Unexpected Elements Episodes Episode guide
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Huntington’s Disease
'Breakthrough' in treating fatal brain condition
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Ocean Plastic Waste
UN commits to stop the ‘planetary crisis’ of ocean plastic waste
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Malaria Control
A period of success controlling malaria has stalled
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Interstellar Asteroid
Why is the interstellar asteroid ‘Oumuamua’ such a strange shape?
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Predicting Earthquakes
How the length of the day might be connected to the likelihood of a large quake
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Skin Cell Therapies
Scientists grow replacement skin for boy
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Health and Climate Change
How climate change impacts on health
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Where Have All The Flying Insects Gone?
Flying insects decline dramatically in German nature reserves
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Stars Colliding
Detecting a ‘Bling Nova’
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Childhood Obesity
Childhood obesity spreads around the world
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Body Clock Geneticists Win Nobel Prize
US scientists win the 2017 Nobel Prize for Medicine for body clock studies
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Antibiotic Resistance
How can we avert the antibiotic resistance crisis?
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Mexican Earthquakes
Why have there been two large earthquakes in such a short period of time?
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Farewell Cassini
Farewell Cassini, the epic 20-year mission to Saturn
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North Korea Bomb Tests
Outrage and alarm as North Korea detonates its most powerful nuclear device
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Hurricane Harvey
Forecasting Hurricane Harvey
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Conservation Clashes
Brazil opens vast Amazon reserve to mining
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Sleep Disorders Linked to Preterm Birth
Insomnia linked to premature birth in study of 3 million mothers
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Increased Deadly Heatwaves
Lethal heatwaves are becoming more common due to climate change
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Gene Editing Human Embryos
Using gene editing to ‘fix’ gene implicated in heritable heart disease.
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Biggest Explosions in the Universe
‘Biggest explosions in the Universe’ captured in unprecedented detail by Bath scientists
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8.3 Billion Tons of Plastic in the World
World's plastic waste could bury Manhattan 2 miles deep
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Giant Iceberg Cleaves Off Antarctica
Iceberg from Antarctica's Larsen C Ice Shelf finally breaks free
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Hold a Soft Robotic Heart in Your Hands
Hold a soft robotic heart in your hands that beats in time with your pulse
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Neonicotinoids Harm Bees
Prolonged exposure to neonicotinoid pesticides harms wild bees and honeybees
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Through the Eye of a Needle
Dressmakers found to have needle-sharp 3D vision
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Transient Global Amnesia
Transient global amnesia - a temporary and isolated memory disorder
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Oldest Homo Sapiens Found
Discovery of the oldest Homo sapiens' remains shakes our understanding of human evolution
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Ultra-Tough Antibiotic to Fight Superbugs
United States scientists have developed a new tool to help fight superbugs
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Vaginal Microbiome
The influence of sexual activity on the vaginal microbiota