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.
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From batteries to distant worlds
Sat 12 Oct 2019
Nobel Prize wins for a range of well-known discoveries
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Global climate inaction
Sat 28 Sep 2019
The latest climate report look like earlier ones, where is the call to action?
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South East Asia choking - again
Sat 21 Sep 2019
Why even staying indoors offers no escape from fires across the region
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Embryoids from stem cells
Sat 14 Sep 2019
Embryoids from stem cells; water vapour in atmosphere of rocky exoplanet
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New evidence of nuclear reactor explosion
Sat 7 Sep 2019
An isotopic fingerprint is reported of a nuclear explosion in Russia last month.
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Nanotube computer says hello
Sat 31 Aug 2019
A 16bit computer processor made of carbon nanotubes is unveiled to the world
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Amazonian fires likely to worsen
Sat 24 Aug 2019
Is it going to be a particularly bad burning season for Brazil鈥檚 rainforest?
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Cracking the case of the Krakatoa volcano collapse
Sat 17 Aug 2019
Scientists investigate the precise events around last year鈥檚 lethal eruption
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The birth of a new volcano
Sat 25 May 2019
A new undersea volcano has appeared off the coast of East Africa
