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Unexpected Elements Episodes

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    Methane - a climate solution?

    Can reductions in this potent greenhouse gas help keep global temperature rises down?

  2. Record-shattering weather

    Why we should expect more sudden extreme temperatures

  3. The earliest traces of animal life on earth

    Do rocks found in Canada show animal life 350 million years older than any found before?

  4. Your molecular machinery, now in 3D

    DeepMind publishes 350,000 of the structures which make all living things tick.

  5. Science when the funding dries up

    Science news and highlights of the week

  6. Human induced climate change heats up fast

    The record-breaking recent Pacific North-West heatwave is attributable to humans.

  7. Insects in incredible detail

    Insects; climate change & the law; missions to Venus; masks with Covid detecting sensors

  8. Tales of unexpected DNA data

    A virologist uncovers more dots to join in the hunt for Covid鈥檚 origins.

  9. Doubling Earth鈥檚 Energy Imbalance

    NASA scientists find a doubling of our planet鈥檚 net solar energy absorption in 15 years.

  10. Evolving viral variant trickery

    Virus variants are tricking our cells. Also, landslides, and the strange world of Z-DNA.

  11. Zoonotic hotspots and where to find them

    Researchers map where the riskiest areas are for viruses to jump from bats into humans.

  12. Nyiragongo Eruption

    Understanding 鈥� The world鈥檚 most dangerous volcano鈥�

  13. Robot revolution

    The robot arm that comes with feelings

  14. Covid and clean air

    How improving indoor air quality can prevent illness from many viruses

  15. Africa鈥檚 oldest burial

    A fossilised child reveals an ancient caring society

  16. Melting glaciers, warming coffee and a Dragonfly on Titan

    Melting ice from glaciers over the last 20 years accounts for a fifth of sea level rise.

  17. Exponential increase in Indian covid cases

    What鈥檚 behind the soaring numbers?

  18. Rolling out the vaccines faster

    Can more money speed up rollout?

  19. On the trail of rare blood clots

    Scientists in the EU and the UK are looking out for rare blood clots in vaccinated people

  20. Post-Covid outcomes after release from hospital

    A third of people hospitalised for covid are readmitted sometime after discharge.

  21. Science on the side of a new volcano

    Science on the side of a new volcano. Also hints of a fundamental new physics.

  22. International science at sea

    International research collaborations feel the pinch from UK overseas development cuts

  23. A shooting star parked on your driveway

    A rare type of meteorite lands next to a rural UK house, and is now in professional hands

  24. Uncovering history with Little Foot's skull

    Scanning Little Foot鈥檚 skull at the Diamond Light Source.

  25. Waste not, want not

    Novel recycling to make new products

  26. Weird weather

    Why is there snow in Texas?

  27. Perseverance approaches Mars

    How Perseverance will land on Mars

  28. Mixing Covid vaccines

    Can Covid vaccines be mixed?

  29. New Covid vaccine

    Next-generation of RNA vaccine

  30. Saving the Northern White Rhino

    Bringing back the Northern White Rhino from extinction

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