263 Episodes

  1. Climate science activism

    Published: 1/22/2023
  2. Atmospheric rivers

    Published: 1/15/2023
  3. One year on from the Tonga eruption

    Published: 1/8/2023
  4. The James Webb Space Telescope - the first 6 months

    Published: 1/1/2023
  5. Mosquito pesticide failing

    Published: 12/25/2022
  6. Fusion milestone

    Published: 12/18/2022
  7. Ancient warmth in Greenland

    Published: 12/11/2022
  8. COVID spreads in China

    Published: 12/4/2022
  9. A distant planet’s atmosphere

    Published: 11/27/2022
  10. Online harassment of Covid scientists

    Published: 11/20/2022
  11. Neurons that restore walking in paralysed patients

    Published: 11/13/2022
  12. What peat can tell us about our future

    Published: 11/6/2022
  13. Seismic events on Mars

    Published: 10/30/2022
  14. The most powerful explosion ever recorded

    Published: 10/23/2022
  15. Inserting human neurons into the brains of rats

    Published: 10/16/2022
  16. Nobel Prize 2022: The science behind the winners

    Published: 10/9/2022
  17. The final moments of DART

    Published: 10/1/2022
  18. Should we mine the deep sea?

    Published: 9/24/2022
  19. Science and the causes behind Pakistan’s floods

    Published: 9/18/2022
  20. The genetics of human intelligence

    Published: 9/11/2022

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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.