Podcast Episodes

Complete shutdown

How would it feel wake up years later? After the US narrowly avoided a government shutdown, we look at how complicated systems - such as living thing…

2 years, 5 months ago

How inflation affects the entire cosmos

This week on the show that brings you the science behind the news, there are lots of stories about inflation in economies across the world. When infl…

2 years, 6 months ago

Can technology read our mind?

How does our brain process language? We speak to an expert who is using technology to turn narrative thoughts into text. Also on the show, what is ha…

2 years, 6 months ago

Forgetful fish, telescopic worms and bad air days

In a week where global heat records have melted, we find out how that can make fish life-threateningly stupid. We also dive a little deeper to find t…

2 years, 6 months ago

Zombies, cows and coups

Following recent coups in Niger and Gabon, and with seven African coups in the last three years, some political commentators are suggesting that ther…

2 years, 6 months ago

Protecting the Moon

India's successful moon landing has the Unexpected Elements team engaging in some serious lunacy. We look at where the moon even came from, how it he…

2 years, 6 months ago

The man who couldn’t lie

This week, we start off by digging into conspiracy theories. What’s behind their enduring allure? And have they always been around? Marnie and the pa…

2 years, 7 months ago

Corrupted thinking and cancerous co-option

The conversation this week starts off on corruption. There are allegations of political or corporate malfeasance in the news regularly throughout the…

2 years, 7 months ago

Some of our universe is missing

This week on the show that looks for the science behind the news, Marnie Chesterton investigates mystery after mystery. Where is Yevegeny Prigozhin, …

2 years, 7 months ago

The World Cup and hallucinogenic bananas

The World Cup has us looking at why women get more ACL injuries, how to avoid cracking under pressure, and why some animals play dead.

Also on the pr…

2 years, 7 months ago