Unexpected Elements Episodes Episode guide
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Covid 19 – The fightback in Africa begins
As cases spread in Nigeria, can lessons from Ebola counter covid 19 ?
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The science of social distancing
Research shows most important measure in limiting spread of Covid 19 is social distancing
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Covid -19, are you carrying the virus?
Research from Italy and China, shows many people have the coronavirus but no symptoms
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Covid -19 how infectious is it really?
As numbers continue to rise we look at pattern of transmission & prospects for treatments
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Australia’s fires - fuelled by climate change
A study shows fires were at least 30% worse due to mankind’s influence on the climate.
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Tracking coronavirus spread
More new cases of Covid-19 are now outside China than inside - how can we map the virus?
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Monitoring Covid-19, harvests and space junk
Monitoring spread of Covid-19, harvests in Africa from space, and space junk
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CoVid-19: Mapping the outbreak
A new public tool allows anyone to see where the virus is spreading.
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Coronavirus, prospects for treatment?
Could untried drugs developed for Ebola stop the virus?
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Understanding the Wuhan coronavirus
Analysis of the impact of the new virus.
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Wuhan Coronavirus
What science can tell us about the emergence of a new virus in China
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Mount Taal volcano
Why Mount Taal volcano near Manila produces so much ash and lightning
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Australia’s extreme fire season
2019 was Australia’s hottest year on record, a major factor behind continued bushfires
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Adapting California
Living with the threat of fires and earthquakes
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Gaming climate change
Can a role playing game improve climate negotiation outcomes?
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Understanding the Anak Krakatau eruption
How a relative small volcanic eruption caused a tsunami
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White Island volcano eruption
Why a small eruption on White Island was so dangerous
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CRISPR babies scandal – more details
Science news and highlights of the week
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New Malaria target
Molecular research opens the way to prevent antimalarial resistance
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Politics and Amazonia’s fires
Scientists refute government claims that this year’s Amazon fires have been normal
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Australia burning
To what extent is ‘Bush fire weather’ influenced by climate change?
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Climate in crisis
Inaction on climate change while the impact of air pollution is likened to smoking
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Wildfires and winds in California
How dry land and high winds are fuelling fires in California
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Is quantum supremacy ‘garbage’?
Has a new era of computing finally arrived or not, or is it both at the same time?
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Malaria, origins and a potential new treatment
How malaria jumped species and why Antarctica may hold a new treatment
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From batteries to distant worlds
Nobel Prize wins for a range of well-known discoveries
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Drought likely to follow India’s floods
Despite extreme rainfall, climate scientists predict drought in India within months
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Global climate inaction
The latest climate report look like earlier ones, where is the call to action?
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South East Asia choking - again
Why even staying indoors offers no escape from fires across the region
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Embryoids from stem cells
Embryoids from stem cells; water vapour in atmosphere of rocky exoplanet