Unexpected Elements

A podcast by BBC World Service - Fridays

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237 Episodes

  1. Ancient water, modern solutions

    Published: 3/21/2024
  2. Fandom: The next generation

    Published: 3/14/2024
  3. Unexpected Oscars

    Published: 3/7/2024
  4. Leaping in Sync

    Published: 2/29/2024
  5. Going the distance

    Published: 2/22/2024
  6. Not so random acts of kindness

    Published: 2/15/2024
  7. Deep in thought

    Published: 2/8/2024
  8. How plankton made mountains

    Published: 2/1/2024
  9. Populations of people, frogs and microbes

    Published: 1/25/2024
  10. Rulers and the rules of ageing

    Published: 1/18/2024
  11. Super corals and science diplomacy

    Published: 1/11/2024
  12. Timing is everything

    Published: 1/4/2024
  13. The Best of Unexpected Elements

    Published: 12/28/2023
  14. A very dark day

    Published: 12/21/2023
  15. An exploration of empathy

    Published: 12/14/2023
  16. Boring science

    Published: 12/7/2023
  17. Meetings with intelligent worms

    Published: 11/30/2023
  18. All about cricket(s)

    Published: 11/23/2023
  19. Why we need to talk toilets

    Published: 11/16/2023
  20. Working 70 hours a week

    Published: 11/9/2023

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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.