WORLD WIDE PONDERING

EXPLORE.ORG

A website that should come with an addiction warning, Explore.org is the ultimate animallover slow TV, with live-streaming cameras in sanctuaries from conservation areas to the more domestic: popular feeds include an great Dane puppy room. The site’s strength lies in its combination of global reach (from Panama fruit feeders to African waterholes) and its speed, or lack thereof: exchange car crashes and Netflix gore for swaying hummingbird nests and bee zen cam. Open a window to the wide world, if you dare ... WHEN 24 hours a day

HOW LONG 24 hours a day

COULD YOU SURVIVE THE MOVIES? (above)

Launched in 2007, the Vsauce Youtube channels are tall trees in the internet forest, with 23 million subscribers and billions of views of its offbeat, high-production science and tech. This recent Vsauce3 series takes on iconic movies like Men in Black and Ghostbusters, recreating scenes before stirring in the science in a fast-paced version host

Jack Roper describes as “accidental learning”. Each episode’s footnotes allow you to learn – or recreate the effort. Proton pack, anyone? WHEN On demand

HOW LONG 10-15 minutes

SHORT WAVE

This tight and smart podcast from the US’S not-for-profit National Public

Radio adds the STEM to current affairs, explaining the research and data hidden behind headlines such as coronavirus and Australia’s bushfires. checking in with scientists, researchers and NPR’S network of reporters and correspondents from around the globe, host Maddie Sofia stays on target, adding clear and concise scientific information to the news of the day.

WHEN Weekdays HOW LONG 10 minutes