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Unexpected Elements Episodes

  1. Arctic Warming Concerns Scientists

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

  2. Lassa Fever Outbreak in Nigeria

    Lassa fever outbreak in Nigeria sparks health concerns

  3. Cleaner Fuel for Ships

    How cleaner ship fuel could save thousands of the lives

  4. Drug-Resistant Malaria

    The spread of multidrug-resistant malaria in Southeast Asia

  5. Scientists on Trial

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

  6. Oldest Human Fossil Outside Africa Discovered

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

  7. Crispr Gene Editing

    Immune response to gene editing tool

  8. Oil Spill in East China Sea

    The potential environmental damage from the Sanchi oil tanker fire

  9. The Galaxy’s Most Peculiar Flickering Star

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

  10. Animal Science

    Claudia Hammond’s favourite animal stories of the year

  11. Landslide Warnings

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

  12. Huntington’s Disease

    'Breakthrough' in treating fatal brain condition

  13. Ocean Plastic Waste

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

  14. Malaria Control

    A period of success controlling malaria has stalled

  15. Interstellar Asteroid

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

  16. Predicting Earthquakes

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

  17. Skin Cell Therapies

    Scientists grow replacement skin for boy

  18. Health and Climate Change

    How climate change impacts on health

  19. Where Have All The Flying Insects Gone?

    Flying insects decline dramatically in German nature reserves

  20. Stars Colliding

    Detecting a ‘Bling Nova’

  21. Childhood Obesity

    Childhood obesity spreads around the world

  22. Body Clock Geneticists Win Nobel Prize

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

  23. Antibiotic Resistance

    How can we avert the antibiotic resistance crisis?

  24. Mexican Earthquakes

    Why have there been two large earthquakes in such a short period of time?

  25. Farewell Cassini

    Farewell Cassini, the epic 20-year mission to Saturn

  26. North Korea Bomb Tests

    Outrage and alarm as North Korea detonates its most powerful nuclear device

  27. Hurricane Harvey

    Forecasting Hurricane Harvey

  28. Conservation Clashes

    Brazil opens vast Amazon reserve to mining

  29. Sleep Disorders Linked to Preterm Birth

    Insomnia linked to premature birth in study of 3 million mothers

  30. Increased Deadly Heatwaves

    Lethal heatwaves are becoming more common due to climate change

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