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Unexpected Elements Episodes

  1. Rolling out the vaccines faster

    Can more money speed up rollout?

  2. On the trail of rare blood clots

    Scientists in the EU and the UK are looking out for rare blood clots in vaccinated people

  3. Post-Covid outcomes after release from hospital

    A third of people hospitalised for covid are readmitted sometime after discharge.

  4. Science on the side of a new volcano

    Science on the side of a new volcano. Also hints of a fundamental new physics.

  5. International science at sea

    International research collaborations feel the pinch from UK overseas development cuts

  6. A shooting star parked on your driveway

    A rare type of meteorite lands next to a rural UK house, and is now in professional hands

  7. Uncovering history with Little Foot's skull

    Scanning Little Foot’s skull at the Diamond Light Source.

  8. Waste not, want not

    Novel recycling to make new products

  9. Weird weather

    Why is there snow in Texas?

  10. Perseverance approaches Mars

    How Perseverance will land on Mars

  11. Mixing Covid vaccines

    Can Covid vaccines be mixed?

  12. New Covid vaccine

    Next-generation of RNA vaccine

  13. Saving the Northern White Rhino

    Bringing back the Northern White Rhino from extinction

  14. Gravitational waves and black holes

    Gravitational waves from colliding supermassive black holes

  15. New variants of SARS-Cov2

    SARS-Cov2: UK and South African new variants

  16. Coping with Covid

    Making sense of a year of confusion

  17. A year with Covid -19

    Looking back on how the virus emerged and the scientific response

  18. Covid -19 – Mutations are normal

    Viral mutations happen all the time but we still need to be wary of their impact.

  19. The unchecked spread of Covid-19 in Manaus

    Around three-quarters of the city’s population are thought to have been infected

  20. Freak weather getting even freakier

    This year has seen record-breaking Atlantic hurricanes, and now an Australian heatwave

  21. Vaccines – the Covid confusion

    The problems with incomplete or contradictory trial data published by press release.

  22. Covid- 19 – Good news on immunity

    Immunity to the virus may last longer than previously thought

  23. Covid-19 defeats US Marines

    The virus spread amongst recruits despite a range of thorough precautions

  24. Coronavirus spreads from mink to humans

    What does transmission of coronavirus from mink to humans mean for the future vaccine?

  25. Osiris Rex stows asteroid material

    Science news and highlights of the week

  26. Nasa probe Osiris Rex lands on asteroid

    Science news and highlights of the week

  27. Covid -19 mortality

    Why is there such a range in the number of deaths from Covid -19 between countries?

  28. Do Covid–19 mutations matter?

    Results from the most detailed investigation to date into mutations in the Covid-19 virus

  29. Are children the biggest Covid-19 spreaders?

    Are children are spreading the virus more than any other group

  30. Why Covid -19 vaccines may not stop transmission

    They're only designed to prevent disease developing, none have been tested against spread

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