Unexpected Elements Podcast
The news you know, the science you don鈥檛. Unexpected Elements looks beyond everyday narratives to discover a goldmine of scientific stories and connections from around the globe. From Afronauts, to why we argue, to a deep dive on animal lifespans: see the world in a new way.
Episodes to download
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Malaria resistance breakthrough
Sat 19 Sep 2020
Discovered in East Africa, the finding holds promise for completely new treatments.
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Covid -19 science versus politics
Sat 12 Sep 2020
Are the politicians finally coming round to the scientist鈥檚 views on the way forward?
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Nyiragongo - is Goma under threat?
Sat 5 Sep 2020
More than 2 million people live around this volcano, which has become more active
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Covid-19 Therapy Controversy
Sat 29 Aug 2020
Is convalescent plasma really a 鈥榯remendous鈥� treatment for Covid-19?
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Putin鈥檚 Covid-19 vaccine
Sat 15 Aug 2020
Despite widespread alarm, Russia is not about to roll out an untested vaccine.
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Counting the heat health threat from climate change
Sat 8 Aug 2020
Future heat death toll; infections we catch from wildlife;
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NASA rover heads for Mars ancient lake
Sat 1 Aug 2020
NASA 2020 rover launched on fresh search for life on Mars
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Making a Covid-19 vaccine for two billion people
Sat 25 Jul 2020
The challenge of making two billion Covid-19 vaccine doses within the year.
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How long do Covid-19 antibodies last?
Sat 18 Jul 2020
New research on how long our defences against the coronavirus last.
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Rwanda鈥檚 game changing coronavirus test
Sat 11 Jul 2020
African scientists have developed a reliable, quicker and cheaper mass testing method
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Record high temperatures 鈥� in the Arctic
Sat 27 Jun 2020
Siberia has seen 38 degrees Celsius, 100 degrees Fahrenheit
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Covid -19 hope for severe cases
Sat 20 Jun 2020
A readily available drug prevents some deaths, and others may also be useful
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Food security, locusts and Covid -19
Sat 13 Jun 2020
Efforts to irradiate locust swarms and save harvests continue despite the pandemic
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The medical complexity of Covid -19
Sat 6 Jun 2020
Understanding viral damage to the brain and heart
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Brazil鈥檚 Covid chaos
Sat 30 May 2020
Numbers of cases and deaths may be much higher than official figures show
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Loosening lockdown
Sat 16 May 2020
Understanding which situations pose the highest risk for virus transmission is key.
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Covid -19 new hope from blood tests
Sat 9 May 2020
Research from New York shows how our own immune response is responding to Covid 19
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The impossibility of social distancing and even handwashing in crowded refugee camps
Sat 11 Apr 2020
The impossibility of social distancing and even handwashing in crowded refugee camps
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Covid 19 鈥� The fightback in Africa begins
Sat 4 Apr 2020
As cases spread in Nigeria, can lessons from Ebola counter covid 19 ?
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The science of social distancing
Sat 28 Mar 2020
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?
Sat 21 Mar 2020
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?
Sat 14 Mar 2020
As numbers continue to rise we look at pattern of transmission & prospects for treatments
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Australia鈥檚 fires - fuelled by climate change
Sat 7 Mar 2020
A study shows fires were at least 30% worse due to mankind鈥檚 influence on the climate.
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Tracking coronavirus spread
Sat 29 Feb 2020
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
Sat 22 Feb 2020
Monitoring spread of Covid-19, harvests in Africa from space, and space junk
