Kilobyte to Brontobyte, Sexist Double Standards and Staying Put - a podcast by BBC World Service

The numbers we need to describe the world around us are getting bigger. Maths author Rob Eastaway explains the names for successive sizes of computer storage space and makes the case for a new giant unit of measurement: the Brontobyte.

Tales of sexist double standards have become a talking point on social media in Pakistan. We delve into this issue through the lens of three viral stories.

Why, when natural disaster is imminent, do some people ignore all warnings to leave and decide to stay put in their homes? Shivaani Kohok investigates.

(Photo: Journalist working on his computer, August 1980, at the Agence France-Presse. Credit: Getty Images)

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