Podcast Episodes

Password1234#Invisibility&Moonshot

As Netflix cracks down on password sharing around the world - something it once encouraged - we wondered why people like to share passwords to other …

2 years, 8 months ago

Barbie in Space

Unexpected Elements looks for the science behind the news, and this week the news is glittery and pink with the release of the Barbie movie.

The movie…

2 years, 8 months ago

Nato and the left-handed universe

As Nato meets, we look at what science says about consensus decision-making, whether the universe is left-handed, and what chemistry can tell us abou…

2 years, 8 months ago

Unexpected elements on the sea bed

This week time is up for the UN to come up with rules about how to mine the ocean bed. We hear about the mysterious potato shaped objects on the sea …

2 years, 8 months ago

Predictions from the sky and murderous fish

Muslims around the world are celebrating Eid, but how to pick a date for your festivities?

The Islamic calendar says look to the moon, but haven’t we…

2 years, 8 months ago

Hayfever, paleobotany and snot palaces

A look at some unexpected elements of congestion: Why does pollen make so many of us wheezy, and sneezy? What can it tell us about the distant past? …

2 years, 9 months ago

Wildfires and wild animals

The show that brings you the science behind the news, with Marnie Chesterton and an inter-continental team.

This week we take the headlines of the wil…

2 years, 9 months ago

Collapsing pensions and civilisations

As French citizens protest against the raising of the state pension age, we look at the figures – are we really living longer? And if so, why? We tak…

2 years, 9 months ago

Migrate ideas

Human migration is in the headlines again – India and Australia have announced a new migration deal, in the US a Covid-inspired policy that allowed m…

2 years, 9 months ago

Signals, seaweed and space

On the anniversary of the first telegraph being sent, the team discover how the telegraph was used as a colonial tool in Ghana, and how an eccentric …

2 years, 10 months ago