2019-01-31 Improving your memory
Introduction Storing information is an important function of our brains and scientists are always looking at ways to improve it…
2019-01-24 Concepts of happiness
Introduction Research has suggested that while personal feelings of pleasure are the accepted definition of happiness in Western cultures, East…
2019-01-17 Is music getting faster?
Introduction Music producers are adapting their songs for modern technology. Researchers have found long instrumental introductions to pop songs have…
2019-01-10 The benefits of schadenfreude
Introduction Do you take pleasure when someone undeserving of their success has a spot of bad luck? Not even a…
2019-01-03 Could you be flexitarian?
Introduction Could you eat less meat and adopt a diet based on vegetables and fruit to help save the environment?…
2018-12-27 Michelle Obama on empowerment
Introduction Michelle Obama left the White House with her husband, President Barack Obama, in 2016, but she’s still very much…
2018-12-20 Why we push buttons
Introduction Buttons are what we have on our clothes to fasten them but the word is also used for things…
2018-12-13 The teenage brain
Introduction Until recently, it was thought that human brain development was all over by early childhood but research in the…
2018-12-06 Why does ‘x’ mean ‘kiss’?
Introduction 6 Minute English discusses a letter from the English alphabet. It’s a letter which has a particular meaning when…
2018-11-29 Photo-friendly food
Introduction These days, how well food in a restaurant is photographed can matter more than how it actually tastes. By…
2018-11-22 The smell of coffee
Introduction Is there more to coffee than just drinking it? Experts say that the smell of the beans is just…
2018-11-09 What chickens can teach us about hierarchies
Introduction Humans work together all over the world. When we do, we tend to organise ourselves into a structure so…
2018-11-08 Loneliness
Introduction We all live in an over-crowded world which is fast approaching eight billion people. Despite that many individuals feel…
2018-11-01 Objectification
Introduction Impossibly attractive and implausibly perfect models in adverts and in movies and on TV you are much more likely…
2018-10-25 How creative should we be?
Introduction The World Economic Forum forecasts that by 2020, creativity will be in the top three most important skills for…
2018-10-18 What is scumbro?
There’s a new look in town, which some people are calling ‘scumbro’. Scumbro combines the word ‘scummy’, which means ‘dirty…
2018-10-11 Curbing our plastic addiction
We use plastic in every part of our lives so could we live without it? Rob and Neil discuss the…
2018-10-04 Describing Generation Z
In this programme, we look at Generation Z – a name that describes the people born in the late nineties…
2018-09-27 High-vis fashion
Rob and Neil discuss the oddest item of clothing to hit the catwalk this year – the humble high-vis jacket.…
2018-09-20 Snowflakes and taking offence
The word snowflake has taken on a new meaning in recent years. These days it’s used as an insult. It’s…