Unexpected Elements Episodes Episode guide
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Behavioural profiling at airports; Babies Laughing; Cosmic Dust
How effective is behavioural profiling in spotting potential terrorist?
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STAP Retraction, Informed Consent, Earthquakes in Oklahoma
A paper claiming to make stem cells by adding acid to adult cells has been retracted
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Ebola Outbreak; Fijian Fisherwomen; Fertility on a Shoestring.
Scientists testing experimental Ebola vaccine for chimpanzees.
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BICEP 2; Methane exoplanets; Driverless cars; Autism
Scientists who claimed to have found a pattern left by Big Bang are now less confident.
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Turing Test; Snake Bite Treatment; GM Mosquitoes
A Russian 鈥榗hatbot鈥� programme has convinced judges that it was human.
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Moving Mountains; Endangered World Cup Football Mascot; Taming the Sun
China is flattening mountains to create land to build cities on.
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Mapping the Ocean Floor; Colorado River; Beauty and the Brain; Footballers Heat
We know less about the ocean floor than we do about the surface of Mars and the Moon.
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Living Independently with Dementia
How can we help people with dementia to live independently for longer?
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Melting Antarctic Ice Shelf, Moth Noises, Brain Boosting devices
Key glaciers in West Antarctica are in an irreversible retreat
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Universe Model; Carlos Frenk; Colin Pillinger; Downing Fishermen;
Illustris - the latest Universe model
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Chernobyl Birds, Exo Skeleton, Frozen Faecal Transplants
How some birds in the Chernobyl exclusion zone are adapting well to the radiation levels
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Y Chromosome; Quacking Ocean; Everest Avalanche
How the male Y Chromosome evolved
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Kepler 186F Sperm and egg, Facebook, Russian Science;Peter Higgs; Alcoholics
New Kepler-mission discovery.
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Japanese whaling ban, Arty brains, Hoarding disorder
How much scientific data been collected from the expeditions in the Antarctic?
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Dating the Moon, Mission to Mars, Wiki houses
A new way to date the moon, Europe鈥檚 first mission to Mars, building a house from scratch
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Noses; GM; Back pain; TB; Animal decisions; Teen e-lives
Human Nose can detect one trillion odours, far more than we previously thought.
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Cosmic inflation; Chicken from Hell: Crowd Psychology
Big Bang鈥檚 gravitational waves discovered? Views from cosmology鈥檚 greatest minds.
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Stem cells questioned; Black box; Ultrathin sensors
Controversy has arisen over stem cell research published earlier this year.
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Chemical weapons, 30,000 year old virus, Maternal health Ethiopia
The difficulties of destroying Syria鈥檚 chemical weapons
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Windfarms, Twins and pain, Wearable computers
Offshore windfarms could stop hurricanes
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Bumblebee disease, HIV Teens, Fear and Neurons
Declining bee populations, the plight of teens with HIV, and inhibiting fearful memories
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Nuclear fusion, genetic diseases, whale watching from space
Breakthrough in the quest for nuclear fusion.
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Mount Sinabung; Blind mice; Oceans and climate change
Relief efforts are continuing at Mount Sinabung volcano in Indonesia鈥檚 North Sumatra.
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Stem cells; Childhood amnesia; Neanderthal DNA
A cheap and simple way to make stem cells.
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Rosetta Probe to Comet Awakes
The Rosetta space probe awakes to begin its final approach to a distant comet
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Gene Therapy for Eyes
How Gene therapy can improve the vision of patients who would have gone blind
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Deadly pneumonic plague in Madagascar, importance of carnivores, time travelling clues on the internet.
Deadly pneumonic plague in Madagascar
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Solitary confinement
Psychologists and political prisoners reveal how to stay sane in solitary confinement
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The Impact of War on Syrian Children
It's a misconception that children are resilient - what helps to alleviate the suffering?
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Microbes, Music and Mice
Reversing ageing in mice and the potential dangers of antimicrobial handwashes.
