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At night, when you look at the sky, know that there are eyes looking back at you.

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At night, when you look at the sky, know that there are eyes looking back at you. <br /><br />

At night, when you look at the sky, know that there are eyes looking back at you

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Before you get the Dettol out, take a moment to appreciate the beautiful world that we will never be able to see. 

Micro Beauty

Before you get the Dettol out, take a moment to appreciate the beautiful world that we will never be able to see

The Stick of Glue

Before you get the Dettol out, take a moment to appreciate the beautiful world that we will never be able to see.

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It could be a child's pencil drawing, or the shaggy hair of a punk... but it's something far more unusual. Discover the invisible world right under our noses.

Discover the invisible world right under our noses

Funny Hair Do!

Animal, vegetable or mineral? Discover a world that until now, only scientists and university students would get to see.

Grey Matter?

A patchwork blanket? Or a new work by a painter? Nope: today's image is our time out; a red card straight from space.

A patchwork blanket? Or a new work by a painter?

Red Card

Discover the beauty of images normally only seen and appreciated by scientists and archeologists. Visit Delphi as you've never seen it before: a 3D laser scan. 

Visit Delphi as you've never seen it before

Mysterious Circles

This is neither a bug, nor a UFO: so what is it, then? We'll give you a clue: it's the key to the future of travel.

This is neither a bug, nor a UFO: so what is it, then?

Bang!

Who owns this beautiful light scarf? Sciencible is a series full of surprises that will show you science in a new light.

Sciencible is a series full of surprises that will show you science in a new light

Elegantly Small

Do you want to go back in time? With this episode, you can - so let's go!

A travel back in time with these images that tell us what the world was like thousands - even millions - of years ago

Mosaic

Is this a picture of cities lit up at night? Or fields under the bluish light of the moon? Guess again...

The Gold Eaters

What are these colored filaments growing, rising, budding like flowers? First clue: they aren't actually alive.

What are these colored filaments growing, rising, budding like flowers?

Missing Link

Look at science in a new light. As these images show, what if science could also create stunning, accidental works of art, simply by documenting the natural world?

Artistic Movement

Where does this strange shape come from? What is is, exactly? Discover a universe that you've never seen before, in all its beauty and strangeness.

Discover a universe that you've never seen before, in all its beauty and strangeness

Nightmares

A blue tongue that stretches and twists: what is it? Discover a new universe hidden right in front of your eyes. You just haven't been able to see it yet.

A blue tongue that stretches and twists: what is it?

Blue Tongue

At a microscopic level… an insight into the workings of disease.

Warning!

What does aging look like to you? A wrinkle here, a fine line over there? Look again: this image that shows us growing, maturing, and aging in such a way that a pot of cream can't cure. 

Strength and Age

If global warming doesn't get us first, this little guy is next in line. And we don't even understand yet whether it's alive or inert.

Clue: if global warming doesn't get us first, this little guy is next in line

Dead or Alive

A shimmering yellow with a turquoise blue, and geometrical forms in orange and pink, veering off into fuchsia... a stained glass window? Or something that you usually wouldn't give a second glance?

A stained glass window? Or something that you usually wouldn't give a second glance?

Stain Glass Windows

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The universe is big. So big, that surely 'Earthlings' can't possibly be the only form of intelligent life. What then is the probability that extraterrestrials exist? What could they look like? Finally, wouldn't their existence force us to rethink our place in the cosmos?

42: The Answer to Almost Everything

The universe is big. So big, that surely 'Earthlings' can't possibly be the only form of intelligent life

Are We Alone in the Universe?

From birth we are surrounded by sounds which, often without our knowledge, influence our view of the world. But are our reactions to these sounds the same?

42 - The Answer to Almost Everything

Do We All hear the Same Thing?

Long considered clean and inexpensive, nuclear energy raises a major problem: radioactive waste. It must be buried underground for at least a million years, or forever. But our civilisation won't be around forever. How can we warn our distant descendants of the risk of nuclear waste sites? What pictograms could warn them against the toxic gift we leave them?

How can we warn our distant descendants of the risk of nuclear waste sites?

Nuclear Waste

What's the recipe for making a song a global hit? Musicologists, brain scientists and professionals in the music industry are actively researching the 'magic formula' for the mega hit.

What's the recipe for making a song a global hit?

Does the Perfect Song Exist?

Life would be fantastic if we were never scared. We could cross deep ravines on tightropes, ski down the steepest mountainsides and feel fine. Unfortunately, fear runs deep inside us.

What if Fear Didn't Exist?

The fact that we have a breathable atmosphere on Earth is largely down to algae. Could these aquatic plants be the secret of solving climate change and saving ourselves and the planet?

The Answer to Almost Everything

Could Algae Save the Planet?

Nanostructure researcher Serge Berthier has been working on solar energy for years. But he also likes catching butterflies... And he has managed to link his two passions. But what do solar panels have to do with lepidopterans?

Reconnection

Butterflies and Solar Panels: What's the Connection?

Tarek Besold is an AI researcher. He works on making machines intelligent. But can he make them undersand love? And will we one day fall in love with our smartphones?

Tarek Besold is an AI researcher. He’s working on making machines intelligent. But can he make them undersand love? And will we one day fall in love with our smartphones?

Love and Artifical Intelligence

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Meet two of Poland's oldest hippies: Juliusz (92) and Krystof (77) have been living on the shores of Lake Solina, in almost total isolation and surrounded by nature and animals, for decades. But life in the middle of nowhere is increasingly hard on their aging bodies. 

Meet two of Poland's oldest hippies: Juliusz (92) and Krystof (77)

Re: An Unconventional Retirement

Behind his polite exterior lies a formidable leader with a ruthless character, ready to do anything to make China the world's leading power by the People’s Republic’s centenary in 2049. This well-documented portrait of the Chinese president gives an unprecedented insight into his politics and shows how Xi Jinping's personal journey has shaped his choices as he steers China towards world domination.

A portrait of the Chinese president giving an unprecedented insight into his politics and showing how Xi Jinping's personal journey has shaped his choices as he steers China towards world domination.

The New World of Xi Jinping

A region of Europe with a shared experience of communism and USSR dominance, Eastern Europe today is characterised by nations with diverse cultural and political identities.

Mapping the World

How many Eastern Europes?

Lowriding is a passion for cars where owners customise their vintage vehicles to look cool gliding along the Los Angeles boulevards. For long a male-only pursuit, more and more women are getting into it lowriding.

Geo Reportage

Lowriders of Los Angeles

To celebrate 50 years of French radio station FIP, Sting gives a special performance in the monumental surroundings of the Pantheon in Paris.

50 Years of FIP Radio

Sting at the Pantheon in Paris

Saudi Arabia is reputed to be one of the richest and most conservative nations on the planet. But how do its citizens live today?

Unknown Arabia

Saudi Arabia: The West

Millions of people worldwide suffer from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, or Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME/CFS), an extreme and persistent exhaustion for which there is no cure. An investigation into a little known illness focusing on the experiences of three individuals suffering from CFS: Ralf, Sonja and Aileen.

ME/CFS – A Misunderstood Illness

 An investigation into little understood illness focusing on the experiences of three individuals suffering from CFS: Ralf, Sonja and Aileen.

Living with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

In recent years Oman has been opening up to western tourists. What awaits them is a land of mountains, deserts, fjords, and pristine beaches.

Fairytale Oman

The Indian state of Sikkim has banned pesticides completely, allowing only organic farming. The results: healthy food and healthy soils.

ARTE Reportage

India: Sikkim - A Green New World

Vadum Minsyuk and Yuri Andreyev fled the war in eastern Ukraine in 2014. In search of a new beginning, they decided to start a new life in the Chernobyl region, close to the exclusion zone from the 1986 nuclear disaster. The dangers of radiation are better than the rockets of war.

Vadum Minsyuk and Yuri Andreyev fled the war in eastern Ukraine to start a new life in the Chernobyl region,  The dangers of radiation are better than the rockets of war for them.

Re: New Beginning in Chernobyl

Iraq in 2022: Will the emerging nation succeed in resisting foreign influence and from Iran in particular? What does the future hold for the Kurdish autonomous region? And will the USA ever really leave?

Iraq in 2022: Will the emerging nation succeed in resisting influence from foreign powers, and from Iran in particular? 

Iraq - A Sovereign Country?

Faced with more frequent and violent natural disasters caused by climate change, animals and plants are adapting. Some species, such as sharks, which are able to sense the change in atmospheric pressure of a coming hurricane, move away from danger. Others learn to live with it, such as curlews, which use the hot ash from erupting volcanoes in Papua New Guinea to incubate their eggs. A surprising and inspiring documentary about nature's survivors.

How Animals and Plants Survive

Faced with more frequent and violent natural disasters caused by climate change, animals and plants are adapting. A surprising and inspiring documentary about nature's survivors.

Natural Disasters

Pippi Longstocking, the superhumanly strong redhead with pigtails and freckles, conquers the world of classical ballet. The Swedish dancer and choreographer Pär Isberg stages Astrid Lindgren’s favourite character from the Villa Villekulla for the Helsinki opera house. The ballet music is the work of Georg Riedel and Stefan Nilsson.

From the Helsinki Opera

The Swedish dancer and choreographer Pär Isberg stages Astrid Lindgren’s favourite character for the Helsinki opera house.

Pippi Longstocking

A journey through Middle-earth, or rather New Zealand. Peter Jackson used the natural beauty of his native land to great effect in his film adaptation of J.R.R Tolkien’s classic trilogy. A tour through locations for the Shire, the Misty Mountains and Mordor… 

Cult Film Locations

A journey through New Zealand used to great effect in the film adaptation of Tolkien’s classic.

Looking for the Lord of the Rings

The United Arab Emirates includes the sci-fi like cities of Abu Dhabi and Dubai with their breath taking towers and impressive beach resorts. It is also a land of expats with residents from over two hundred different nations.

The United Arab Emirates includes the sci-fi like cities of Abu Dhabi and Dubai. It is also a land of expats with residents from over two hundred different nations.

United Arab Emirates

Carolyn Carlson and her company bid farewell to each other in a final creation. On the Chaillot theatre stage in Paris, the legendary choreographer and performer presents The Tree (Fragments of poetics on fire), an ode to nature and the elements.

Théâtre de Chaillot

The legendary American choreographer presents The Tree (Fragments of poetics on fire), an ode to nature and the elements.

Carolyn Carlson's The Tree

A special gala concert to celebrate five years of Hamburg’s fantastic new concert hall, the Elbphilharmonie, opened on January 11 2017. The NDR Elbphilharmonie orchestra performs works by Adams, Adès and Salonen with conductor Alan Gilbert and pianist Kiril Gerstein.

With Kirill Gerstein, Alan Gilbert and the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra

A special gala concert to celebrate five years of Hamburg’s fantastic new concert hall, the Elbphilharmonie.

5 Years of the Elbphilharmonie

With nearly 500,000 deaths from Covid-19, India is one of the countries hardest hit by the pandemic. The second wave that swept through the subcontinent in Spring 2021 destroyed entire families and is estimated to have left behind more than 100,000 orphans.

The second wave that swept through the subcontinent in Spring 2021 is estimated to have left behind more than 100,000 orphans.

India: Covid Orphans

How does sex, identity and self-expression interlace? We explore this muli-faceted question through the lives of multiple Berliners, starting with four voguing performers who've created a safe space for themselves, and an asexual model who posts sexy pictures online. Next we visit a hypersexual couple and discover puppy play with Marion and Leo.

Streetphilosophy

How does sex, identity and self-expression interlace? We explore this muli-faceted question through the lives of multiple Berliners

Embrace Your Sexuality!

The three smalles states on the Persian Gulf could not be more different: Qatar is the richest country on Earth, conservative, and attached to its traditions whereas Bahrain is cosmopolitan and liberal. Kuwait is particularly pristine with some of the best food in Arabia.

The three smalles states o fthe Arabian peninsular, Qatar, Kuwait and Bahrain, could not be more different.

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The Stick of Glue

Micro Beauty

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Funny Hair Do!

Funny Hair Do!

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Grey Matter?

Grey Matter?

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Red Card

Red Card

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Mysterious Circles

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