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Unexpected Elements Episodes

  1. Recycling Radio Telescopes

    Africa refits redundant satellite dishes for radio astronomy

  2. Do New Violins Sound Better Than Old Famed Instruments?

    Classical concertgoers rate new fiddles better than revered old ones

  3. Birdwatching from Space

    Conservationists use satellites to count albatrosses

  4. Homo Naledi

    A species of hominin is a revealed to be a contemporary of our own recent ancestors.

  5. The Naked Mole-Rat

    Naked mole-rats can survive 18 minutes without oxygen

  6. Sensing the Smell of Parkinson鈥檚

    The woman whose super sense of smell could change the way Parkinson's disease is diagnosed

  7. Geological Brexit

    Scientists reveal how the UK first separated from Europe

  8. Climate Change

    Climate change and extreme weather

  9. Comet 67P

    Seasonal changes on comet 67P

  10. Jet Engine Pollution

    NASA study confirms biofuels reduce jet engine pollution

  11. Mysteries of the Lut Desert

    Unravelling the Mysteries of the Lut Desert

  12. Earth's Earliest Life

    Scientists find 'earliest evidence of life on Earth'

  13. Exoplanet Discovery

    Astronomers have detected a record seven Earth-sized planets orbiting a single star

  14. Dinosaurs and Egg Laying

    Evidence of first live birth found in relative of the dinosaur

  15. The Biomedical Detectives

    In Ireland, the hunt is on for the women who have a natural resistance to hepatitis C

  16. Birds鈥� Beaks

    How birds鈥� beaks evolved

  17. Social Genetics

    How we are influenced by the genes of unrelated others

  18. Chasm threatens Antarctic Base

    Halley ice station to be evacuated

  19. Red Nova explosion predicted

    Astronomers predict a massive Red Nova explosion visible to the naked eye around 2022

  20. Death of Granny whale

    The world's oldest known killer whale is presumed dead, at an estimated age of 100 years.

  21. Star Trek - The Undiscovered Future

    The inspiring vision of society and space exploration - what happened?

  22. Cooling the Brain Saves Lives

    The largest ever review of 鈥渂rain cooling鈥� studies

  23. Three Parent Babies

    Babies made from two women and one man have been approved by the UK's fertility regulator

  24. Synthetic Biology Solutions for Diabetes

    Could synthetic cells be used to cure type 1 diabetes?

  25. Alzheimer鈥檚 Research Drug Failure

    Hoped for breakthrough in treating of Alzheimer鈥檚 disease dashed with a dug trial failure

  26. Predator Bacteria Therapy

    Can we use predatory bacteria as treatments for antibiotic resistant infections?

  27. Dinosaur Extinction Crater Probed

    Exciting geology of Chicxulub crater

  28. Sounds and Meaning Across World's Languages

    Research surveying the meaning and sounds of words across 6,000 languages across the world

  29. Italian Earthquakes

    Latest Italian earthquakes are part of a sequence

  30. Wolbachia to Eliminate Dengue

    Trials using Wolbachia to control mosquito-transmitted diseases

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