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 are gold prices so high? (17.10.2025)
Previous Episodes
- The strongest stuff in the Universe
- Science inspired by Taylor Swift
- Two-hundred years of trains
- Pirate science ahoy!
- Some dam awesome science
- Punk rock science
- Where do beaches come from?
- Mountains of overtourism
- Why do we follow trends?
- Floods, mangroves and rampaging tractors
- Traffic science
- Trailer: 13 Minutes Presents: The Space Shuttle
- The science of ageing
- How dust affects the world
- Sharks, albatrosses, the Jaws theme and fishing
- Cargo ships, chemical spills and caribou
- A roarsome episode
- Some really cool science
- Defuse and diffuse
- Gaming-inspired science
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