Unexpected Elements Episodes Episode guide
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Monkey Conversation; Human Evolution; HPV Vaccine in Laos
Marmoset monkey conversation is remarkably similar to ours.
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Nobel Prizes; Correlation vs. Causation; Healthy Obesity
A rundown of the winners and work of this year's Nobel Prizes.
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Free Health Care for all Americans, Volcanoes, Fairphones
What does Obamacare mean for Americans who currently don’t have medical insurance
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Some results from the IPCC meeting, Pakistan earthquake forms mud island, Water on Mars?
Navin Khadka reports from the IPCC meeting in Stockholm
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No Methane on Mars, Cilantro Cleans Drinking Water, Chemical Weapons
Mars rover Curiosity records no evidence of methane on Mars. Is there no life on Mars?
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Subglacial Lakes, Stem cells, Discrimination in Parkinson’s
Scientists on a mission to get to a subglacial lake in one the remotest places on Earth
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Fukushima’s ice wall, Uncovering Egypt’s ancient timeline, A giant volcano
Ice wall to be built around Fukushima nuclear plant to stop leaks of radioactive water
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The Temperature Pause, Henry Molaison, Ethics of Genomic Sequencing
Natural Pacific ocean cooling is potentially counteracting global warming since 1998
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Artificial Reefs
How do artificial reefs change marine environments?
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Sacrifice: The Story of SARS - Part Two
Kevin Fong continues to explore the personal and medical impact of SARS ten years on.
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Sacrifice: The Story of SARS - Part One
What has been learnt since the first outbreak of SARS disease a decade ago?
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Climate conflict, Whooping cough rise, New antibiotic and virus evolution
The connections between conflict and climate change
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Sustainable Farming, Antarctic Architecture, Harmful Herring
Marrying Genetic Modification with organic farming to secure future food production
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What neutrinos might tell us about the big bang
Neutrinos are helping to explain why there’s more matter than anti-matter in space
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The Colours of an Exoplanet, Hunting sharks and Remote Internet Connection
Could the blue hue of an exoplanet in deep space be the result of raining glass?
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Bone marrow ‘frees men of HIV drugs’; Self-cleaning seabird eggs; New tests for liver disease
Two HIV patients show no signs of the virus after bone-marrow transplants.
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Ancient DNA, the Cambodian Tailorbird and Russian Meteors
How a 700,000 year old bone has pushed the limits of DNA sequencing and a new bird species
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Mers coronavirus outbreak, Irritating currency, When the applause dies down
What’s driving the Mers coronavirus outbreaks?
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Drug research limitations, Inflight medical emergencies, Arab astronomy
Do some hallucinogenic drugs have therapeutic power? Should research on them be legalised?
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Oldest Primate Fossil, LA Citizen Science and FameLab
The oldest primate fossil to be found is mouse-sized and from China
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Pebbles on Mars, Avatar Therapy and Culture Driven Evolution
Pebbles found on Mars indicate the planet may have once supported life
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Life in Tornado Alley and Alligator Teeth
What is it about Tornado Alley that makes it susceptible to these destructive phenomena?
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Mosquitos and Body Odour, stem cell cloning and the Most Powerful Computer
New research shows mosquitos infected with malaria become more attracted to body odour
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The 3D Printed Gun, Laser Origami and Megabeast Extinction
Plans for a 3D printed pistol have been widely reported and downloaded around the world
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Pesticides Linked to Harming Bees
Neonicotinoid chemicals that are linked to causing harm in bees are restricted in the EU
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LHC antimatter results, Mental health Indonesia, E.coli produce fuel
Boost to the quest to discover why our universe is made of matter rather than antimatter
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Scientists make ‘laboratory-grown’ kidney, Russia alcohol crackdown, Stopping fish becoming extinct
Lab-grown kidneys have been transplanted into animals where they are producing urine
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Red meat and heart disease risk; a database of Rhino DNA; the life of Professor Robert Edwards, IVF pioneer.
Does eating lean red meat increase the risk of heart disease?
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Dark matter, reversing extinction and ancient heart disease
Hints that evidence of elusive dark matter has been found.
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