Unexpected Elements
A podcast by BBC World Service - Fridays
263 Episodes
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An exploration of empathy
Published: 14/12/2023 -
Boring science
Published: 07/12/2023 -
Meetings with intelligent worms
Published: 30/11/2023 -
All about cricket(s)
Published: 23/11/2023 -
Why we need to talk toilets
Published: 16/11/2023 -
Working 70 hours a week
Published: 09/11/2023 -
Scary science
Published: 02/11/2023 -
Fashion to dye for
Published: 26/10/2023 -
Putting Madonna to the test
Published: 19/10/2023 -
How bedbugs took over the world
Published: 12/10/2023 -
Complete shutdown
Published: 05/10/2023 -
How inflation affects the entire cosmos
Published: 28/09/2023 -
Can technology read our mind?
Published: 21/09/2023 -
Forgetful fish, telescopic worms and bad air days
Published: 14/09/2023 -
Zombies, cows and coups
Published: 07/09/2023 -
Protecting the Moon
Published: 31/08/2023 -
The man who couldn’t lie
Published: 24/08/2023 -
Corrupted thinking and cancerous co-option
Published: 17/08/2023 -
Some of our universe is missing
Published: 10/08/2023 -
The World Cup and hallucinogenic bananas
Published: 03/08/2023
The news you know, the science you don’t. 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.
