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World Service,256 episodes

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Does Cuba Recognise Guantanimo Bay?
Cuba’s position on the US detention centre at Guantanimo Bay
31 Mar 2004,26 mins
Broken Hearts
Where ancient origins of the term ‘broken heart’
30 Mar 2004,26 mins
HIV Infection of Babies
How can a baby be born without HIV if one of its parents have the virus?
23 Mar 2004,26 mins
Christ and the Calendar
When BC and AD started being used to measure time
16 Mar 2004,26 mins
Keeping Yahoo! Afloat
How email services providers like Yahoo! generate revenue
02 Mar 2004,27 mins
Football Team Nicknames
Why football teams are often named after animals
17 Feb 2004,26 mins
The Gloomiest Song Ever Written
The Hungarian song that drives people to despair
10 Feb 2004,26 mins
Braille in the Digital Age
Using electronic Braille on a computer
03 Feb 2004,26 mins
The Slogans of George W Bush
George W Bush’s key speeches and slogans following the 9/11 attacks
27 Jan 2004,26 mins
Seeking The Arc of the Covenant
Searching for the 13th century chest with mysterious powers
20 Jan 2004,26 mins
How Old is the English Alphabet?
Tracing the roots of English sounds and signs
13 Jan 2004,26 mins
Uganda’s Martyrs' Day
How 400,000 people commemorate Uganda’s catholic martyrs
30 Dec 2003,26 mins
Globalisation
The globalisation of trade and culture
23 Dec 2003,26 mins
The Ultimate Off-Road Challenge
What it takes to compete in the Paris-Dakar motorcycle rally
16 Dec 2003,27 mins
The Mark of a Leader
Why political leaders mark their first 100 days
09 Dec 2003,26 mins
Making Information Technology ‘Sexy’
Bringing together information and communication technology
02 Dec 2003,27 mins
Catch 22 Situation
The meaning of the title from Joseph Heller’s book Catch 22
11 Nov 2003,26 mins
‘The Blood of Freedom’
What the colours of Ghana’s national flag symbolise
09 Nov 2003,26 mins
The Birth of Qwerty Keyboards
Who decided how computer keyboard keys are arranged?
25 Oct 2003,27 mins
The Scent of a Farmyard
Why do animal faeces have distinctive odours?
21 Oct 2003,27 mins
Helping the Blind
Eighty per cent of the world’s blindness is preventable or curable
12 Oct 2003,27 mins
How Languages Develop
How certain ideas and myths transcend languages
30 Sep 2003,27 mins
The Many Languages of the �鶹��
The �鶹�� portfolio of foreign broadcasts
16 Sep 2003,27 mins
Kidnap and Ransom
The origins of the words kidnap and ransom
09 Sep 2003,28 mins
A Laughing Matter
The physiology of laughter
02 Sep 2003,26 mins
Golf’s Humble Beginnings
How golf began in Scotland with a pebble and stick
31 Aug 2003,26 mins
The End of the World as we Know it
The death of the sun will be spectacular
19 Aug 2003,26 mins
In a Coma for 19 Years
One man wakes up after 19 years in a coma
05 Aug 2003,26 mins
Animal Intuition
How birds and animals predict earthquakes
04 Aug 2003,27 mins
What is Kleptomania?
Demystifying the psychological disorder kleptomania
29 Jul 2003,26 mins