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Unexpected Elements Episodes

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    Science on ice

    The different forms of frozen water from ice made in labs to Jupiter’s icy moons

  2. Bird flu (H5N1) outbreak in mink

    A review of the first mammal to mammal transmission of avian flu, observed in Spain

  3. Climate science activism

    What happens when climate scientists take to the streets?

  4. Atmospheric rivers

    The phenomenon driving California’s extreme weather

  5. One year on from the Tonga eruption

    We take a look at everything we’ve learnt since the Tonga volcano erupted a year ago.

  6. The James Webb Space Telescope - the first 6 months

    NASA's James Webb Telescope: science in the images

  7. Mosquito pesticide failing

    Mosquito pesticide failing

  8. Fusion milestone

    Fusion milestone - the science behind the headlines

  9. Ancient warmth in Greenland

    Climate change in the Arctic

  10. COVID spreads in China

    COVID spreads in China

  11. A distant planet’s atmosphere

    A distant planet's atmosphere

  12. Online harassment of Covid scientists

    Virologists studying Covid-19 have been subject to online threats.

  13. Neurons that restore walking in paralysed patients

    Neurons that restore walking in patients with spinal cord injuries have been identified.

  14. What peat can tell us about our future

    Peat can offer us early alarm bells to climate change tipping points.

  15. Seismic events on Mars

    New data from Nasa reveals information on Mars’ origin and evolution.

  16. The most powerful explosion ever recorded

    A celestial explosion has produced the brightest beam of light ever observed

  17. Inserting human neurons into the brains of rats

    Fusing the brain of a human with a rat could offer insight into neurological disorders

  18. Nobel Prize 2022: The science behind the winners

    We meet the winners behind this week’s Nobel Prize announcements

  19. The final moments of DART

    Reflections on NASA’s latest mission as it hits an asteroid 11 million km from earth

  20. Should we mine the deep sea?

    A new license for deep sea mining could change the way we harvest rare earth minerals.

  21. Science and the causes behind Pakistan’s floods

    A new report demonstrates the impact of global warming on flooding in Pakistan.

  22. The genetics of human intelligence

    A single gene mutation may have propelled a major leap in human brain development

  23. The China Heatwave and the New Normal

    The record-breaking heatwave in China and its connection to extreme weather elsewhere

  24. Surprises from a Martian Lake Bed

    The latest analysis of Nasa’s perseverance discoveries confounds scientists’ expectations

  25. Deadly drought

    The gloomy predictions for East Africa’s long running drought

  26. Icelandic volcano erupts again

    Science in the heat of Iceland's new volcanic eruption

  27. Synthetic mouse embryos with brains and hearts

    Researchers make synthetic mouse embryos with brains and beating hearts from stem cells

  28. The first galaxies at the universe's dawn

    James Webb Space Telescope expands our view of the universe ever deeper back in time

  29. Heat waves in the Northern Hemisphere

    Heat waves in the Northern Hemisphere - how and why more frequent and more extreme?

  30. First images from the James Webb Space Telescope

    A sensational new view of the universe from the James Webb Space Telescope.

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