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Silent science
An album produced by musical legends contains just silence, is there any science to it?
The fast and the curious
The Unexpected Elements team takes a whistlestop tour of all things fast!
What’s that smell?
We sniff out stories about death, lies, cinema and COVID...
Don’t be a fool!
Your one stop shop for scientific pranking this April Fools’ Day!
Oh, Rats!
Can we make the case for remarkable rats, or are they just rubbish?
Navigating northward
The Northern lights have us wondering how to go north (and other unexpected directions).
An eggciting episode
The Christian celebration of Easter got us thinking about egg-related science.
Kenya believe it?
The Unexpected Elements team visits Nairobi, Kenya.
In memoriam
The death of the Pope inspired Unexpected Elements to look at the science of loss
Ant antics
A Kenyan court sentenced four men for ant smuggling, so we’re getting into ant antics!
Enduring it all
We're looking at the science that helps you put one foot in front of the other.
Story time
The news you know, the science you don't
