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Unexpected Elements Episodes

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    Surprises from a Martian Lake Bed

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

  2. Deadly drought

    The gloomy predictions for East Africa’s long running drought

  3. Icelandic volcano erupts again

    Science in the heat of Iceland's new volcanic eruption

  4. Synthetic mouse embryos with brains and hearts

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

  5. The first galaxies at the universe's dawn

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

  6. Heat waves in the Northern Hemisphere

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

  7. First images from the James Webb Space Telescope

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

  8. Long Covid β€˜brain fog’

    New insights into the cause of Long Covid β€˜brain fog’

  9. Extreme heat death risk in Latin America

    New study reveals risk of death as temperatures rise in Latin American cities

  10. Monster microbe

    Gigantic bacterium discovered in the Caribbean. It’s the size and shape of an eyelash.

  11. Thirty years after the Earth Summit

    Thirty years on, we ask what has the Earth Summit in Rio achieved?

  12. Body scan reveals HIV's hideouts

    Science news and highlights of the week

  13. Should we worry about the latest Omicron subvariants?

    Two recent subtypes of the Omicron virus are much better at evading our immune defences.

  14. Heat death by volcano and other stories

    New insights into Tonga’s cataclysmic volcanic eruption revealed

  15. Death in the rainforest

    Climate change may have doubled the death rate of rainforest trees over the last 50 years

  16. Portrait of the monster black hole at our galaxy’s heart

    Astronomers image the supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way galaxy

  17. Mekong Delta will sink beneath the sea by 2100

    Vietnam’s vast Mekong Delta is set to sink beneath the sea by the end of the century

  18. The Indian subcontinent’s record-breaking heatwave

    The Indian subcontinent is roasting in a prolonged heatwave. Is climate change to blame?

  19. Climate techno-fix would worsen global malaria burden

    Climate techno-fix would worsen global malaria burden

  20. How β€˜magic mushroom’ chemical treats depression

    Brain scanning study reveals how psilocybin can help people with severe depression

  21. Tsunami detective in Tonga

    What really happened in the cataclysmic eruption of the volcano Hunga Tonga in January?

  22. Radioactive Red Forest

    Are Russian troops in forests around Chernobyl receiving a dangerous dose of radiation?

  23. Covid in the sewers

    Could novel forms of the virus be lurking in wastewater?

  24. Why are Covid19 cases rising in Hong Kong?

    The territory is experiencing a rapid increase in infections and deaths

  25. Covid -19 origins

    New analysis shows where inside the Wuhan market the virus first showed itself.

  26. Reforming the 'China Initiative'

    US scheme accused of persecuting scientists is to be refocused

  27. Bone repair from Covid-19 vaccine technology

    Messenger RNA used in vaccines against Covid-19 has been used to encourage bone healing

  28. Inside Wuhan's coronavirus lab

    The inside story of Wuhan’s coronavirus lab,

  29. Identifying a more infectious HIV variant

    A new form of HIV has been uncovered in the Netherlands.

  30. The roots of Long Covid

    Detecting the early signals for long Covid

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