Unexpected Elements Podcast
The news you know, the science you don鈥檛. 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.
Episodes to download
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Deliberately doomed dart
Sun 28 Nov 2021
The sacrificial space mission designed to protect the Earth from asteroid impact.
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The end for coal power?
Sat 20 Nov 2021
The fossil fuel is on target to be replaced with renewables in both India and China.
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Bambi got Covid
Sat 13 Nov 2021
Why the discovery of Covid 19 in white-tail deer has implications for climate policy
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Jet fuel from thin air
Sat 6 Nov 2021
A solar powered solution to emissions creates aviation fuel by extracting gases from air
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Can we still avoid climate catastrophe?
Sat 30 Oct 2021
The UNEP Emissions Gap Report reveals we need to do more to reach our climate goals.
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Red blood cells鈥� surprising immune function
Sat 23 Oct 2021
New research reveals red blood cells form part of the body鈥檚 immune defence.
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Youngest rock samples from the moon
Sat 9 Oct 2021
Youngest samples from lava flows on the moon returned by Chang鈥檈-5 mission
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Drug resistant malaria found in East Africa
Sat 2 Oct 2021
The spread of resistance to one of the most important anti-malarials
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New evidence for SARS-CoV-2鈥檚 origin in bats
Sat 25 Sep 2021
Study of bats in Laos has identified viruses with a similar spike protein to SARS-CoV-2
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Ebola can remain dormant for five years
Sat 18 Sep 2021
Ebola infections can re-emerge after five years, and cause new outbreaks
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Keep most fossil fuel in ground to meet 1.5 degree goal
Sat 11 Sep 2021
90% of coal and 60% of oil and gas must remain untouched for world to meet climate target
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Methane - a climate solution?
Sat 14 Aug 2021
Can reductions in this potent greenhouse gas help keep global temperature rises down?
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Insects in incredible detail
Sat 3 Jul 2021
Insects; climate change & the law; missions to Venus; masks with Covid detecting sensors
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Covid and clean air
Sat 15 May 2021
How improving indoor air quality can prevent illness from many viruses
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Uncovering history with Little Foot's skull
Sat 6 Mar 2021
Scanning Little Foot鈥檚 skull at the Diamond Light Source.
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Saving the Northern White Rhino
Sat 23 Jan 2021
Bringing back the Northern White Rhino from extinction
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Gravitational waves and black holes
Sat 16 Jan 2021
Gravitational waves from colliding supermassive black holes
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A year with Covid -19
Boxing Day 2020
Looking back on how the virus emerged and the scientific response
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Covid -19 鈥� Mutations are normal
Sat 19 Dec 2020
Viral mutations happen all the time but we still need to be wary of their impact.
