Unexpected Elements Episodes Available now
Barbie in Space
How Barbie is helping humans return to the moon, and is the colour pink actually real?
Nato and the left-handed universe
Nato鈥檚 summit has us considering decision-making and the balance of the universe
Unexpected elements on the sea bed
The team discover mysterious potato shaped nodules and hydroelectric power in your garden
Predictions from the sky and murderous fish
Celebrations of Eid send us on a science-filled odyssey to the stars.
Hayfever, paleobotany and snot palaces
Why does pollen make us sick, what it tells us about the past; and a look at snot palaces
Wildfires and wild animals
Smog in North America leads us to conservationists using air pollution to track animals.
Collapsing pensions and civilisations
French pension protests lead us to the lifespans of people, naked mole rats and societies
Migrate ideas
The science behind migration, a wall of wind and the real life human labour supporting AI
Signals, seaweed and space
The anniversary of the telegraph sparks an unexpected conversation about bioelectricity.
Co-operation and cohesion
Social cohesion, cellular cohesion and glue. Science stories inspired by election news
