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Unexpected Elements Episodes

  1. Exoplanet Discovery

    Astronomers have detected a record seven Earth-sized planets orbiting a single star

  2. Dinosaurs and Egg Laying

    Evidence of first live birth found in relative of the dinosaur

  3. The Biomedical Detectives

    In Ireland, the hunt is on for the women who have a natural resistance to hepatitis C

  4. Birds鈥� Beaks

    How birds鈥� beaks evolved

  5. Social Genetics

    How we are influenced by the genes of unrelated others

  6. Chasm threatens Antarctic Base

    Halley ice station to be evacuated

  7. Red Nova explosion predicted

    Astronomers predict a massive Red Nova explosion visible to the naked eye around 2022

  8. Death of Granny whale

    The world's oldest known killer whale is presumed dead, at an estimated age of 100 years.

  9. Star Trek - The Undiscovered Future

    The inspiring vision of society and space exploration - what happened?

  10. Cooling the Brain Saves Lives

    The largest ever review of 鈥渂rain cooling鈥� studies

  11. Three Parent Babies

    Babies made from two women and one man have been approved by the UK's fertility regulator

  12. Synthetic Biology Solutions for Diabetes

    Could synthetic cells be used to cure type 1 diabetes?

  13. Alzheimer鈥檚 Research Drug Failure

    Hoped for breakthrough in treating of Alzheimer鈥檚 disease dashed with a dug trial failure

  14. Predator Bacteria Therapy

    Can we use predatory bacteria as treatments for antibiotic resistant infections?

  15. Dinosaur Extinction Crater Probed

    Exciting geology of Chicxulub crater

  16. Sounds and Meaning Across World's Languages

    Research surveying the meaning and sounds of words across 6,000 languages across the world

  17. Italian Earthquakes

    Latest Italian earthquakes are part of a sequence

  18. Wolbachia to Eliminate Dengue

    Trials using Wolbachia to control mosquito-transmitted diseases

  19. Our Genetic Future

    Research at The Francis Crick Institute

  20. Drilling the 鈥楧inosaur Crater鈥�

    Scientists have been examining rock drilled from the Chicxulub Crater

  21. Nobel Prizes for 2016

    This week the Nobel Prizes for 2016 were announced

  22. Space Mission鈥檚 Comet Crash

    The Rosetta probe sends its final pictures after a crash landing

  23. New Global Health Check

    Iceland and Singapore top new global health ranking with Syria and South Sudan bottom

  24. Gaia Galaxy Census

    What has space camera Gaia has been up to in its first 1,000 days in space?

  25. Floods and Border Politics

    How a lack of cross border information is worsening flood damage in Asia

  26. What's the Future for Gravitational Wave Detection?

    As astronomers meet in Paris, what's the future for gravitational wave detection?

  27. Earth-sized Planet Found

    Neighbouring star Proxima Centauri has Earth-sized planet

  28. Fighting Poverty with Data

    Machine learning algorithms measure and target poverty

  29. Nerve Recovery in Brain Machine Interface Patients

    Paraplegic patients using robotic legs and training on a BMI showed some nerve recovery

  30. Sun-tracking Sunflowers

    How do sunflowers know when the sun comes up?

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