The only one

Olympians representing their countries alone got us thinking about being the only one

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A sticky situation

Two astronauts are stuck on the ISS, which got us thinking about other sticky issues.

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The world's worst tourist

Following anti-tourism protests in Spain, we're looking at the world's peskiest visitors

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Thrillseekers

The high stakes of the Paralympics has us chasing a thrill!

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Ngā Wai Hono i te Pō: The new Māori Kuini

The crowing of the new Māori Kuini (Queen) is cause for a scientific celebration

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Shiny: Why we are dazzled by new sparkly things

Like magpies, we're obsessed with everything shiny. What is behind this attraction?

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All things Oregon!

Join Marnie Chesterton and science journalists Chhavi Sachdev and Jes Burns, on their Ore

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Science to make you smile

What better way to celebrate World Smile Day other than with scientific excellence

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The world's longest treasure hunt

We dig for scientific gold in the form of seeds, aliens and cats

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TV made me do it

Macron’s comments on Emily in Paris has us unpicking the power of television.

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Mystery blobs

Blobs are appearing on beaches, so the team look at the science of gooey things.

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The Swing of Things

So-called swing states inspire us to look into swing science.

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Supermassive numbers

As Russia fines Google an unpayable sum of money, we look at some extremely large numbers

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Are you not entertained?

Gladiator II is hitting the cinemas, so the Unexpected Elements team enters the arena.

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Super Science

Geopolitical superpowers have Team Unexpected on the hunt for scientific superheroes.

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Doing a deal

It's Black Friday! And Unexpected Elements are on a hunt for the best deals

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Going home

A potential homecoming for Chagossians got us investigating the science of home.

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Totally bananas

The Unexpected Elements team have gone bananas… for bananas!

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The science of Santa

The Unexpected Elements team are unwrapping the science of Santa!

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Festive trash talk

December is a month of waste, rubbish and trash talk

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(Re)New Year

New year is giving Team Unexpected renewed chances to learn about regenerative science

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Scientist spotlight

Humans outrunning horses, mountains made from plankton and much, much more.

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Circles, circumferences and Covid

From ancient Earth measurements to viral cycles and the science of friendly limits

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Keep it clean

A whole bathtub of science, from brains cleaning themselves to how space keeps sparkling

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Snake science

The Unexpected Elements team are talking all things snakes!

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All by myself

The Unexpected Elements team are discussing isolation.

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Let’s talk about love

Dig into the science of love from monogamous rodents to AI chatbots and compatibility

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Standing on the shoulders of giants

The Unexpected Elements team are going supersized.

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Topsy turvy

An upturned caravan has everyone baffled in Western France, time for a scientific shakeup

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Silent science

An album produced by musical legends contains just silence, is there any science to it?

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