Unexpected Elements

A podcast by BBC World Service - Fridays

Fridays

263 Episodes

  1. All by myself

    Published: 2/7/2025
  2. Snake science

    Published: 1/31/2025
  3. Keep it clean

    Published: 1/24/2025
  4. Circles, circumferences and Covid

    Published: 1/17/2025
  5. Scientist spotlight

    Published: 1/10/2025
  6. (Re)New Year

    Published: 1/3/2025
  7. Festive trash talk

    Published: 12/27/2024
  8. The science of Santa

    Published: 12/20/2024
  9. Totally bananas

    Published: 12/13/2024
  10. Going home

    Published: 12/6/2024
  11. Doing a deal

    Published: 11/29/2024
  12. Super Science

    Published: 11/22/2024
  13. Are you not entertained?

    Published: 11/15/2024
  14. Supermassive numbers

    Published: 11/8/2024
  15. The Swing of Things

    Published: 11/1/2024
  16. Mystery blobs

    Published: 10/25/2024
  17. TV made me do it

    Published: 10/18/2024
  18. The world's longest treasure hunt

    Published: 10/11/2024
  19. Science to make you smile

    Published: 10/4/2024
  20. All things Oregon!

    Published: 9/27/2024

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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.