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Unexpected Elements Episodes

  1. Sun-tracking Sunflowers

    How do sunflowers know when the sun comes up?

  2. Drug Abuse in Athletes

    Detecting drug abuse in athletes

  3. Smashing into the Moon

    Space ballistics explain one of the Moon鈥檚 huge craters

  4. Wildfires

    Wildfires 鈥� what can science tell us about them?

  5. Juno Arrives

    Nasa鈥檚 Juno Probe arrives at Jupiter

  6. Juno Space Mission Approaches Jupiter

    Nasa鈥檚 Juno mission arrives at Jupiter on 4th July

  7. Oldest Antarctic Ice Found

    Million year old ice found under metre-thick debris layer in Antarctica

  8. Gravitational Waves

    New discovery of gravitational waves

  9. Fast Storage of CO2 in Volcanic Rock

    Volcanic rock converts carbon dioxide quickly, effectively locking away greenhouse gas.

  10. The Peppered Moth Mutation

    The peppered moth's dark secret revealed

  11. Gene Barcoding

    Tracking individual cells from early embryo to adult

  12. Health Advice for Gay Men When Homosexuality is Illegal

    Getting health information to gay men in countries where homosexuality is illegal

  13. Genetics and Educational Attainment

    A small but possibly significant link between genetics and educational attainment

  14. Human Embryos

    Scientists can keep human embryos alive for longer - should they?

  15. Chernobyl

    Thirty years since Chernobyl's nuclear accident, its impacts on human health

  16. Why Birds Survived Dinosaur Extinction

    Beaks rather than teeth could be the reason why birds survived dinosaur extinction

  17. Stephen Hawking鈥檚 Tiny Spaceship

    Why a microchip-sized spacecraft might open up other worlds for human exploration

  18. Ketamine - an Essential Anaesthetic and a Party Drug

    Controlling access to ketamine could have dire consequences for surgery in Africa

  19. Mini Meter to Measure Gravity

    Small cheap gravity gadget will peer underground

  20. The Simplest Synthetic Life Form Yet?

    Scientists design and build a microbe containing a 鈥渕inimal鈥� number of genes

  21. Elephant Anti-Poaching Patrol

    Hunting elephant poachers in Democratic Republic of Congo

  22. Gain of Function

    Gain of Function: is some science just too dangerous?

  23. Oldest Known Land Fossil

    'Humble little fungus' is oldest known land fossil

  24. Sex of Organs

    What sex are internal organs?

  25. The Medical Scandal Engulfing Top Swedish University

    The 鈥淢acchiarini Affair鈥� which involved ground-breaking surgery with artificial windpipes

  26. Gravitational Waves Detected

    Gravitational waves detected 鈥� scientists prove Einstein right after 100 years

  27. The Essential Guide to Zika

    The latest science about Zika; its impact on mothers and how science can help

  28. Baroness Shields Mounts a Fight Against Online Abuse

    Britain鈥檚 Baroness Shields and the tools to fight terrorism online

  29. Could There Be a Ninth Planet?

    Tantalising evidence of an undiscovered ninth planet on the edge of our solar system

  30. Nepal Earthquake Explained

    Nepal earthquake 鈥� what happened beneath the surface?

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