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Usually Unexpected Elements looks at the science behind the news, but this week Marnie Chesterton and Caroline Steel are looking back at some of the best bits from our first few months.

We\\u2019ve got the best from our team of panellists across the globe, including what\\u2019s going on in your brain when you speak more than one language, the horrific mating ritual of the bedbug and the science behind our panellist Camilla\\u2019s terrible haircut decision.

We look back at some of the brilliant scientists we\\u2019ve spoken to, with subjects as diverse as whale song, how the entire universe was once the size of a marble, why an archaeologist hasn\\u2019t run off with all the gold he\\u2019s found and how the jewel wasp turn a cockroach into a zombie.

We have \\u2018Under the Radar\\u2019 stories about power outages in South Africa, human ancestors from China, bringing Rhinos back to life in Kenya and how to keep everyone safe from Polar Bears in a place where there\\u2019s no phone signal.

We reflect on our attempts to find the Coolest Science in the World, and whether it\\u2019s possible to pit a hurricane machine against an alternative to antibiotics.

And it wouldn\\u2019t be a \\u2018best of\\u2019 show without a digest of all the fruit chat from throughout the year.

All that plus eating glue for science, our best (or worst?) puns and some singing cows.

Presented by Marnie Chesterton & Caroline Steel\\nProduced by Ben Motley, with Tom Bonnett