Unexpected Elements Episodes Available now
Migrate ideas
The science behind migration, a wall of wind and the real life human labour supporting AI
Signals, seaweed and space
The anniversary of the telegraph sparks an unexpected conversation about bioelectricity.
Co-operation and cohesion
Social cohesion, cellular cohesion and glue. Science stories inspired by election news
Coronation exploration
Why are rituals so important to humans - and why do they often involve precious objects?
Animals at the Wuhan Market
What does animal DNA from the Wuhan Market reveal about the start of the pandemic?
Return of Cyclone Freddy
Record-breaking Cyclone Freddy devastates Mozambique for the second time in one month.
Human genome editing: Promise and Peril
What are the benefits and limitations of gene editing?
Drought worsens in East Africa
Why the long rains in East Africa are forecast to fail again.
Cyclone Freddy batters Madagascar
Cyclone Freddy batters Madagascar and threatens Mozambique and South Africa.
CRISPR & bioethics
He Jiankui refuses to talk about his controversial genome editing of twin babies in 2018.
