Andrew Thomas - My World-Changing Idea

Does the moon make us act weirdly?

Get a taste of how the day went in Sydney from the astronauts, audience and TV presenters who attended.

In this animated audio clip, Adam Rutherford and Hannah Fry explore the science behind tone deafness... investigating the truth about the condition, and employing a bit of singing from Fry.

Michael Mosley discusses reversing his Type 2 diabetes by following a rapid weight loss diet pioneered by Dr Roy Taylor.

As artificial intelligence becomes more sophisticated and begins to pervade everyday life, psychologist Alex Gillespie believes we need to begin rethinking our relationship with technology.

Emma Johnston is advocating for blue engineering - the marine version of the green engineering movement on land. Blue engineering isn't just some hippie ideal; it's a necessity. We are encroaching further and further into the marine environment

Mental time-travel sets us apart from other animals and brings us many advantages, but can new technology save us from its downsides?

Professor Michael Smart tells BBC Future what world changing idea he would like to see implemented by humanity.

A short narrative video following a journey aboard one of the largest container ships in the world. Nearly everything you own comes to you by sea - which means the oceans have never been so busy.

BBC Future asked David Attenborough what world-changing idea he would like to see implemented by humanity.

As part of a series of short films coinciding with BBC Future's World-Changing Ideas Summit 2016, retired astronaut Andrew Thomas explains his World-Changing Idea.

As part of a series of short films coinciding with BBC Future's World-Changing Ideas Summit 2016, science journalist Richard Hollingham explains his World-Changing Idea.

Live eels, street offal - the food on the menu of a ravenous serial-eater reads like a collection of things to keep well away from.

We followed the process of making whisky across Scotland - and distilled 21 steps down to three hypnotising minutes.

If you know where to look, you can spot the physical architecture of the internet everywhere: little-known junction boxes, mysterious markings and cables on every street.

As part of the BBC's What If? season of programmes, we commissioned a week of news reports that take a light-hearted look at the future. Here is a tale of the first birth in space and an unfortunate accident at the cryonics plant.

The buildings that we live and work in can waste vast amount of energy on heating and cooling. Could they control their temperature themselves with a “skin” modeled on nature?

The internet is a new lifeform that shows the first signs of intelligence. So says brain scientist and serial entrepreneur Jeff Stibel.

If any of our visions of technological revolution come true, then how will humans cope? Economist and futurist Robin Hanson presents his guide.

The most meaningless, dangerous phrase in genetics is “The gene for X,” says Steve Jones, because the more we learn about DNA the less important it seems.

If we let people control technology rather than being its slave, it will lead us away from a world where we work for large corporations and towards one where we can turn our own ideas into reality, thinks Raspberry Pi founder Eben Upton.

Could tiny organisms help us understand the extraordinary complexity of the human brain, and how to keep our brains healthy as we get older? One person thinks so.

To understand how to adapt to and shape our rapidly changing world, we have to study how children, not adults, respond to it, says a top designer.

The internet connects billions of people and keeps our societies together – a job it wasn’t designed for. Technologist Danny Hillis says we must know what to do if the worst happens and it breaks.