Unexpected Elements Episodes Available now
Unexpected elections
What do stickleback fish have to do with millions of people’s voting intentions?
G.O.A.T
The greatest baseball player of all time and the greatest science to boot!
Ancient water, modern solutions
With water shortages and melting ice caps making the news we look at unexpected solutions
Fandom: The next generation
K-Pop fans send us on a journey into fandom through Star Trek, football and physics
Unexpected Oscars
As award season reaches its climax, Unexpected Elements holds its own glitzy ceremony.
Leaping in Sync
As the leap year helps keep us in sync, we explore nature’s ways of staying in rhythm
Going the distance
A tribute to marathon runner Kelvin Kiptum and the science behind his record performances
Not so random acts of kindness
Are African spiders behind the ultimate act of kindness in nature?
Deep in thought
News of a microchip implanted in a human brain sends our imagination running wild
How plankton made mountains
The world’s largest cruise ship has set sail – but what stowaways are hiding onboard?
