Co-operation and cohesion
Unexpected Elements
BBC
4.4 • 567 Ratings
🗓️ 18 May 2023
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
After the elections in Thailand and Turkey, we explore the forces that shape how you decide to vote. Clue: a lot of it comes down to us being social animals. We getting stuck into various sticky subjects – the glue that holds together animal societies, the cells in our bodies and even the International Space Station.
We also looking at how the blueprint of the human genome just got a whole load better. Also, join our mission to find the coolest science in the world, with the scientist who explores ocean gases. We have your correspondence and questions, including "How do birds know which perch will work?", and we take a peek inside a world of silicon as we hear how South Korea reacted to the global chip shortage.
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| 0:00.0 | In 2019, we began investigating the disappearance of Dr. Ruzha Ignatva. |
| 0:08.0 | I believe we are a very special network. |
| 0:10.0 | A scammer who stole billions from investors around the world. |
| 0:15.0 | She's on the FBI's 10 Most Wanted list. |
| 0:18.0 | And now, we have some unmissable updates. |
| 0:21.7 | She has money and when you have money, you have power. |
| 0:24.6 | Join me, Jamie Bartlett, as the hunt for the missing crypto queen continues. |
| 0:29.5 | Listen first on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:32.9 | BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts. |
| 0:40.6 | This week, there's an excited buzz about Cardiff, the city where we record this show. |
| 0:46.7 | You see, the Queen Bee is in town and the Bee stands for Beyonce. |
| 0:51.9 | 60,000 fans have travelled not just from across the UK, but from as far away as |
| 0:57.9 | Australia to be part of this live experience. Now arguably, you'll hear the songs more clearly and you'll |
| 1:04.6 | see Beyonce in more detail if you stay at home and watch her music videos. But there's something |
| 1:10.0 | magical that happens when you're part of a group of fans. |
| 1:13.5 | There's this shared hive mind that allows you to lose yourself in the moment. |
| 1:18.4 | And of course, the hive must have its queen. |
| 1:21.6 | Fitting then that one of Beyonce's costumes is a killer yellow and black bee outfit. |
| 1:27.7 | I'm Marnie Chasterton from the BBC World Service. |
| 1:30.7 | This is Unexpected Elements. |
| 1:48.3 | And I'm joined by our show's own hive mind who are going to help me sort through the news |
| 1:50.3 | for the science that explains it. |
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