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How reading changes the way your brain works – BBC World Service

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Reading may feel like something that comes naturally, but it's taken thousands of years for our brains to develop the capacity to do it.

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That process has in turn transformed the brain's physiology. But reading on screens and smartphones could already be changing the way our brains work.

00:00 Why aren't we born able to read?
00:48 What is the origin of reading?
01:12 What impact does reading have on the brain?
01:39 How does reading different languages impact the brain?
02:43 How does reading impact the body?
03:18 How does reading on a screen affect us?
05:07 How can parents navigate new technologies?

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DeepSeek, TikTok, Temu: How China is taking the lead in tech – BBC World Service

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DeepSeek, TikTok, CapCut, Shein, Temu, BYD, DJI, Huawei – Chinese technology is everywhere and in many areas the country is challenging the former high-tech powerhouses.

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It’s all down to an ambitious plan China set out 10 years ago. The Made in China 2025 project vowed to turn China from the world’s factory to the world’s innovator.

And according to experts – they have largely succeeded. So how did they do it and what does it mean for the rest of the world and the future of technology dominance? Our Cyber Correspondent, Joe Tidy, explains.

00:00 Introduction
01:18 Made in China 2025
04:07 Sanctions
05:35 Reactions

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How Gen Z and TikTok are changing the way we speak – The Global Story podcast, BBC World Service

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Social media is driving language change around the world at a rate never seen before.

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With these changes come greater homogenisation and a risk of linguicide, as we all adapt to a rapidly changing linguistic landscape. So why are things changing so fast, is it a problem, and what could it mean for the future of how we communicate?

On this episode Neil Edgeller from BBC Learning English and journalist, author, and linguist Sophia Smith Galer, join Lucy Hockings to discuss what these changes mean for the languages we speak.

00:00 Introduction
01:16 Generational differences
02:01 What is linguicide?
03:11 What words are emerging with younger generations?
03:28 Trying to define skibidi
03:57 The exclusivity of language for identity making
04:33 Rizz already out of usage
05:17 Vocabulary evolving incredibly fast
05:54 Global homogenisation of slang
07:02 Where this new vocabulary is coming from
08:12 An act of rebellion
08:40 The difference to language change pre-internet
09:24 How languages other than English are changing
11:04 Short lifespan of some words and phrases
11:57 Intonation and pronunciation changes from social media
13:27 Narrowing gap between British and US English
13:58 Is grammar changing too?
14:43 Is language change getting faster?
15:06 The joy of language change and evolution
15:36 What does the future hold?
15:59 Could some languages die out?
16:34 The revitalisation of the Māori language in New Zealand
17:06 Will AI play a role in language change?

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What are some of the key issues facing Australia? – World Questions podcast, BBC World Service

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Soaring house prices, the rights of indigenous people, healthcare and knife crime – just some of the issues raised in this debate about the future of Australia.

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Jonny Dymond is joined by a panel of leading politicians and commentators who take questions from across this vast nation.

Panellists:
Katy Gallagher: Minister for Finance, Labor Party
Senator Sarah Hanson-Young: Green Party
John Pesutto: Liberal Party
Alexandra Smith: Sydney Morning Herald newspaper

00:00 Introduction
01:11 How can we create more housing considering environmental concerns?
08:37 How can we improve outcomes for Aboriginal people u0026 recognition of their culture across the world?
17:34 Why aren't there enough doctors in inland New South Wales?
25:00 What does the future of international education look like for Australia?

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Russian hackers accused of stealing millions – Cyber Hack: Evil Corp Ep1, BBC World Service podcast

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Moscow drag racers, an opulent Russian wedding and a malware code named after the Greek god of thunder. How does it all connect?

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A cyber-sleuth and “dark hero of the internet” Lawrence Baldwin sees signs of an emerging underworld. As money vanishes from accounts across the US, Lawrence follows the trail, infiltrating the gang – holding out for clues. But who are these audacious hackers?

Evil Corp is accused of being “the most pervasive cybercrime group to ever have operated” by law enforcement agencies and said to have stolen hundreds of millions of dollars. No one is off limits when it comes to their targets – not even a group of nuns in Chicago. The man alleged to be at the centre of it all is Maksim Yakubets – one of the FBI’s most wanted – who famously drove a neon Lamborghini with a Russian license plate that translated as "thief”.

So how does a man hunted by the world’s top law enforcement for nearly two decades not only stay free, but grow his empire? The US and UK governments claim the group has forged links with the Russian security services and are behind Kremlin-backed attacks on the West. The US, UK and Australia have imposed sanctions against 16 people who they accuse of being members of Evil Corp – many of them from Maksim Yakubets’s own family, including his father.

Hosted by Joe Tidy, the BBC’s cyber correspondent – one of the few Western journalists to have met an alleged member of Evil Corp – and the BBC’s Eastern and Southern Europe correspondent Sarah Rainsford, who spent more than two decades reporting from Moscow.

00:00 Moscow's drag racers
01:53 An opulent Russian wedding
04:38 Wanted by the FBI
06:13 Searching for Maksim Yakubets
10:00 An emerging cybercrime underworld
12:37 Zeus: Malware named after a Greek god
19:42 Helping cybercrime victims
25:16 Eavesdropping on the hackers' chat
30:29 Hacking Bullitt County, Kentucky
35:05 Who's pulling the strings?

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How does carbon dioxide shape our world? – The Climate Question podcast, BBC World Service

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CO2 — carbon dioxide — is the gas that makes life possible. Without it, Earth would be a frozen rock. But if there is too much of it in the atmosphere, the planet can overheat.

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Carbon dioxide is a molecule so important it has shaped life on Earth for billions of years. Without it, there would be no plants, no oceans, no people. But now, after centuries of burning coal, oil and gas, it’s in the atmosphere at levels that alarm scientists.

In this episode of The Climate Question, Graihagh Jackson speaks to Peter Brannen, science journalist and author of The Story of CO2 is the Story of Everything, and Esme Stallard, BBC climate and science reporter.

They explore what makes this tiny molecule so powerful, how it has driven ice ages and mass extinctions, why the story of CO2 is the story of human progress — and what might come next.

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00:00 Intro: What is CO2 and why does it matter?
01:00 Meet Peter Brannen and Esme Stallard
02:30 What makes CO2 so powerful?
04:20 What would Earth be like without CO2?
06:00 How CO2 traps heat and makes life possible
08:00 From volcanoes to fossil fuels – the story of carbon through time
11:00 The Anthropocene – how humans changed the geological record
14:00 Earth’s past – palm trees in the Arctic, ice ages in Europe
19:00 The future we choose

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How AI is changing the job market – What in the World podcast, BBC World Service

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Applying for jobs is tough.

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First you’ve got to find the adverts and openings, then there’s the mental energy and time required to put in an application – and that’s before you get to the nerve wracking interviews. But some of us are finding that process even harder than normal – putting in loads of applications and never hearing back. Some recent studies suggest that AI is a contributing factor, with younger workers being replaced by AI in some industries.

Companies like Amazon and Duolingo have said using AI is going to lead to a reduction in their workforce.

We hear some of your experiences in the current job market. BBC business reporter in New York, Nathalie Jimenez, explains which sectors are most affected by the adoption of generative AI – and what you can do to try to adapt. Plus Varun Mayya, a YouTuber and the founder of generative AI company Aeos, tells us what the situation is like in India – and how AI is changing how his company operates.

00:00 Coming up
00:19 Intro
01:15 Jobs AI is taking over
02:40 Why it’s harder to find a job
03:35 People impacted by AI while job hunting
06:23 Big companies and AI
08:10 AI and job interviews
09:40 AI’s impact in India
12:20 Advice for the future

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Are women better leaders than men? – What in the World podcast, BBC World Service

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Is there any evidence that a female leader can change a country for the better? Do women make better politicians. Or is it all based on stereotypes?

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Women make up less than 7% of world leaders, and in 2024, the number of women in parliaments across the world fell. However, Mexico, Namibia and North Macedonia all elected their first female presidents, and as more women take up the top jobs, there’s a debate about whether they do things differently to men.

Laura Garcia from BBC Mundo breaks down some common misconceptions about women in power with a game of True or False.

And Professor Rosie Campbell from the Global Institute for Women's Leadership, at King’s College, London, tells us why it’s so hard to draw conclusions about the effects of female lawmakers.

00:00 Introduction
00:43 True or False with BBC Mundo’s Laura Garcia
01:36 The first women to be elected head of state was in Europe: True or False?
02:17 What proportion of world leaders are female?
02:41 Mexico elected its first female President in 2024
03:29 Claudia Sheinbaum’s style of leadership
04:40 True or False: Women leaders only succeed by acting like men
05:50 Why is it so difficult to assess “male” and “female” leadership styles?
06:48 Do women in politics bring in policies that benefit women?
08:58 True or False: there's less corruption when women are in charge
10:20 Why do some people want to see more women in politics and leadership positions?
11:54 What is the evidence that women leaders do things differently?
12:56 Everyone has a different way of leading, whether they are men or women.
14:00 Ending

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What do tech pioneers think about the AI revolution? – The Engineers, BBC World Service

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Three leading engineers discuss the impact of the AI revolution.

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Intelligent machines are remaking our world. The speed of their improvement is accelerating fast and every day there are more things they can do better than us. There are risks, but the opportunities for human society are enormous.

Three engineers at the forefront of that revolution come to London to join Caroline Steel and a public audience at the Great Hall of Imperial College.

Regina Barzilay from MIT created a major breakthrough in detecting early stage breast cancer. She also led the team that used machine learning to discover Halicin, the first new antibiotic in 30 years.

David Silver is Principal Research Scientist at Google DeepMind. He led the AlphaGo team that built the AI to defeat the world’s best human player of Go.

Paolo Pirjanian founded Embodied, and is a pioneer in developing emotionally intelligent robots to aid child development.

Producer: Charlie Taylor

00:00 Introduction
02:10 How AI could be used to detect cancer early
03:47 Gaming and reinforcement learning
05:42 Robot companions
07:08 What can AI do to detect cancer that humans can't?
08:12 Can computers learn to be intuitive?
09:45 How robots can build emotional bonds
10:42 The first AI influenced antibiotic
12:26 Narrow AI vs Artificial general intelligence
13:43 Why isn't AI used in medicine more?
15:05 Can "emotional" AI help humanity to be come better?
16:23 Should we use AI to create art and culture?
17:43 Audience questions
18:15 Should you have to understand the consequences of AI before using it?
20:09 Are robots going to take all our jobs?
21:39 Can AI help with sport performance?
22:59 Will depending on AI stop humans from learning?

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Bans on social media and phones: what’s the evidence? – What in the World podcast, BBC World Service

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We explore different approaches to social media and phone bans around the world.

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Phones have become an essential part of most people’s everyday lives, and debates about them in schools – as well as teenagers’ access to social media – are internationally hot topics.

BBC journalist Hayley Clarke joins us in the studio to talk through different approaches to social media and phone bans in schools around the world. We also hear from students in France and the US about how they would feel about potential bans.

Hannah Ritchie, a BBC journalist, chats to us from Australia, where the government says it will introduce "world-leading" legislation to ban children under 16 from social media.

Plus we hear from two professors on opposing sides of the debate, and ask whether the scientific evidence behind the bans is robust.

00:00 Introduction
00:50 Screen time challenge
03:15 Average screen time statistics
04:16 Which countries are banning phones and social media?
05:45 Australia banning under-16s from social media
07:15 Evidence for smartphones affecting mental health
07:50 Modern childhood transformation theory
09:42 Other studies into impacts of smartphones
10:55 Why some experts think bans won’t work
12:38 Cause and effect
13:15 US student shares what they think
14:30 French students share what they think
17:05 What do companies say?
17:58 Tips to reduce screen time

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How reading changes the way your brain works – BBC World Service

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DeepSeek, TikTok, Temu: How China is taking the lead in tech – BBC World Service

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How Gen Z and TikTok are changing the way we speak – The Global Story podcast, BBC World Service

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What are some of the key issues facing Australia? – World Questions podcast, BBC World Service

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Russian hackers accused of stealing millions – Cyber Hack: Evil Corp Ep1, BBC World Service podcast

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How does carbon dioxide shape our world? – The Climate Question podcast, BBC World Service

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How AI is changing the job market – What in the World podcast, BBC World Service

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What do tech pioneers think about the AI revolution? – The Engineers, BBC World Service

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