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Are mobile phones giving us cancer?These days, our mobile phones are rarely far away. Whether it’s in your hand, your pocket, or under your pillow at night. What's That Rash on orange with a magnifying glass. Duration: 19 minutes

How Barron Trump helped his father court the "bro vote" onlineIn the recent US election, Donald Trump made significant gains amongst young male voters aged 18-29. Some 56% of this cohort voted for Trump, compared with 41% in 2020. Barron stands with his mother and father Duration: 18 minutes 2 seconds

A dive into the long life of the Greenland sharkScientists have been fascinated by the lifespan of the Greenland shark which can live for centuries. Now new research may have found the key to why it's the longest living vertebrate on Earth. Duration: 15 minutes 58 seconds

Negotiating peace against the odds can be murky businessMediation in armed conflicts means sitting down with brutal war lords, hiding your true values and in an open dialogue trying to really understand all sides of the parties involved. drawing of four people standing in a circle and join hands by touching top of each other Duration: 43 minutes 47 seconds

Violet Crumbles, expressionist art and a documentary: The wonderful friendship of Pat and AshleighArtist Pat Harry and filmmaker Ashleigh McArthur have been friends since Pat babysat Ashleigh as a child. Now Ashleigh is helping to document and archive Pat's artwork.Duration: 14 minutes

Jon Ronson on why conspiracy theorists are now running AmericaJournalist, writer and podcaster Jon Ronson has spent years doing stories about psychopaths, conspiracy theorists and the behaviour of the mob, who love to indulge in a social media pile-on. Jon Ronson's psychopath night Duration: 42 minutes 13 seconds

The 4-Day-Week − creating a better work life balance or just more stress?Pressing a full-time workload into four days sounds like simply adding more stress to your job – even if you keep your pay. A month view of a calendar shows four days of work and three days of weekend. A visual representation of the four day work week Duration: 52 minutes 49 seconds

Rumour has it... Gossip isn't always negativeTittle-tattle, scuttlebutt, dishing the dirt, spilling the tea: Whatever you call it... there's no doubt gossip can be seductive. Gossip has long had a bad reputation and gossipers have been seen as untrustworthy. A woman whispers into man's ear Duration: 21 minutes 20 seconds