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Unexpected Elements Episodes

  1. Engineering a Plastic-Eating Enzyme

    Scientists have created an enzyme that can digest plastic

  2. Nasa’s Tess Ready to Launch

    Imminent launch of new planet-hunting mission Tess

  3. The Novichok Chemical Detective Work

    How are scientists looking for the trail of the novichok nerve agent?

  4. Flu Increases Risk of Heart Attack

    A study has found how getting the flu can increase the risk of a heart attack or stroke

  5. Smoking Rises in African Youth

    Experts concerned by a 'perfect storm' of rising tobacco use

  6. A Bright Star Of Science

    The work and legacy of Stephen Hawking

  7. Impact of Climate Change on Marine Life

    Warming oceans predicted to trigger steep decline in fisheries output

  8. Arctic Warming Concerns Scientists

    While Europe freezes, the Arctic continues to see unprecedented warm weather

  9. Lassa Fever Outbreak in Nigeria

    Lassa fever outbreak in Nigeria sparks health concerns

  10. Cleaner Fuel for Ships

    How cleaner ship fuel could save thousands of the lives

  11. Drug-Resistant Malaria

    The spread of multidrug-resistant malaria in Southeast Asia

  12. Scientists on Trial

    What will the impact be on Turkish science in the future?

  13. Oldest Human Fossil Outside Africa Discovered

    Fossil jawbone from Israel is the oldest modern human found outside Africa

  14. Crispr Gene Editing

    Immune response to gene editing tool

  15. Oil Spill in East China Sea

    The potential environmental damage from the Sanchi oil tanker fire

  16. The Galaxy’s Most Peculiar Flickering Star

    Oddly flickering Tabby’s star not caused by alien technology, but more likely to be dust

  17. Animal Science

    Claudia Hammond’s favourite animal stories of the year

  18. Landslide Warnings

    How to offer early warnings of landslides in the mountainous regions of south west India

  19. Huntington’s Disease

    'Breakthrough' in treating fatal brain condition

  20. Ocean Plastic Waste

    UN commits to stop the ‘planetary crisis’ of ocean plastic waste

  21. Malaria Control

    A period of success controlling malaria has stalled

  22. Interstellar Asteroid

    Why is the interstellar asteroid ‘Oumuamua’ such a strange shape?

  23. Predicting Earthquakes

    How the length of the day might be connected to the likelihood of a large quake

  24. Skin Cell Therapies

    Scientists grow replacement skin for boy

  25. Health and Climate Change

    How climate change impacts on health

  26. Where Have All The Flying Insects Gone?

    Flying insects decline dramatically in German nature reserves

  27. Stars Colliding

    Detecting a ‘Bling Nova’

  28. Childhood Obesity

    Childhood obesity spreads around the world

  29. Body Clock Geneticists Win Nobel Prize

    US scientists win the 2017 Nobel Prize for Medicine for body clock studies

  30. Antibiotic Resistance

    How can we avert the antibiotic resistance crisis?

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