on December 11, 2013.

Frontiers: Geoengineering

Frontiers explores new ideas in science and meets the people behind them. There are two six-part series of Frontiers a year, in summer and winter. The programme is half an hour long.

Frontiers: Inflation and Cosmology

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