Unexpected Elements
BBC World Service
Categories: Science & Medicine
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The sight of horses running wild in a city leads panellist Tristan Ahtone in Helsinki to rethink how we rate horses' welfare, Chhavi Sachdev in Mumbai tells the story of the country that is cloning the Lionel Messi of horses for sport and presenter Marnie Chesterton finds out why roboticist Eakta Jain is studying horses to engineer better relationships between humans and autonomous vehicles. All that, plus the slippery record for the world's biggest snake, how the alphabet came to be and asteroid forcing scientists to reiterate 'it will not hit Earth'.
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432 - Unexpected Oscars Thu, 07 Mar 2024
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431 - Leaping in Sync Thu, 29 Feb 2024
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430 - Going the distance Thu, 22 Feb 2024
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429 - Not so random acts of kindness Thu, 15 Feb 2024
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428 - Deep in thought Thu, 08 Feb 2024
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427 - How plankton made mountains Thu, 01 Feb 2024
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426 - Populations of people, frogs and microbes Thu, 25 Jan 2024
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425 - Rulers and the rules of ageing Thu, 18 Jan 2024
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424 - Super corals and science diplomacy Thu, 11 Jan 2024
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423 - Timing is everything Thu, 04 Jan 2024
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422 - The Best of Unexpected Elements Thu, 28 Dec 2023
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421 - A very dark day Thu, 21 Dec 2023
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420 - An exploration of empathy Thu, 14 Dec 2023
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419 - Boring science Thu, 07 Dec 2023
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418 - Meetings with intelligent worms Thu, 30 Nov 2023
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417 - All about cricket(s) Thu, 23 Nov 2023
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416 - Why we need to talk toilets Thu, 16 Nov 2023
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415 - Working 70 hours a week Thu, 09 Nov 2023
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414 - Scary science Thu, 02 Nov 2023
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413 - Fashion to dye for Thu, 26 Oct 2023
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412 - Putting Madonna to the test Thu, 19 Oct 2023
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411 - How bedbugs took over the world Thu, 12 Oct 2023
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410 - Complete shutdown Thu, 05 Oct 2023
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409 - How inflation affects the entire cosmos Thu, 28 Sep 2023
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408 - Can technology read our mind? Thu, 21 Sep 2023
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407 - Forgetful fish, telescopic worms and bad air days Thu, 14 Sep 2023
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406 - Zombies, cows and coups Thu, 07 Sep 2023
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405 - Protecting the Moon Thu, 31 Aug 2023
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404 - The man who couldn’t lie Thu, 24 Aug 2023
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403 - Corrupted thinking and cancerous co-option Thu, 17 Aug 2023
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402 - Some of our universe is missing Thu, 10 Aug 2023
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401 - The World Cup and hallucinogenic bananas Thu, 03 Aug 2023
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400 - Password1234#Invisibility&Moonshot Thu, 27 Jul 2023
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399 - Barbie in Space Thu, 20 Jul 2023
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398 - Nato and the left-handed universe Thu, 13 Jul 2023
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397 - Unexpected elements on the sea bed Thu, 06 Jul 2023
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396 - Predictions from the sky and murderous fish Thu, 29 Jun 2023
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395 - Hayfever, paleobotany and snot palaces Thu, 22 Jun 2023
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394 - Wildfires and wild animals Thu, 15 Jun 2023
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393 - Collapsing pensions and civilisations Thu, 08 Jun 2023
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392 - Migrate ideas Thu, 01 Jun 2023
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391 - Signals, seaweed and space Thu, 25 May 2023
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