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Unexpected Elements Episodes

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    Balloon manoeuvres

    Balloons in South Korea have us floating ideas about airships and helium.

  2. Eternal flames

    From Olympic torches to zombie fires, we stoke the flames which do not go out

  3. A world going on underground

    In bunkers, basements and boreholes, we explore life going on underground

  4. Winning Losers

    Does the winner really always take it all?

  5. Unexpected birthday party

    It's party time and we look to science for advice on clothes, cake and singing

  6. Horsey driverless cars and competitive cloning

    Rampaging horses lead us to horse cloning and what horseriding can teach driverless cars

  7. A scientific s茅ance

    Conjuring, not spirits, but critical thinking to expose fradulent psychics

  8. Computer memories and quantum futures

    From silicon chips behind the Iron Curtain to quantum computing in the cloud.

  9. Beyonc茅, banjos and dancing chemistry

    Beyonce's reappraisal of who can do country music spurs an Unexpected Elements hoedown

  10. Unexpected elections

    What do stickleback fish have to do with millions of people鈥檚 voting intentions?

  11. G.O.A.T

    The greatest baseball player of all time and the greatest science to boot!

  12. Ancient water, modern solutions

    With water shortages and melting ice caps making the news we look at unexpected solutions

  13. Fandom: The next generation

    K-Pop fans send us on a journey into fandom through Star Trek, football and physics

  14. Unexpected Oscars

    As award season reaches its climax, Unexpected Elements holds its own glitzy ceremony.

  15. Leaping in Sync

    As the leap year helps keep us in sync, we explore nature鈥檚 ways of staying in rhythm

  16. Going the distance

    A tribute to marathon runner Kelvin Kiptum and the science behind his record performances

  17. Not so random acts of kindness

    Are African spiders behind the ultimate act of kindness in nature?

  18. Deep in thought

    News of a microchip implanted in a human brain sends our imagination running wild

  19. How plankton made mountains

    The world鈥檚 largest cruise ship has set sail 鈥� but what stowaways are hiding onboard?

  20. Populations of people, frogs and microbes

    With China鈥檚 population declining, would decreasing populations be better for the planet?

  21. Rulers and the rules of ageing

    Under the stress and strains of leadership, how might power affect youthfulness?

  22. Super corals and science diplomacy

    Could tensions around the Red Sea affect research into heat-resistant super corals?

  23. Timing is everything

    Can you visualize time? We don鈥檛 all see it the same way

  24. The Best of Unexpected Elements

    Marnie Chesterton and Caroline Steel look back at some of the best bits of the show.

  25. A very dark day

    The solstice takes us on a journey through darkness and light.

  26. An exploration of empathy

    On the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration Of Human Rights, we look at empathy

  27. Boring science

    How might our future lie underground?

  28. Meetings with intelligent worms

    From worm blobs to mangoes - there鈥檚 more to meetings than you thought.

  29. All about cricket(s)

    The science of spitting on cricket balls, particle accelerators and insect sounds

  30. Why we need to talk toilets

    Nov 19 is UN World Toilet Day. Can the world sanitation crisis be tackled?

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