Extreme Weather: Drought and Heavy Rain

It might seem more sustainable to wash up by hand rather than use a dishwasher. But is it actually the other way round?

Can Silex and Ventilo find out how to drink an eco-friendly cup of the black stuff?

You would think that glass bottles are the most eco-friendly. But the reality is more nuanced.

All living beings stop growing at some point. The global economy is different: it just keeps growing. Is a world without economic growth possible and what might that mean for the future?

Ventilo needs a new car. But should he go for a petrol automobile or a new electric car?

Everyone needs to wear clothes. But how can you navigate the confusing jungle of ecolabels? And is second hand necessarily better?

Ventilo needs a new phone. Could a refurbished smartphone be an eco-friendly option? 

Do physical books destroy the world’s forests? And should we read with E-readers instead?

When you’re at the supermarket checkout should we use plastic bags or paper bags? 

Extreme weather events are becoming increasingly frequent as a result of climate change. 

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

Is our world fundamentally governed by chance?

After an amputation, Arja has high hopes for a donor hand - but will the risky transplant succeed?

Corentin and Caroline explore cutting-edge low-tech solutions to meet their electricity and heating needs.

Human beings created art, science, philosophy and religion. But they have also exploited the world and each other and could make their planet uninhabitable.

A multitude of microorganisms live in and on our bodies. Not only does our health depend on them, but without them we wouldn't even exist.

Although dominant on Earth, human beings remain dependent, for its continued existence, on the interconnected web of life of all species.  

You might think that human beings are unique for their superior brain power. And yet, we are by no means the only species with intelligence.

At the interspecies Olympic Games, human beings would lose out in almost every category to other species.

Human beings are perhaps not the dominant species they think they are. Many other species are more numerous, larger, live longer, are more powerful or resilient.