Unexpected Elements

A podcast by BBC World Service - Fridays

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254 Episodes

  1. How bedbugs took over the world

    Published: 10/12/2023
  2. Complete shutdown

    Published: 10/5/2023
  3. How inflation affects the entire cosmos

    Published: 9/28/2023
  4. Can technology read our mind?

    Published: 9/21/2023
  5. Forgetful fish, telescopic worms and bad air days

    Published: 9/14/2023
  6. Zombies, cows and coups

    Published: 9/7/2023
  7. Protecting the Moon

    Published: 8/31/2023
  8. The man who couldn’t lie

    Published: 8/24/2023
  9. Corrupted thinking and cancerous co-option

    Published: 8/17/2023
  10. Some of our universe is missing

    Published: 8/10/2023
  11. The World Cup and hallucinogenic bananas

    Published: 8/3/2023
  12. Password1234#Invisibility&Moonshot

    Published: 7/27/2023
  13. Barbie in Space

    Published: 7/20/2023
  14. Nato and the left-handed universe

    Published: 7/13/2023
  15. Unexpected elements on the sea bed

    Published: 7/6/2023
  16. Predictions from the sky and murderous fish

    Published: 6/29/2023
  17. Hayfever, paleobotany and snot palaces

    Published: 6/22/2023
  18. Wildfires and wild animals

    Published: 6/15/2023
  19. Collapsing pensions and civilisations

    Published: 6/8/2023
  20. Migrate ideas

    Published: 6/1/2023

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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.