Fun Kids Science Weekly

It's time for another trip around the solar system on the BIGGER and BETTER Science Weekly! 

This episode of the Fun Kids Science Weekly we continue our bigger and better podcast where we answer YOUR questions, have scientists battle it out for which science is the best & learn all about an incredible birth at Edinburgh Zoo.

Dan starts with the latest science news where we learn about the UK's oldest satellite, Skynet-1A, which has unexplainably moved to the other side of the world and Jonny Appleyard from Edinburgh Zoo joins Dan to discuss the incredible birth of a rare baby hippo. 

Then we delve into your questions where Dan explains how we see and Lucy Hawkes from the University of Exeter answers Romi's question on do fish drink water. 

Dangerous Dan continues and we learn all about the Dynamite Tree.

The Battle of the Sciences continues where Dan chats to Magda Osman from the University of Leeds on why decision sciences is the best kind of science. 

What do we learn about?

• An incredibly rare birth at Edinburgh Zoo. 
• Why the UK's oldest satellite suddenly decide to change course. 
• Why 2024 will be the warmest year on record. 
• Do fish drink water?
• Is decision science the best type of science?

All on this week's episode of Science Weekly!

It's time for another trip around the solar system on the BIGGER and BETTER Science Weekly! 

This episode of the Fun Kids Science Weekly we continue our bigger and better podcast where we answer YOUR questions, have scientists battle it out for which science is the best & learn all about why the floods that have caused chaos across Spain.

Dan starts with the latest science news where we learn about the latest Chinese space mission, the first wood-panelled satellite to be launched into space and the Royal Meteorological Society's Kirsty McCabe tells us all about the floods that have devastated Spain and what originally caused them?

Then we delve into your questions where Dan explains why we have allergies and Mark O'Shea from the University of Wolverhampton answers Addy's question on why rattlesnakes rattle?

Dangerous Dan continues and we learn all about the Ironclad Beetle.

The Battle of the Sciences continues where Dan chats to Sandro Tacchella from University of Cambridge to learn about why Astrophysics and the formation of galaxies is the best kind of science?

What do we learn about?

• The latest Chinese space mission
• The world's first wood-panelled satellite 
• What caused the devastating floods in Spain?
• Why do rattlesnakes rattle?
• Is Astrophysics the best type of science?

All on this week's episode of Science Weekly!

It's time for another trip around the solar system on the BIGGER and BETTER Science Weekly! 

This episode of the Fun Kids Science Weekly we continue our bigger and better podcast where we answer YOUR questions, have scientists battle it out for which science is the best & learn all about tadpoles who are refusing to turn into frogs

Dan starts with the latest science news why more than a third of trees in the wild are facing extinction, how a Mayan city in Mexico has been discovered centuries later and the Cumbria River Trust's Jodie Mills tells us all about how bad weather is causing tadpoles to refuse to turn into frogs.

Then we delve into your questions where Rory explains why we get pins and needles and Mark Hodson from the University of York answers Romi's question on how worms eat without a mouth?

Dangerous Dan continues and we learn all about the Death Adder snake over in Australia

The Battle of the Sciences continues where Dan chats to Alex Dittrich from Nottingham Trent University to learn about why Aquatic Zoology is the best kind of science?

What do we learn about?

• Why trees in the wild are going extinct?
• How a Mayan city in Mexico has been discovered centuries later?
• Why Cumbrian tadpoles are refusing to turn into frogs?
• How do worms eat?
• Is Aquatic Biology the best type of science?

All on this week's episode of Science Weekly!

It's time for another trip around the solar system on the BIGGER and BETTER Science Weekly! 

This episode of the Fun Kids Science Weekly we continue our bigger and better podcast where we answer YOUR questions, have scientists battle it out for which science is the best & learn all about the spacecraft off to Jupiter's moons to search for alien life.

Dan starts with the latest science news where we learn all the S2 meteorite that was first discovered in 2014 is said to have hit the earth billions of years ago, why climate change is making polar bears poorly and The Open University's Mark Fox-Powell tells us all about the Europa Clipper's journey to Jupiter in search of extra-terrestrial life

Then we delve into your questions where Dan explains how touch screens work & Julian Hibberd from the University of Cambridge answers Winnie's question on how water and sunlight help seeds grow?

Dangerous Dan continues and we learn all about the headbutting dinosaur better known as the Pachycephalosaurus

The Battle of the Sciences continues where Dan chats to John Stewart from Bournemouth University to learn about why Evolutionary Palaeoecology is the best kind of science?

What do we learn about?

• The S2 meteorite that hit the earth billions of years ago
• Why increasing temperatures are making polar bears ill
• The Europa Clipper sent to Jupiter to look for alien life
• How water and sunlight help seeds grow?
• Is Evolutionary Palaeoecology the best type of science?

All on this week's episode of Science Weekly!

It's time for another trip around the solar system on the BIGGER and BETTER Science Weekly! 

This episode of the Fun Kids Science Weekly we continue our bigger and better podcast where we answer YOUR questions, have scientists battle it out for which science is the best & learn all about a museum with AI chatting animals.

Dan starts with the latest science news where we learn all a spacecraft on its way to Jupiter on a search for alien life, a world first for SpaceX's Starship rocket and University of Cambridge's Jack Ashby from their Museum of Zoology tells us all about their new experience allowing visitors to chat to animals using AI technology.

Then we delve into your questions where Dan explains what our teeth are made of & Kimberley Whitehead from the Kings College London answers Raffy's question on why we hiccup and how to stop them.

Dangerous Dan continues and we learn all about the Bootlace Worm.

The Battle of the Sciences continues where Dan chats to Johanna Paijmans from University of Cambridge to learn about why Zoology & Paleogenomics is the best kind of science?

What do we learn about?

• The search for alien life on Jupiter
• A world first for SpaceX's Starship rocket
• A museum allowing humans to talk to animals through AI
• Why do we hiccup and how we do stop them?
• Is Zoology the best type of science?

All on this week's episode of Science Weekly!