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The sounds of the Lofoten Islands

Glacial streams, the wind and the cry of ravens are familiar sounds of Lofoten islands
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Multilingual societies

What is it like to live in a place where you have to speak several languages to get by?
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The heart of a heart surgeon

Stephen Westaby has operated on 12,000 hearts
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Irene Tracey on pain in the brain

Irene Tracey tells Jim Al-Khalili how imaging the brain reveals how and why we feel pain.
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Italy and the euro

How Italy fell out of love with the single currency
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Trieste’s mental health ‘revolution’

How Italy’s radical decision to close its mental asylums shaped the way we think today

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