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Exploring the coolest and most incredible stuff in science, from way back when dinosaurs roamed the Earth to a future where humans live in space! Fun Kids Science Quest is hosted by Dan and is the perfect science podcast for kids and families everywhere. Each week, you'll find episodes from series like Deep Space High, Age of the Dinosaurs and Professor Hallux. There's also a special guest, top experts answering all your science questions and Dangerous Dan - something scientific that's also a little bit deadly!
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- 2 days ago10 min
Can We Send Space Storms To Different Galaxies?🌌
This Week’s Big Questions! You’ve been sending in your brilliantly curious questions, and this week… 🌌 Can we send space storms to different galaxies? 🚗 Why do car windows fog up? 🧬 What is skin made of? 🐶 Why do dogs and cats hate each other? 🔬 Why do microscopes and telescopes work differently?Join Fun Kids Podcasts+: https://funkidslive.com/plusSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- 6 days ago29 min
The 150-Foot Moon Hole: Inside NASA's Discovery on the Lunar Surface 🌕🕳️
Welcome to Science Quest! 🚀 This week, we are peering down into a mysterious 150-foot crater hole on the Moon, meeting the first dinosaur known to feast purely on prehistoric fruit, and learning how high-tech glasses protect our sight! 🌕 The 150-Foot Lunar Pit: Deep space mystery! NASA scientists are investigating one of the weirdest features ever spotted on the lunar surface—a massive, 150-foot-deep pit. Discover how collapsed volcanic lava tubes might offer future astronauts the ultimate underground shelter from radiation and freezing space weather! 🍓 The Fruit-Eating Dinosaur: Move over meat and leaves! Paleontologists may have uncovered the first-ever dinosaur species that survived solely on a diet of ancient fruit. Learn what tooth shapes, fossilized jaw structures, and stomach contents reveal about prehistoric menus. 📉 Wildlife in Decline: Hanna Wauchope joins Dan to break down recent environmental reports on dropping wildlife populations around the globe, exploring what habitats are in danger and how young conservationists can help protect biodiversity. 📱 Invisible Electric Touch: Kitty asks a brilliant tech question: how does a smartphone screen know the exact millisecond your finger taps it? We reveal the invisible electrostatic field running across the glass that your fingertips interrupt every time you swipe! 🧠 Mind's Eye in the Dark: Matt J. Dunn from Cardiff University tackles Liam's deep question: do blind people see an image when they imagine something in their mind? Discover how our brains translate touch, sound, temperature, and spatial memory into thoughts without relying on eyesight. 🐾 Dangerous Dan: Meet the African Civet! Looking like a wild mashup of a raccoon, a cat, and a hyena, this nighttime predator carries a bristling spine crest, powerful bone-crushing jaws, and a terrifying defensive weapon: glands that blast a nauseating, foul-smelling musk strong enough to drive off hungry predators! 🪨 Brain Box: Geologist Dr. Freya George from Bristol University steps into the Brain Box to crack open the mysteries hidden inside ancient rocks, metamorphic formations, and the fiery tectonic forces that build mountains! Join Fun Kids Podcasts+: https://funkidslive.com/plusSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- 1 weeks ago11 min
Why Is Space Cold? 🥶
This Week’s Big Questions! You’ve been sending in your brilliantly curious questions, and this week… 🐱 Why Can Animal Saliva Trigger Allergies? 🌍 Why Don’t We Get Dizzy When Earth Spins? 🐌 Why Does Salt Kill Slugs? 🥶 Why Is Space Cold? 🏀 Why Don’t Balls Bounce on Water? Join Fun Kids Podcasts+: https://funkidslive.com/plusSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- 1 weeks ago25 min
22 Tentacles on Its Face: Secrets of the Star-Nosed Mole 🕳️👾
Welcome to Science Quest! 🚀 This week, we are looking into big UK energy updates, watching Halley's comet debris light up the night sky, and blasting off to the moons of Mars on an epic robotic mission! ⛽ The Jackdaw Approval: Energy in the news! The UK Government has given the green light for drilling in the Jackdaw Gas field. Discover how engineers extract natural gas from deep beneath the North Sea seabed and how it powers homes across the country. ☄️ Night Sky Fireworks: The Orionid meteor shower lit up the night sky across the globe! Learn how tiny specks of dust left behind by the famous Halley's Comet slam into Earth's atmosphere at mind-boggling speeds to create glowing shooting stars. 🔴 Mission to the Martian Moons: Daniel Brown from NTU joins Dan to break down Japan’s ambitious MMX mission to Mars. Find out how this robotic spacecraft plans to land on Phobos, scoop up alien space dirt, and fly it all the way back to Earth! ⚛️ Heavy Metal Chemistry: One listener asks an awesome science question: what is the absolute heaviest metal on the periodic table? We look at Osmium and super-heavy lab-made elements like Oganesson! 🍃 Tree-Devouring Pests: Ecologist Helen Roy answers Ari’s question: why do spotted lanternflies eat trees? Discover how these invasive sap-suckers use straw-like mouthparts to drink plant sugars and why scientists are trying to stop them. 🕳️ Dangerous Dan: Meet the Star-Nosed Mole! Living underground in pitch-black tunnels, this bizarre creature sports 22 fleshy, pink tentacles surrounding its snout, allowing it to detect and gobble up prey in less than a quarter of a second! 🧠 Brain Box: World-renowned paleontologist Paul Barrett from the Natural History Museum steps into the Brain Box to explore fossil discoveries, T. Rex relatives, and how prehistoric monsters ruled the planet. Join Fun Kids Podcasts+: https://funkidslive.com/plusSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- 2 weeks ago11 min
What If the Sun Disappeared?
This Week’s Big Questions! You’ve been sending in your brilliantly curious questions, and this week… 👃 Why Does Pinching Your Nose Change Your Voice?🐸 Why Do Frogs Croak?🌍 What Happens If You Dig to Earth’s Center?🌧️ How Do Clouds Make Rain?🫁 Why Do We Need Oxygen?☀️ What If the Sun Disappeared?Join Fun Kids Podcasts+: https://funkidslive.com/plusSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- 2 weeks ago27 min
194 Years Old: The DNA Powers of Jonathan the Giant Tortoise 🐢🧬
Welcome to Science Quest! 🚀 This week, we are honoring a hero working dog in Scotland, diving down to the world’s oldest shipwreck, and unlocking the secret to living nearly two centuries with a 194-year-old giant tortoise! 🐕 Scotland’s Hero Hound: Award time! A working dog in Scotland has officially been named Animal of the Year. Discover how working dogs use their incredible senses to rescue stranded people, track rare wildlife, and protect rural communities. ⚓ The World’s Oldest Shipwreck: Deep sea discovery! Marine archaeologists off the coast of Turkey have uncovered the world’s oldest known shipwreck, buried under the seafloor for thousands of years. Learn how high-tech submersibles scan ancient artifacts preserved deep underwater. 🐢 The 194-Year-Old Tortoise: Dr. Stephen Clark joins Dan to share staggering news about Jonathan, a giant tortoise living on the island of St. Helena who has reached 194 years old! Discover what cheek-swab DNA tests reveal about his cell-repair superpowers and how his genes might help humans live longer. 🍎 Digestive System Journey: Etta asks a classic body question: what actually happens to food after you take a bite? We track a meal's journey through chewing enzymes, stomach acid cauldrons, and intestinal energy absorbers! 🪨 Where Do Rocks Come From? David Dobson from UCL answers Rocco’s geological question: why does planet Earth have rocks everywhere? Discover how molten magma, cooling crusts, and crushed sediments formed Earth's solid surface billions of years ago. 🐟 Dangerous Dan: Meet Dunkleosteus! Step back into prehistoric oceans to meet an armored, bus-sized fish that didn't even have teeth—instead, it used razor-sharp, self-sharpening bone plates that snapped shut with the force of a modern T. Rex bite! 🧠 Brain Box: Evolutionary biologist Ben Garrod steps into the Brain Box to explore how bones, skeletons, and physical adaptations have transformed animals over millions of years of evolution. Subscribe to Science Quest to explore ancient shipwrecks, meet 194-year-old tortoises, and dodge armored prehistoric sea monsters! 🎙️✨Join Fun Kids Podcasts+: https://funkidslive.com/plusSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- 3 weeks ago11 min
Where Does a Galaxy End and Another Begin? 🌌🌠
This Week’s Big Questions! You’ve been sending in your brilliantly curious questions, and this week… 💪 How and why do cramps happen?🌳📄 How do trees make paper?🌌 Where Does a Galaxy End and Another Begin?🦇🩸 Why do vampire bats drink blood?🌧️🧪 Why does acid rain happen?Join Fun Kids Podcasts+: https://funkidslive.com/plusSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- 3 weeks ago24 min
The Gravity Trap: Why No Planet Can Ever Be Square ⏹️🪐
Welcome to Science Quest! 🚀 This week, we are celebrating a massive champion crowned in Fat Bear Week, investigating a mystery in Antarctica, and unlocking the secrets of solving crimes with science! 🐻 Fat Bear Week Champion: The votes are in and the chubbiest champion of Alaska's Katmai National Park has officially been crowned! Discover how wild brown bears gobble down thousands of calories a day to bulk up for winter hibernation. 🐧 The Disappearing Colony: Shocking polar news from Antarctica! Scientists have discovered that two-thirds of the Chinstrap penguin population has vanished from a remote island. Learn how shifts in ocean ice and krill populations are affecting penguin colonies in the deep south. 🍂 Autumn Wildlife Hunt: James Benwell from the Wildlife Trust joins Dan to share what amazing creatures, fungi, and natural changes you should keep an eye out for on your autumn walks! 🦎 Chameleon Color Magic: Megan asks a brilliant biology question: how and why do chameleons change their skin colors? We look at microscopic nanocrystals in their skin that shift light angles to send signals and blend into trees! 🪐 Why Planets Are Spheres: Ken Rice from the Royal Observatory answers Romi's cosmic question: why are all planets shaped like round balls instead of cubes or pyramids? Discover how massive gravitational pulls squeeze planets equally from every direction! 🦤 Dangerous Dan: Meet the Hoatzin! Known as the "Stinkbird" of the Amazon, this strange creature carries a funky odor, ferments leaves in its gut like a cow, and its chicks hatch with clawed thumbs on their wings to climb trees! 🧠 Brain Box: Professor of Forensic Science Niamh Nic Daeid steps into the Brain Box to reveal how real-life scientists use physics, chemistry, and biology to solve mysterious crimes! Forensic Pathology: Solving Crime Secrets! 🔬🕵️ Get your detective gear ready! We step into the world of forensic pathology to see how specialized scientists examine evidence and uncover vital clues to solve mysteries! Subscribe to Science Quest to track giant fat bears, solve cosmic mysteries, and explore crime-solving science! 🎙️✨Join Fun Kids Podcasts+: https://funkidslive.com/plusSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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