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In bunkers, basements and boreholes, we explore life going on underground
Does the winner really always take it all?
It's party time and we look to science for advice on clothes, cake and singing
Rampaging horses lead us to horse cloning and what horseriding can teach driverless cars
Conjuring, not spirits, but critical thinking to expose fradulent psychics
From silicon chips behind the Iron Curtain to quantum computing in the cloud.
Beyonce's reappraisal of who can do country music spurs an Unexpected Elements hoedown
What do stickleback fish have to do with millions of people’s voting intentions?
The greatest baseball player of all time and the greatest science to boot!
With water shortages and melting ice caps making the news we look at unexpected solutions
K-Pop fans send us on a journey into fandom through Star Trek, football and physics
As award season reaches its climax, Unexpected Elements holds its own glitzy ceremony.
As the leap year helps keep us in sync, we explore nature’s ways of staying in rhythm
A tribute to marathon runner Kelvin Kiptum and the science behind his record performances
Are African spiders behind the ultimate act of kindness in nature?
News of a microchip implanted in a human brain sends our imagination running wild
The world’s largest cruise ship has set sail – but what stowaways are hiding onboard?
With China’s population declining, would decreasing populations be better for the planet?
Under the stress and strains of leadership, how might power affect youthfulness?
Could tensions around the Red Sea affect research into heat-resistant super corals?
Can you visualize time? We don’t all see it the same way
Marnie Chesterton and Caroline Steel look back at some of the best bits of the show.
The solstice takes us on a journey through darkness and light.
On the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration Of Human Rights, we look at empathy
How might our future lie underground?
From worm blobs to mangoes - there’s more to meetings than you thought.
The science of spitting on cricket balls, particle accelerators and insect sounds
Nov 19 is UN World Toilet Day. Can the world sanitation crisis be tackled?
If you work twice as long, do you get twice as much done?
Is fear good for you? In the week where many celebrated Halloween, we look at the science
