Unexpected Elements
A podcast by BBC World Service - Fridays
263 Episodes
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How ‘magic mushroom’ chemical treats depression
Published: 4/17/2022 -
Tsunami detective in Tonga
Published: 4/10/2022 -
Radioactive Red Forest
Published: 4/3/2022 -
Covid in the sewers
Published: 3/20/2022 -
Why are Covid19 cases rising in Hong Kong?
Published: 3/13/2022 -
Covid -19 origins
Published: 3/6/2022 -
Reforming the 'China Initiative'
Published: 2/27/2022 -
Bone repair from Covid-19 vaccine technology
Published: 2/20/2022 -
Inside Wuhan's coronavirus lab
Published: 2/13/2022 -
Identifying a more infectious HIV variant
Published: 2/6/2022 -
The roots of Long Covid
Published: 1/30/2022 -
Tonga eruption – how it happened
Published: 1/23/2022 -
Have we got it wrong on Omicron?
Published: 1/16/2022 -
CORBEVAX – A vaccine for the world?
Published: 1/9/2022 -
Omicron – mild or monster?
Published: 12/26/2021 -
Omicron’s rapid replication rate
Published: 12/19/2021 -
Can the weather trigger a volcano?
Published: 12/12/2021 -
Omicron, racism and trust
Published: 12/5/2021 -
Deliberately doomed dart
Published: 11/28/2021 -
The end for coal power?
Published: 11/21/2021
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.