Unexpected Elements Episodes Episode guide
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Drought worsens in East Africa
Why the long rains in East Africa are forecast to fail again.
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Cyclone Freddy batters Madagascar
Cyclone Freddy batters Madagascar and threatens Mozambique and South Africa.
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CRISPR & bioethics
He Jiankui refuses to talk about his controversial genome editing of twin babies in 2018.
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Turkey-Syria earthquake
Turkey鈥檚 most powerful earthquake on record
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Science on ice
The different forms of frozen water from ice made in labs to Jupiter鈥檚 icy moons
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Bird flu (H5N1) outbreak in mink
A review of the first mammal to mammal transmission of avian flu, observed in Spain
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Climate science activism
What happens when climate scientists take to the streets?
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Atmospheric rivers
The phenomenon driving California鈥檚 extreme weather
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One year on from the Tonga eruption
We take a look at everything we鈥檝e learnt since the Tonga volcano erupted a year ago.
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The James Webb Space Telescope - the first 6 months
NASA's James Webb Telescope: science in the images
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Mosquito pesticide failing
Mosquito pesticide failing
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Fusion milestone
Fusion milestone - the science behind the headlines
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Ancient warmth in Greenland
Climate change in the Arctic
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COVID spreads in China
COVID spreads in China
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A distant planet鈥檚 atmosphere
A distant planet's atmosphere
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Online harassment of Covid scientists
Virologists studying Covid-19 have been subject to online threats.
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Neurons that restore walking in paralysed patients
Neurons that restore walking in patients with spinal cord injuries have been identified.
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What peat can tell us about our future
Peat can offer us early alarm bells to climate change tipping points.
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Seismic events on Mars
New data from Nasa reveals information on Mars鈥� origin and evolution.
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The most powerful explosion ever recorded
A celestial explosion has produced the brightest beam of light ever observed
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Inserting human neurons into the brains of rats
Fusing the brain of a human with a rat could offer insight into neurological disorders
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Nobel Prize 2022: The science behind the winners
We meet the winners behind this week鈥檚 Nobel Prize announcements
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The final moments of DART
Reflections on NASA鈥檚 latest mission as it hits an asteroid 11 million km from earth
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Should we mine the deep sea?
A new license for deep sea mining could change the way we harvest rare earth minerals.
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Science and the causes behind Pakistan鈥檚 floods
A new report demonstrates the impact of global warming on flooding in Pakistan.
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The genetics of human intelligence
A single gene mutation may have propelled a major leap in human brain development
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The China Heatwave and the New Normal
The record-breaking heatwave in China and its connection to extreme weather elsewhere
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Surprises from a Martian Lake Bed
The latest analysis of Nasa鈥檚 perseverance discoveries confounds scientists鈥� expectations
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Deadly drought
The gloomy predictions for East Africa鈥檚 long running drought
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Icelandic volcano erupts again
Science in the heat of Iceland's new volcanic eruption
