Unexpected Elements
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Unexpected Elements
Episodis Recents
13 episodis
A bumper edition
Japanese pedestrians have been forcefully colliding with each other in a spate of butsukari otoko – or ‘bumping man’ – incidents and the Unexpected El...
In the name of science
After the end of a near 17-year legal battle between popstar Katy Perry and fashion designer Katie Perry, the Unexpected Elements team has been inspir...
The colour of science
The Hindu festival of Holi has the Unexpected Elements team delving into the science of colour. First up, forget chicken and egg, we bring you a whole...
A sweet treat
A dip in global cocoa prices got the Unexpected Elements team wondering about chocolate science.
First, we look at how the microbial communitie...
Seeing double
Identical twins on trial for murder in France have left forensic experts unable to answer the question of which one pulled the gun’s trigger. With bot...
Science down under
This week the Unexpected Elements team has travelled Down Under to sunny Sydney where we discover some wonderfully Australian science with the help of...
Chicken, with a side order of science
Over the Christmas season, it is estimated that some 3.6 million families in Japan will tuck into KFC over Christmas (other fried chicken is available...
Some bear-y interesting space science
A teddy bear launched into the upper atmosphere as part of a school science project has gone missing! Inspired by this story, the Unexpected Elements...
Some Beautiful Science
The Miss Universe pageant final has us considering the science of beauty. How much of our perception of beauty is genetic, and how much is down to per...
A keg of beer-based science
A 150-year-old bottle of Arctic Ale is being uncapped, which got the team talking about all things related to yeast, beer, and opening things.
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A science heist
The daylight robbery of precious crown jewels from the Louvre museum in Paris has us stealing your attention to inspect heists and crime scenes in sci...
How does biometric data work?
Europe has a new entry/exit system based on biometric data. But what exactly is the science behind biometric data, how can we ensure it’s used respons...
Why are gold prices so high?
Record high gold prices have us looking at the science of inflation, why gold is leaking from volcanoes, and entomologist Katy Prudic explains why shi...