Unexpected Elements
The news you know, the science you don’t. Unexpected Elements looks beyond everyday narratives to discover a goldmine of scientific stories and connections from around the globe. From Afronauts, to why we argue, to a deep dive on animal lifespans: see the world in a new way.
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Episodes (343)
The phizz-whizzing science of Roald Dahl
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The show must go on
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A very dry episode
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Fashionably late
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Light entertainment
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Someone's always watching
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Down The Rabbit Hole
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Bald caps, sparrow raps and lightning claps
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A scientific odyssey
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Everyone needs a hero
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Stuck in a cycle
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Dividing lines
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Anyone for chips?
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The beautiful game
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Science bears fruit
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Celebrating science on Africa Day
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Unexpected enhancements
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Hantavirus outbreak and what’s in a name
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One hundred years of Sir David Attenborough
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The soaring price of condoms
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Chernobyl: 40 years later
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The ribbiting science of frogs
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Is everyone accounted for?
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Putting science on the map
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A bumper edition
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In the name of science
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Out for blood
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The colour of science
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A sweet treat
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Seeing double
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Are you lucky?
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Let the games begin
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Are you still with us?
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Banging the science drum
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Science down under
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Science of the future
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An episode inspired by our listeners
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The gift of science
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Why are we sad when television series end?
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Chicken, with a side order of science
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Some bear-y interesting space science
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The unexpected science behind Klimt's artwork
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Some Beautiful Science
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A keg of beer-based science
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A storm of science
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A science heist
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How does biometric data work?
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Why are gold prices so high?
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The strongest stuff in the Universe
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Science inspired by Taylor Swift
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