Unexpected Elements - Populations of people, frogs and microbes

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Unexpected Elements

Populations of people, frogs and microbesPopulations of people, frogs and microbes

Released On: 25 Jan 2024

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With China鈥檚 population declining, would decreasing populations be better for the planet?

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Unexpected Elements
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Unexpected elections
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Computer memories and quantum futures
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A scientific s茅ance
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Horsey driverless cars and competitive cloning
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Unexpected birthday party
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Winning Losers
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A world going on underground
In bunkers, basements and boreholes, we explore life going on underground
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Eternal flames
From Olympic torches to zombie fires, we stoke the flames which do not go out
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Balloon manoeuvres
Balloons in South Korea have us floating ideas about airships and helium.
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An unexpected burger
After McDonalds鈥� recent court case loss the team cook up a scientific culinary delight
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Seismic swift
A Taylor Swift gig in Scotland made us look at human earthquakes and animal seismographs
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Lights out
A power outage in Ecuador has us pondering the darkness of blackouts
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Mushroom magic
Hallucinatory, deadly or lifesaving? Your one-stop guide to everything fungi
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Political Jet Lag
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Marriage madness
Ceremonies, rings and sleep divorce
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Breaking, climbing, and surfing
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Can I eat it?
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Let them eat crab
Everything you need for a French royal banquet, with an unexpected twist, of course.
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The only one
Olympians representing their countries alone got us thinking about being the only one
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A sticky situation
Two astronauts are stuck on the ISS, which got us thinking about other sticky issues.
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