Deep in thought

News of a microchip implanted in a human brain sends our imagination running wild

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Not so random acts of kindness

Are African spiders behind the ultimate act of kindness in nature?

• 50 mins

Going the distance

A tribute to marathon runner Kelvin Kiptum and the science behind his record performances

• 50 mins

Leaping in Sync

As the leap year helps keep us in sync, we explore nature’s ways of staying in rhythm

• 50 mins

Unexpected Oscars

As award season reaches its climax, Unexpected Elements holds its own glitzy ceremony.

• 50 mins

Fandom: The next generation

K-Pop fans send us on a journey into fandom through Star Trek, football and physics

• 50 mins

Ancient water, modern solutions

With water shortages and melting ice caps making the news we look at unexpected solutions

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G.O.A.T

The greatest baseball player of all time and the greatest science to boot!

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Unexpected elections

What do stickleback fish have to do with millions of people’s voting intentions?

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Beyoncé, banjos and dancing chemistry

Beyonce's reappraisal of who can do country music spurs an Unexpected Elements hoedown

• 49 mins

Computer memories and quantum futures

From silicon chips behind the Iron Curtain to quantum computing in the cloud.

• 49 mins

A Scientific Scéance

Conjuring, not spirits, but critical thinking to expose fradulent psychics

• 50 mins