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Unexpected Elements Episodes

  1. India Mars, Exoplanets, Ebola Update

    India has successfully put a satellite into orbit around Mars

  2. Rosetta Spacecraft Landing

    Scientists have chosen where they aim to land the Philae space probe on comet 67P

  3. CO2 Levels Reach Record Highs

    CO2 levels just don鈥檛 seem to stop rising, despite efforts to reduce emmissions

  4. Ebola Genomes, Memory Editing,Google Drones

    The sequencing of 99 Ebola virus genomes from patients in West Africa helping scientists

  5. Ebola Challenges

    Health systems struggling with cholera and malaria stretched further by Ebola

  6. Ebola Repercussions

    As hospitals shut and cases continue rising we look at wider consequences of the outbreak

  7. Breast milk and HIV, an internet router for Africa and rising water levels in India

    Factors identified in breast milk could convey anti-viral HIV protection

  8. Ebola, Paracetamol, Michael Rutter.

    Ebola's effect on small communities

  9. Decline in Antarctic Fur Seals; Face recognition; Amnesty鈥檚 Video Validation

    Changes in the Antarctic climate are having an impact on the fur seal population

  10. Ebola Virus; Azolla in Britain; One Million Deaths Study

    The current Ebola outbreak - the world鈥檚 worst to date - shows no signs of slowing down.

  11. Behavioural profiling at airports; Babies Laughing; Cosmic Dust

    How effective is behavioural profiling in spotting potential terrorist?

  12. STAP Retraction, Informed Consent, Earthquakes in Oklahoma

    A paper claiming to make stem cells by adding acid to adult cells has been retracted

  13. Ebola Outbreak; Fijian Fisherwomen; Fertility on a Shoestring.

    Scientists testing experimental Ebola vaccine for chimpanzees.

  14. BICEP 2; Methane exoplanets; Driverless cars; Autism

    Scientists who claimed to have found a pattern left by Big Bang are now less confident.

  15. Turing Test; Snake Bite Treatment; GM Mosquitoes

    A Russian 鈥榗hatbot鈥� programme has convinced judges that it was human.

  16. Moving Mountains; Endangered World Cup Football Mascot; Taming the Sun

    China is flattening mountains to create land to build cities on.

  17. Mapping the Ocean Floor; Colorado River; Beauty and the Brain; Footballers Heat

    We know less about the ocean floor than we do about the surface of Mars and the Moon.

  18. Living Independently with Dementia

    How can we help people with dementia to live independently for longer?

  19. Melting Antarctic Ice Shelf, Moth Noises, Brain Boosting devices

    Key glaciers in West Antarctica are in an irreversible retreat

  20. Universe Model; Carlos Frenk; Colin Pillinger; Downing Fishermen;

    Illustris - the latest Universe model

  21. Chernobyl Birds, Exo Skeleton, Frozen Faecal Transplants

    How some birds in the Chernobyl exclusion zone are adapting well to the radiation levels

  22. Y Chromosome; Quacking Ocean; Everest Avalanche

    How the male Y Chromosome evolved

  23. Kepler 186F Sperm and egg, Facebook, Russian Science;Peter Higgs; Alcoholics

    New Kepler-mission discovery.

  24. Japanese whaling ban, Arty brains, Hoarding disorder

    How much scientific data been collected from the expeditions in the Antarctic?

  25. Dating the Moon, Mission to Mars, Wiki houses

    A new way to date the moon, Europe鈥檚 first mission to Mars, building a house from scratch

  26. Noses; GM; Back pain; TB; Animal decisions; Teen e-lives

    Human Nose can detect one trillion odours, far more than we previously thought.

  27. Cosmic inflation; Chicken from Hell: Crowd Psychology

    Big Bang鈥檚 gravitational waves discovered? Views from cosmology鈥檚 greatest minds.

  28. Stem cells questioned; Black box; Ultrathin sensors

    Controversy has arisen over stem cell research published earlier this year.

  29. Chemical weapons, 30,000 year old virus, Maternal health Ethiopia

    The difficulties of destroying Syria鈥檚 chemical weapons

  30. Windfarms, Twins and pain, Wearable computers

    Offshore windfarms could stop hurricanes

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