Since the discovery of DNA, the idea that genes are somehow responsible for everything has permeated society. But as this film shows, the science underpinning these beliefs has been thoroughly debunked.
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Why is it that St Patrick’s Day is the only national holiday that is celebrated in almost every country across the world? Why can Irish pubs be found from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe? It seems that nearly everybody on the planet has some sort of a connection to Ireland.
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Breast cancer kills. But are blanket screening programmes that screen all women, rather than those with symptoms, doing more harm than good?
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It seems that not a week goes by without a new doping scandal in the world of sports. But how does the doping system really work? Who designs the programmes and who supplies the substances?
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No longer want the child you adopted? Don’t worry, in America, you can place a classified advert on a website and get rid of them. It’s called ‘rehoming’ and a deed signed by a lawyer is enough to transfer parental authority to anyone.
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Many people have a strong sense that their views are right and couldn’t possibly be wrong. So how do we come to hold an unshakable conviction and why is it hard to consider that we could be mistaken?
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Days after his wife was murdered during the Bataclan attacks, Antoine Leiris wrote an open letter on Facebook to his wife’s killer, stating simply that the terrorists had failed because they would never have his hate...
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In this moving film, we follow four children, like six year old David, who feel they were born into the wrong gender and have decided to make the transition.
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It’s the poison, rebranded as a health aid. For generations, fluoride has been associated with healthy bones and teeth and added to water. But it’s only good for us in quantities that are surprisingly easy to exceed. Above that, it can be toxic.
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