Unexpected Elements
The news you know, the science you don’t.
Episodes (327 available)
The Fifa Men’s World Cup has the Unexpected Elements team exploring all things football
50 mins
A shortage of India’s prized ‘king of mangoes’ has us exploring some fruity science.
52 mins
From continental shifts to sky mountain, we explore the science across Africa
50 mins
From cocaine salmon to peptides we look at performance enhancement
50 mins
An outbreak of hantavirus has us looking at the unexpected science around the disease.
50 mins
Sir David turns 100, but what’s the science behind achieving this significant birthday?
50 mins
The strait of Hormuz blockade raises condom costs, and we explore the science of safe sex
50 mins
Forty years after the Chernobyl disaster, we look at radiation science.
50 mins
A visa being revoked over frog embryos has us diving into all things amphibian
50 mins
India undertaking the world’s largest ever census has us exploring population science.
50 mins