Unexpected Elements
A podcast by BBC World Service - Fridays
263 Episodes
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Bambi got Covid
Published: 11/14/2021 -
Jet fuel from thin air
Published: 11/7/2021 -
Can we still avoid climate catastrophe?
Published: 10/31/2021 -
Red blood cells’ surprising immune function
Published: 10/24/2021 -
Wetlands under attack
Published: 10/15/2021 -
Youngest rock samples from the moon
Published: 10/10/2021 -
Drug resistant malaria found in East Africa
Published: 10/3/2021 -
New evidence for SARS-CoV-2’s origin in bats
Published: 9/26/2021 -
Ebola can remain dormant for five years
Published: 9/19/2021 -
Keep most fossil fuel in ground to meet 1.5 degree goal
Published: 9/12/2021 -
Hurricane season intensifies
Published: 9/4/2021 -
World’s first DNA Covid-Vaccine
Published: 8/28/2021 -
Seismic citizen science in Hispaniola
Published: 8/21/2021 -
Methane - a climate solution?
Published: 8/15/2021 -
Record-shattering weather
Published: 8/8/2021 -
Insects in incredible detail
Published: 7/4/2021 -
Evolving viral variant trickery
Published: 6/12/2021 -
Zoonotic hotspots and where to find them
Published: 6/5/2021 -
Nyiragongo Eruption
Published: 5/29/2021 -
Robot revolution
Published: 5/23/2021
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.