Unexpected Elements Podcast
The news you know, the science you don鈥檛. Unexpected Elements looks beyond everyday narratives to discover a goldmine of scientific stories and connections from around the globe. From Afronauts, to why we argue, to a deep dive on animal lifespans: see the world in a new way.
Episodes to download
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The medical complexity of Covid -19
Sat 6 Jun 2020
Understanding viral damage to the brain and heart
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Brazil鈥檚 Covid chaos
Sat 30 May 2020
Numbers of cases and deaths may be much higher than official figures show
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Loosening lockdown
Sat 16 May 2020
Understanding which situations pose the highest risk for virus transmission is key.
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Covid -19 new hope from blood tests
Sat 9 May 2020
Research from New York shows how our own immune response is responding to Covid 19
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The impossibility of social distancing and even handwashing in crowded refugee camps
Sat 11 Apr 2020
The impossibility of social distancing and even handwashing in crowded refugee camps
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Covid 19 鈥� The fightback in Africa begins
Sat 4 Apr 2020
As cases spread in Nigeria, can lessons from Ebola counter covid 19 ?
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The science of social distancing
Sat 28 Mar 2020
Research shows most important measure in limiting spread of Covid 19 is social distancing
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Covid -19, are you carrying the virus?
Sat 21 Mar 2020
Research from Italy and China, shows many people have the coronavirus but no symptoms
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Covid -19 how infectious is it really?
Sat 14 Mar 2020
As numbers continue to rise we look at pattern of transmission & prospects for treatments
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Australia鈥檚 fires - fuelled by climate change
Sat 7 Mar 2020
A study shows fires were at least 30% worse due to mankind鈥檚 influence on the climate.
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Tracking coronavirus spread
Sat 29 Feb 2020
More new cases of Covid-19 are now outside China than inside - how can we map the virus?
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Monitoring Covid-19, harvests and space junk
Sat 22 Feb 2020
Monitoring spread of Covid-19, harvests in Africa from space, and space junk
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CoVid-19: Mapping the outbreak
Sat 15 Feb 2020
A new public tool allows anyone to see where the virus is spreading.
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Coronavirus, prospects for treatment?
Sat 8 Feb 2020
Could untried drugs developed for Ebola stop the virus?
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Wuhan Coronavirus
Sat 25 Jan 2020
What science can tell us about the emergence of a new virus in China
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Mount Taal volcano
Sat 18 Jan 2020
Why Mount Taal volcano near Manila produces so much ash and lightning
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Australia鈥檚 extreme fire season
Sat 11 Jan 2020
2019 was Australia鈥檚 hottest year on record, a major factor behind continued bushfires
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Understanding the Anak Krakatau eruption
Sat 21 Dec 2019
How a relative small volcanic eruption caused a tsunami
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New Malaria target
Sat 30 Nov 2019
Molecular research opens the way to prevent antimalarial resistance
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Politics and Amazonia鈥檚 fires
Sat 23 Nov 2019
Scientists refute government claims that this year鈥檚 Amazon fires have been normal
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Australia burning
Sat 16 Nov 2019
To what extent is 鈥楤ush fire weather鈥� influenced by climate change?
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Climate in crisis
Sat 9 Nov 2019
Inaction on climate change while the impact of air pollution is likened to smoking
