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Unexpected Elements

Factual: Science & Nature

Factual: Science & Nature: Science & Technology

The news you know, the science you don’t.

The news you know, the science you don’t. Unexpected Elements looks beyond everyday narratives to discover a goldmine of scientific stories and connections from around the globe. From Afronauts, to why we argue, to a deep dive on animal lifespans: see the world in a new way.

Unexpected Elements: Fandom: The next generation

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14/03/2024 GMT

Fandom: The next generation

BBC World Service - Unexpected Elements, Fandom: The next generation

K-Pop fans send us on a journey into fandom through Star Trek, football and physics

K-Pop fans send us on a journey into the science of fandom to explore Star Trek’s utopia and how our allegiances affect behaviour. Plus, presenter Marnie gets to meet a hero.

Passionate K-Pop fans send us on a journey into the science of fandom. Panellists Andrada Fiskutean in Bucharest, Romania and Tristan Ahtone in Helsinki, Finland bring us stories of Star Trek’s sci-fi utopias, why allegiances affect our behaviour and how a cunning sea creature chooses which side of itself to reveal. 

Presenter Marnie Chesterton meets one of her heroes - American theoretical cosmologist and particle physicist Dr Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, who helps Marnie understand the universe with lyrical beauty.

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