Between 1603 and 1868, Japan entered an era of unified rule and isolation known as the Edo period, named after the city of Edo – modern-day Tokyo – which was the seat of government. This TED-Ed ...

Americans love to gamble. But placing bets on wildfires, floods and storms comes with serious moral and social costs ...

If technology threatens to flatten our humanity, artists can deepen it. Hear how, from a flamenco musician and a juggler ...

Broadcast at Times Square, this kaleidoscopic reimagining of a powwow dance celebrates the strength of Indigenous women ...

Lansana Keita rejected Eurocentric ideas, tracing the philosophical tradition back to African Kemet or ancient Egypt ...

We all want longevity without compromising on quality of life. This 87-year-old achieves both with a daily running habit ...

What does true wilderness look like? A photographer captures a rare slice of it in this refuge threatened by development ...

How do we develop our sense of space? Henri Bergson questioned the very fabric of our reality in his revolutionary work ...

This delightfully retro short from 1969 transports viewers to the advent of the synthesiser era. First broadcast as part of the BBC documentary Workshop: The Same Trade As Mozart, the video provides a ...

In his beautiful and poignant work Ever Behind the Sunset, the US artist and filmmaker Jason Mitcham pays tribute to his childhood home in North Carolina, which today exists only in memory. Working ...

China’s regime insists on national unity and international harmony. Is this anything more than an imperial posture?