Unexpected Elements Podcast
The news you know, the science you don鈥檛. Unexpected Elements looks beyond everyday narratives to discover a goldmine of scientific stories and connections from around the globe. From Afronauts, to why we argue, to a deep dive on animal lifespans: see the world in a new way.
Episodes to download
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New evidence for SARS-CoV-2鈥檚 origin in bats
Sat 25 Sep 2021
Study of bats in Laos has identified viruses with a similar spike protein to SARS-CoV-2
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Ebola can remain dormant for five years
Sat 18 Sep 2021
Ebola infections can re-emerge after five years, and cause new outbreaks
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Keep most fossil fuel in ground to meet 1.5 degree goal
Sat 11 Sep 2021
90% of coal and 60% of oil and gas must remain untouched for world to meet climate target
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Methane - a climate solution?
Sat 14 Aug 2021
Can reductions in this potent greenhouse gas help keep global temperature rises down?
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Insects in incredible detail
Sat 3 Jul 2021
Insects; climate change & the law; missions to Venus; masks with Covid detecting sensors
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Covid and clean air
Sat 15 May 2021
How improving indoor air quality can prevent illness from many viruses
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Uncovering history with Little Foot's skull
Sat 6 Mar 2021
Scanning Little Foot鈥檚 skull at the Diamond Light Source.
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Saving the Northern White Rhino
Sat 23 Jan 2021
Bringing back the Northern White Rhino from extinction
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Gravitational waves and black holes
Sat 16 Jan 2021
Gravitational waves from colliding supermassive black holes
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A year with Covid -19
Boxing Day 2020
Looking back on how the virus emerged and the scientific response
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Covid -19 鈥� Mutations are normal
Sat 19 Dec 2020
Viral mutations happen all the time but we still need to be wary of their impact.
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The unchecked spread of Covid-19 in Manaus
Sat 12 Dec 2020
Around three-quarters of the city鈥檚 population are thought to have been infected
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Freak weather getting even freakier
Sat 5 Dec 2020
This year has seen record-breaking Atlantic hurricanes, and now an Australian heatwave
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Vaccines 鈥� the Covid confusion
Sat 28 Nov 2020
The problems with incomplete or contradictory trial data published by press release.
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Covid- 19 鈥� Good news on immunity
Sat 21 Nov 2020
Immunity to the virus may last longer than previously thought
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Covid-19 defeats US Marines
Sat 14 Nov 2020
The virus spread amongst recruits despite a range of thorough precautions
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Coronavirus spreads from mink to humans
Sat 7 Nov 2020
What does transmission of coronavirus from mink to humans mean for the future vaccine?
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Covid -19 mortality
Sat 17 Oct 2020
Why is there such a range in the number of deaths from Covid -19 between countries?
