The Beauty Puzzle

A little while back, our friends over at On the Media released a gripping and immersive reporting series about FEMA, the agency that is supposed to be there for all of us in the wake of disaster. In American Emergency ( https://zpr.io/MtrUmJU3yEMW), OTM investigates how the agency ...  Show more

One morning, Oliver Sipple went out for a walk. A couple hours later, to his own surprise, he saved the life of the President of the United States. In a story we reported back in 2017, we explain how in the days that followed, Sipple’s split-second act of heroism turned into a ra ...  Show more

The value society places on physical appearance has never quite made sense to blind presenter Lyndall Bywater and yet she's intrigued to discover why it matters so much to those of us in the sighted world. How much of an advantage is it to be beautiful? And what is physical beaut ...  Show more

Können wir Tiere verstehen? Die Verhaltensbiologie sucht nach wissenschaftlichen Antworten, Tierfreunde ziehen ihre Erkenntnisse aus dem Zusammenleben mit dem Vierbeiner. Und Philosophen haben dazu ihre eigenen Meinungen. (BR 2019) Autorin: Christiane Seiler 

From the ancient world to the present women have been critical to the progress of science, yet their importance is overlooked, their stories lost, distorted, or actively suppressed. Forces of Nature sets the record straight and charts the fascinating history of women's discoverie ...  Show more

Singer songwriter Sophie Ellis-Bextor is Gabby’s guest this week! Gabby chats to her about being a working mum to five boys and what it’s like when your eldest is leaving home the same week that your youngest is starting school; how her legendary <a href="https://www.bbc.co. ...  Show more