The Digital World and Us

What was the significance of football match in England in 1883?

Creativity is vital for human beings But how can creative thinking be encouraged? And how is it different from imagination?

How does propaganda glorifying extreme violence reach an audience of young gamers online?

As a child of the early internet, Matt Stephenson created Machine Girl as a mirror of another era: 90s video games, B-movies, obscure YouTube videos and absurd humour. 

For some teenagers, they take the place of friends or counsellors, AI Virtual companions are becoming part of the lives of millions of young people.

The European probe Euclid took off successfully on 1 July 2023. Its objective is ambitious: to attempt to solve the enigma of dark matter and above all dark energy, which make up 95% of the universe.

In only one year of operation, the James Webb Space Telescope has revolutionised the way the universe is observed.

The European Space Agency and NASA have both developed probes to deflect asteroids from their trajectories.

An obsolete communication pylon in the middle of the Belgian countryside. Why is it worth its weight in gold?

Marking the opening of the 60th edition of the Montreux Jazz Festival, RAYE invites a host of international pop stars to join her on stage for an evening of music.

An odyssey through Iran in search of a lost father for one Tehrani teenager and her friends.

Legendary Berlin duo Modeselektor return to Sónar Festival with a new live set of eclectic rave sounds.

With Keir Starmer ‘s resignation, British politics is still unstable after six prime ministers in the ten years since the Brexit vote.

Audio pornography leaves room for the imagination while arousing the listener with erotic stories

Cologne, Autumn 1944: In the bombed-out city, a small group of young people put up armed resistance against the Nazi regime

Despite its shift toward authoritarianism, Turkey is a strategic partner for the EU.

How can we have more fulfilling sex? Ronja von Rönne meets couples and singles who have reinvented their sexuality.

Loulou is the hilarious story of the unbreakable friendship between Loulou and her three best friends Alice, Marie and Max. Season 1 follows the four friends as they deal with her unplanned pregnancy. And when her child appears in season 2 it's just the beginning of Loulou’s travails.

With one of his paintings, Gerhard Richter made an intervention into a long-running an passionate debate: Which way round should you put the toilet roll?