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Scary science

Is fear good for you? In the week where many celebrated Halloween, we look at the science

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Working 70 hours a week

If you work twice as long, do you get twice as much done?

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Why we need to talk toilets

Nov 19 is UN World Toilet Day. Can the world sanitation crisis be tackled?

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All about cricket(s)

The science of spitting on cricket balls, particle accelerators and insect sounds

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Meetings with intelligent worms

From worm blobs to mangoes - there鈥檚 more to meetings than you thought.

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Boring science

How might our future lie underground?

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An exploration of empathy

On the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration Of Human Rights, we look at empathy

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A very dark day

The solstice takes us on a journey through darkness and light.

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The Best of Unexpected Elements

Marnie Chesterton and Caroline Steel look back at some of the best bits of the show.

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Timing is everything

Can you visualize time? We don鈥檛 all see it the same way

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Super corals and science diplomacy

Could tensions around the Red Sea affect research into heat-resistant super corals?

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Rulers and the rules of ageing

Under the stress and strains of leadership, how might power affect youthfulness?

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Populations of people, frogs and microbes

With China鈥檚 population declining, would decreasing populations be better for the planet?

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How plankton made mountains

The world鈥檚 largest cruise ship has set sail 鈥� but what stowaways are hiding onboard?

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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?

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Going the distance

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

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Leaping in Sync

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

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Unexpected Oscars

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

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Fandom: The next generation

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

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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鈥檚 voting intentions?

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Beyonc茅, banjos and dancing chemistry

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

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Computer memories and quantum futures

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

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A scientific s茅ance

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

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Horsey driverless cars and competitive cloning

Rampaging horses lead us to horse cloning and what horseriding can teach driverless cars

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Unexpected birthday party

It's party time and we look to science for advice on clothes, cake and singing

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Winning Losers

Does the winner really always take it all?

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A world going on underground

In bunkers, basements and boreholes, we explore life going on underground

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