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The fast and the curious

The Unexpected Elements team takes a whistlestop tour of all things fast!

• 49 mins

What’s that smell?

We sniff out stories about death, lies, cinema and COVID...

• 49 mins

Don’t be a fool!

Your one stop shop for scientific pranking this April Fools’ Day!

• 49 mins

Oh, Rats!

Can we make the case for remarkable rats, or are they just rubbish?

• 49 mins

Navigating northward

The Northern lights have us wondering how to go north (and other unexpected directions).

• 49 mins

An eggciting episode

The Christian celebration of Easter got us thinking about egg-related science.

• 49 mins

Kenya believe it?

The Unexpected Elements team visits Nairobi, Kenya.

• 49 mins

In memoriam

The death of the Pope inspired Unexpected Elements to look at the science of loss

• 49 mins

Ant antics

A Kenyan court sentenced four men for ant smuggling, so we’re getting into ant antics!

• 49 mins

Enduring it all

We're looking at the science that helps you put one foot in front of the other.

• 49 mins

Story time

The news you know, the science you don't

• 50 mins

Mission unexpectedly possible

Turning lead into gold, talking to animals and time travel seem impossible but are they?

• 51 mins

Gaming-inspired science

The Nintendo Switch 2 has sent us on a supersonic spin into gaming-related science

• 49 mins

Defuse and diffuse

World War II bombs were defused in Cologne, Germany, so we’re exploring diffusion science

• 49 mins

Some really cool science

This week, ice hockey’s Stanley Cup sent us skating into ice-related science

• 49 mins

A roarsome episode

This week, a brand-new dinosaur sent us on a palaeontological stomp.

• 49 mins

Cargo ships, chemical spills and caribou

The X-Press Pearl disaster takes us on a voyage through shipping-related science.

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Sharks, albatrosses, the Jaws theme and fishing

Shark Awareness Day sends us on a deep dive into marine biology.

• 50 mins

How dust affects the world

A new report on the dangers of dust sends us storming off into dust-related science.

• 49 mins