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)
Two-hundred years of trains
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Pirate science ahoy!
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Some dam awesome science
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Punk rock science
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Where do beaches come from?
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Mountains of overtourism
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Why do we follow trends?
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Floods, mangroves and rampaging tractors
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Traffic science
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Trailer: 13 Minutes Presents: The Space Shuttle
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The science of ageing
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How dust affects the world
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Sharks, albatrosses, the Jaws theme and fishing
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Cargo ships, chemical spills and caribou
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A roarsome episode
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Some really cool science
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Defuse and diffuse
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Gaming-inspired science
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Mission unexpectedly possible
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Story time
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Enduring it all
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Ant antics
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In memoriam
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Kenya believe it?
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An eggciting episode
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Navigating northward
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Oh, Rats!
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Don’t be a fool!
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What’s that smell?
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The fast and the curious
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Silent science
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Topsy turvy
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Standing on the shoulders of giants
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Let’s talk about love
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All by myself
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Snake science
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Keep it clean
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Circles, circumferences and Covid
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Scientist spotlight
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(Re)New Year
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Festive trash talk
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The science of Santa
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Totally bananas
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Going home
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Doing a deal
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Super Science
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Are you not entertained?
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Supermassive numbers
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The Swing of Things
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Mystery blobs
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