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Unexpected Elements Episodes

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    Leaping in Sync

    As the leap year helps keep us in sync, we explore nature鈥檚 ways of staying in rhythm

  2. Going the distance

    A tribute to marathon runner Kelvin Kiptum and the science behind his record performances

  3. Not so random acts of kindness

    Are African spiders behind the ultimate act of kindness in nature?

  4. Deep in thought

    News of a microchip implanted in a human brain sends our imagination running wild

  5. How plankton made mountains

    The world鈥檚 largest cruise ship has set sail 鈥� but what stowaways are hiding onboard?

  6. Populations of people, frogs and microbes

    With China鈥檚 population declining, would decreasing populations be better for the planet?

  7. Rulers and the rules of ageing

    Under the stress and strains of leadership, how might power affect youthfulness?

  8. Super corals and science diplomacy

    Could tensions around the Red Sea affect research into heat-resistant super corals?

  9. Timing is everything

    Can you visualize time? We don鈥檛 all see it the same way

  10. The Best of Unexpected Elements

    Marnie Chesterton and Caroline Steel look back at some of the best bits of the show.

  11. A very dark day

    The solstice takes us on a journey through darkness and light.

  12. An exploration of empathy

    On the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration Of Human Rights, we look at empathy

  13. Boring science

    How might our future lie underground?

  14. Meetings with intelligent worms

    From worm blobs to mangoes - there鈥檚 more to meetings than you thought.

  15. All about cricket(s)

    The science of spitting on cricket balls, particle accelerators and insect sounds

  16. Why we need to talk toilets

    Nov 19 is UN World Toilet Day. Can the world sanitation crisis be tackled?

  17. Working 70 hours a week

    If you work twice as long, do you get twice as much done?

  18. Scary science

    Is fear good for you? In the week where many celebrated Halloween, we look at the science

  19. Fashion to dye for

    As Lagos Fashion Week begins, we follow the trends into science

  20. Putting Madonna to the test

    Do Madonna's lyrics stand up to scientific scrutiny?

  21. How bedbugs took over the world

    Why is bedbugs' unconventional mode of reproduction so successful?

  22. Complete shutdown

    How would it feel wake up several years later?

  23. How inflation affects the entire cosmos

    The science behind news about inflation leads us to the first moments of the universe.

  24. Can technology read our mind?

    The UN General Assembly has us examining how our brains process language

  25. Forgetful fish, telescopic worms and bad air days

    As oceans take the heat for global warming, fish find it harder to learn their way.

  26. Zombies, cows and coups

    The wasp that turns cockroaches into zombies and the science hiding behind coups

  27. Protecting the Moon

    India's lunar landing has us looking at unexpected science around the moon

  28. The man who couldn鈥檛 lie

    Why do we believe in conspiracy theories, and what鈥檚 going on in our brains when we lie?

  29. Corrupted thinking and cancerous co-option

    Can scientific thinking detect political and corporate corruption?

  30. Some of our universe is missing

    Could science help trace Yevgeny Prigozhin, and the missing gas in the cosmos?

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