Unexpected Elements Episodes Available now

Password1234#Invisibility&Moonshot
Why do teenagers share passwords so often?

Barbie in Space
How Barbie is helping humans return to the moon, and is the colour pink actually real?

Nato and the left-handed universe
Nato’s summit has us considering decision-making and the balance of the universe

Unexpected elements on the sea bed
The team discover mysterious potato shaped nodules and hydroelectric power in your garden

Predictions from the sky and murderous fish
Celebrations of Eid send us on a science-filled odyssey to the stars.

Hayfever, paleobotany and snot palaces
Why does pollen make us sick, what it tells us about the past; and a look at snot palaces

Wildfires and wild animals
Smog in North America leads us to conservationists using air pollution to track animals.

Collapsing pensions and civilisations
French pension protests lead us to the lifespans of people, naked mole rats and societies

Migrate ideas
The science behind migration, a wall of wind and the real life human labour supporting AI

Signals, seaweed and space
The anniversary of the telegraph sparks an unexpected conversation about bioelectricity.