Unexpected Elements
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.
Latest Episode
Why do we follow trends? (18.08.2025)
Previous Episodes
- Floods, mangroves and rampaging tractors 08.08.2025
- Traffic science 01.08.2025
- Trailer: 13 Minutes Presents: The Space Shuttle 28.07.2025
- The science of ageing 25.07.2025
- How dust affects the world 18.07.2025
- Sharks, albatrosses, the Jaws theme and fishing 11.07.2025
- Cargo ships, chemical spills and caribou 04.07.2025
- A roarsome episode 27.06.2025
- Some really cool science 20.06.2025
- Defuse and diffuse 13.06.2025
- Gaming-inspired science 06.06.2025
- Mission unexpectedly possible 30.05.2025
- Story time 23.05.2025
- Enduring it all 16.05.2025
- Ant antics 09.05.2025
- In memoriam 02.05.2025
- Kenya believe it? 25.04.2025
- An eggciting episode 18.04.2025
- Navigating northward 11.04.2025
- Oh, Rats! 04.04.2025
