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Unexpected Elements Episodes

  1. Our Genetic Future

    Research at The Francis Crick Institute

  2. Drilling the 鈥楧inosaur Crater鈥�

    Scientists have been examining rock drilled from the Chicxulub Crater

  3. Nobel Prizes for 2016

    This week the Nobel Prizes for 2016 were announced

  4. Space Mission鈥檚 Comet Crash

    The Rosetta probe sends its final pictures after a crash landing

  5. New Global Health Check

    Iceland and Singapore top new global health ranking with Syria and South Sudan bottom

  6. Gaia Galaxy Census

    What has space camera Gaia has been up to in its first 1,000 days in space?

  7. Floods and Border Politics

    How a lack of cross border information is worsening flood damage in Asia

  8. What's the Future for Gravitational Wave Detection?

    As astronomers meet in Paris, what's the future for gravitational wave detection?

  9. Earth-sized Planet Found

    Neighbouring star Proxima Centauri has Earth-sized planet

  10. Fighting Poverty with Data

    Machine learning algorithms measure and target poverty

  11. Nerve Recovery in Brain Machine Interface Patients

    Paraplegic patients using robotic legs and training on a BMI showed some nerve recovery

  12. Sun-tracking Sunflowers

    How do sunflowers know when the sun comes up?

  13. Drug Abuse in Athletes

    Detecting drug abuse in athletes

  14. Smashing into the Moon

    Space ballistics explain one of the Moon鈥檚 huge craters

  15. Wildfires

    Wildfires 鈥� what can science tell us about them?

  16. Juno Arrives

    Nasa鈥檚 Juno Probe arrives at Jupiter

  17. Juno Space Mission Approaches Jupiter

    Nasa鈥檚 Juno mission arrives at Jupiter on 4th July

  18. Oldest Antarctic Ice Found

    Million year old ice found under metre-thick debris layer in Antarctica

  19. Gravitational Waves

    New discovery of gravitational waves

  20. Fast Storage of CO2 in Volcanic Rock

    Volcanic rock converts carbon dioxide quickly, effectively locking away greenhouse gas.

  21. The Peppered Moth Mutation

    The peppered moth's dark secret revealed

  22. Gene Barcoding

    Tracking individual cells from early embryo to adult

  23. Health Advice for Gay Men When Homosexuality is Illegal

    Getting health information to gay men in countries where homosexuality is illegal

  24. Genetics and Educational Attainment

    A small but possibly significant link between genetics and educational attainment

  25. Human Embryos

    Scientists can keep human embryos alive for longer - should they?

  26. Chernobyl

    Thirty years since Chernobyl's nuclear accident, its impacts on human health

  27. Why Birds Survived Dinosaur Extinction

    Beaks rather than teeth could be the reason why birds survived dinosaur extinction

  28. Stephen Hawking鈥檚 Tiny Spaceship

    Why a microchip-sized spacecraft might open up other worlds for human exploration

  29. Ketamine - an Essential Anaesthetic and a Party Drug

    Controlling access to ketamine could have dire consequences for surgery in Africa

  30. Mini Meter to Measure Gravity

    Small cheap gravity gadget will peer underground

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