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18 Jul

Supervolcanoes or Space Rocks? The Most Dangerous Thing on Earth Revealed! ☄️💥

Welcome to Science Quest! 🚀 This week, we are heading into the deep jungle to meet a newly discovered species of monkey, counting up the millions spent on the world's most expensive dinosaur fossil, and tracking the race to launch giant rockets right from the coast of the UK! 🐒 Secret Jungle Species: Scientists have just discovered a brand-new species of monkey hiding in the dense, remote rainforests of the Democratic Republic of Congo! Find out what it looks like and how it managed to stay hidden from humans for so long. 🦖 The Multi-Million Dollar Dino: The most expensive dinosaur fossil in history has just been sold at an action! Discover which prehistoric beast fetched this record-breaking price tag and who walked away with the ultimate fossil. 🚀 UK's Space Race: Bryden Priest from SaxaVord Spaceport joins Dan to share some massive space news. Giant rockets could soon be blasting off into orbit right from the coast of the UK! Find out how teams are prepping the launchpads for a historic countdown. 🪨 The Rock Formula: Liam asks a great geology question: what are the different types of rocks beneath our feet? We crack open the Earth’s crust to explore the difference between Igneous, Sedimentary, and Metamorphic rocks. 🌋 The Ultimate Hazard: Carina Fearnley from UCL tackles Aidan's terrifying question: what is the single most dangerous thing in the entire world? From supervolcanoes to invisible forces, get ready to find out what poses the ultimate threat to humanity. 🐀 Dangerous Dan: Watch out for the Nutria! This giant, orange-toothed swamp rodent might look like a harmless, oversized guinea pig, but it is actually a highly destructive, invasive pest that can completely destroy entire wetlands and riverbanks. 🧠 Brain Box: Astrophysicist Sheona Urquhart from The Open University steps into the Brain Box to take us on a journey past our solar system, explaining how we study distant galaxies billions of light-years away! Geology Rocks: Oxygen, Rust, and the Red Planet 🌋 Grab your geological hammer and travel back in time with Finley! This week, we are discovering how scientists use rust locked inside ancient stone to solve secrets about our atmosphere. By analyzing the rust inside rocks, geologists can determine exactly how much oxygen was in the air billions of years ago. Plus, we're finally answering the ultimate space-rock riddle: Why is Mars red? Find out how a planet-wide rust storm turned the fourth rock from the sun into a dusty, crimson desert! Subscribe to Science Quest to discover secret monkeys, dodge dangerous hazards, and launch into the future of British space travel! 🎙️✨ Join Fun Kids Podcasts+: https://funkidslive.com/plus See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
15 Jul

How Fast Would You Have to Run to Run on Water? 🏃💦

This Week’s Big Questions! You’ve been sending in your brilliantly curious questions, and this week… ☁️ Why are clouds white? 🧠⚡ How fast does the brain send signals? 🤕 Why do we get headaches? 🏃💦 How fast would you need to run to run on water? ⛰️🏃 Why do you run slower uphill? 🪐 Why are planets round? And we're joining the Deep Space High gang who this week are learning about what sort of jobs you can get in space if you love art & design! Join Fun Kids Podcasts+: https://funkidslive.com/plus See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
20 Jun

Parallel Worlds: Cracking the Mind-Bending Mystery of the Multiverse! 🚪✨

Welcome to Science Quest! 🚀 This week, we are kicking off a massive celebration for Insect Week, hunting down new dinosaur relatives, and tearing open the fabric of space and time to ask if we are living in a multiverse. 🐢 The Flat-Pack Hatchling: Keepers are celebrating the arrival of a newly hatched, critically endangered baby pancake tortoise! Discover why this rare reptile’s flat, flexible shell makes it the ultimate rock-climbing escape artist. 🦖 A New Predator Rises: Paleontologists have just uncovered a brand-new, razor-clawed cousin of the fierce Velociraptor family! Find out where this ancient hunter lived and how it used its terrifying speed to track down prey. 🐜 The Insect Overlords: Fran Sconce from the Royal Entomological Society joins Dan to preview Insect Week! We are shining a spotlight on the absolutely vital, hidden jobs that bugs do every single day to keep our entire planet running. 🌋 The Magma Blast: Evan wants to know: why do volcanoes erupt? We dig deep down into the Earth’s crust to look at how trapped tectonic gases and boiling hot liquid rock build up the pressure for a massive explosion. 🌌 The Multiverse Mystery: Carlos Frenk from Durham University tackles Jude's mind-bending question: is there another universe out there? Get ready to explore the wild physics behind parallel worlds! 🦅 Dangerous Dan: Watch out for the Seriema Bird! Don't let its long legs fool you—this modern-day dinosaur is a vicious snake-hunter that kills its prey by picking it up and ruthlessly smashing it against rocks. 🧠 Brain Box: Professor Susannah Maidment, Merit Researcher in Fossil Reptiles at the Natural History Museum, steps into the Brain Box to show us exactly what the prehistoric world looked like when dinosaurs ruled the Earth! And jump straight through a wormhole to Deep Space High—your local inter-galactic school in space! Join Principal Pulsar and his class as they discover how exploring the cosmos actually changes your everyday life on Earth. From the scratch-resistant lenses in your glasses to the cameras in your smartphone, find out about all the awesome, everyday gadgets that wouldn’t even exist if it wasn’t for rocket scientists and space travel! Subscribe to Science Quest to hunt down new raptors, survive erupting volcanoes, and master the mind-bending secrets of the multiverse! 🎙️✨ Join Fun Kids Podcasts+: https://funkidslive.com/plus See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
11 Jul

Defying Gravity: The Lizard That Can Literally Run on Water! 🦎💧

Welcome to Science Quest! 🚀 This week, we are tracking down an out-of-control garbage fire, flying a high-stakes outer space mission to rescue a tumbling telescope, and looking at how deep-sea heroes are fighting to save our oceans. 🗑️ The Rubbish Inferno: A massive, towering mountain of garbage in Indonesia has been burning out of control for over a week! Find out how firefighters are battling the toxic smoke and what causes a giant pile of waste to spontaneously catch fire. 🛰️ The Cosmic Catch: A wild new NASA-funded spacecraft has blasted off into orbit on a very specific mission: to track down and literally catch a falling space telescope before it tumbles out of control! 🦀 Protecting the Sea Floor: Sean Flinn from Our Seas joins Dan to discuss the high-stakes battle happening beneath the waves. Discover how his team is working around the clock to protect Scotland's beautiful, delicate seabed from the devastating impacts of destructive bottom-trawling fishing. 🌀 The Hill-Roll Spin: Oscar asks a beautifully dizzy question: why exactly does our brain spin out and make us feel so off-balance when we roll down grassy hills? (Hint: It’s all down to a tiny spirit-level system hidden inside your ears!) 🗣️ The Human Monologue: Kenny Smith from the University of Edinburgh tackles Esme's brilliant question: why are humans the only mammals on Earth that can actually talk to each other? Explore the evolution of human speech and the secret mechanics behind our unique voices. 🦎 Dangerous Dan: Watch your step for the Green Basilisk Lizard! Otherwise known as the "Jesus Christ Lizard," this amazing reptile can literally sprint straight across the top of water to escape predators, using specialized fringed scales on its feet to create tiny pockets of trapped air! 🧠 Brain Box: RSPB Conservation Scientist Zoe Deakin steps into the Brain Box to share what it takes to protect rare bird habitats and defend the wildlife right on our doorsteps. Learning from Wildlife: Habitats in Danger 🌿 Shrink down and trek out into the changing wilderness with explorer Marina Ventura and her digital sidekick, Map App! This week, Marina is looking at how global climate shifts affect our animal neighbors. When habitats change, the water dries up, and the food vanishes, how do creatures adapt? Find out how plants and animals are fighting to survive against the changing world around them! Subscribe to Science Quest to catch tumbling space satellites, sprint across water, and unlock the ultimate secrets of planet Earth! 🎙️✨ Join Fun Kids Podcasts+: https://funkidslive.com/plus See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
18 Mar

Why Does Food Taste Better When We’re Hungry?😋🍔

This Week’s Big Questions! You’ve been sending in your brilliantly curious questions, and this week… 😳 Nick asks: Why does our face turn red when we’re embarrassed? 😋 Bethan asks: Why does food taste better when we’re hungry? 🌍 Gabby asks: Why did Pangaea break apart? 🪐 Romi asks: Are there any other safe planets to live on? 🍽️ Beatrice asks: Why do people like different foods? 🧂 Andrew asks: Why does salt kill slugs? And jump through a worm hole to Deep Space High, your local inter-galactic school in space. Join Principle Pulsar and his class as they learn all about the mysterious force that is gravity… Join Fun Kids Podcasts+: https://funkidslive.com/plus See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
8 Jul

Why Is Mars Red?

This Week’s Big Questions! You’ve been sending in your brilliantly curious questions, and this week… 🐱 Why are some cats hypoallergenic? 🦟 What's an itch? 🔴🪐 Why is Mars red? ⚡ Who discovered electricity? 🕯️ How do candles work? 🦴 Why do your bones click? 🌌✨ Where did the Milky Way come from? And jump through a worm hole to Deep Space High, your local inter-galactic school in space. This time the class check out Hinode Solar B a satellite the observes the Sun from Earth’s orbit! Join Fun Kids Podcasts+: https://funkidslive.com/plus See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
8 Apr

Race to Mars!

In a global competition for a one-trillion-pound prize, a British boy genius, a crew of intelligent Nigerian chickens, a sheep, and a team of penguins from New Zealand all launch to race to Mars. The journey quickly devolves into chaos as the teams face mechanical failures, a penguin mutiny, and the discovery of a secret "EggBot" that threatens to snatch the victory from everyone. Stranded on the Red Planet with nothing but a crate of turnips and broken ships, the rival teams must decide whether to compete for the prize or work together to find a way back to Earth. 📖On Story Quest, Dan narrates stories with titles and characters suggested by Fun Kids Radio's listeners. Perfect as bedtime stories or stories for long journeys! 📺You can watch your favourite stories, on-demand, on the Story Quest Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@funkidsradiostories 🔴 We also have live non-stop stories available to watch here! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SEm2D927Cw 🎧 You can also subscribe to the stories as a podcast. Just search for Story Quest in your favourite podcast app or visit : https://podfollow.com/storyquest 🎧 Join Fun Kids Podcasts+: https://funkidslive.com/plus 💭 Suggest your story and characters and hear them in future stories at https://www.funkidslive.com/storyquest Join Fun Kids Podcasts+: https://funkidslive.com/plus See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
22 Jul

Why Are Orcas Black and White?⚫⚪

This Week’s Big Questions! You’ve been sending in your brilliantly curious questions, and this week… ✋ Why are most people right-handed? 🐋⚫⚪ Why are orcas black and white? 👂 Why do adults hear differently? 🦷 Why do wobbly teeth hurt? 🔊 Why does sound get quieter the farther away it is? 🐜😴 Do insects sleep? And jump through a worm hole to Deep Space High, your local inter-galactic school in space. The class head back to Earth’s orbit again. Principal Pulsar points out a cube shaped satellite and explains exactly how they work. Join Fun Kids Podcasts+: https://funkidslive.com/plus See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
19/04/2016

Painting Explorers - Episode 1

There's something unusual in The National Gallery at night-time. Sometimes, the paintings come to life! Join Van Gogh's sunflowers as they explore some of their favourite paintings in the gallery, from dramatic battle scenes with rearing horses to god-like portraits and glittering angels. There are loads of secret things to discover about each of the paintings. Some paintings have been stored in castles covered in bat poo, some have been slashed with knives during vandalism, and some are over 400 years old! Join Fun Kids Podcasts+: https://funkidslive.com/plus See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
02/04/2014 • Subscribers Only

Techno Mum: My dad says that you can’t put metal things like forks in the microwave. Why not?

Ep 8 – Have you ever wondered why grown ups keep telling you not to put metal in the microwave? Techno Mum explains why things might go bang if you do!

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! You can listen to Dan on Fun Kids (weekdays from 1pm) on DAB Digital Radio across the UK, on the free Fun Kids app and online at funkidslive.com Plus, when you become a Fun Kids Podcasts Plus subscriber, you get access to hundreds of episodes of the Fun Kids Science Weekly, but able to listen ad-free and get new episodes early! It's out of this world! Not only that you'll get similar benefits on over 30 Fun Kids podcasts plus you'll be safe in the knowledge that you're supporting Fun Kids in bringing high-quality, entertaining, and safe content for your family. Find out more at FunKidsLive.com/plus

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Original stories for kids and families, suitable for all ages. New episodes every week! Story Quest episodes are perfect stories for the car, bedtime stories, or as a way to unwind. Fun Kids Podcasts Plus subscribers get access to over 300 stories, ad free episodes and early access to new stories too. In Spotify you'll get video episodes as well. You'll also be supporting the work Fun Kids does in bringing you high-quality, entertaining, and safe content for your family. Find out more at FunKidsLive.com/plus

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There's something unusual in The National Gallery at night-time. Sometimes, the paintings come to life! Join Van Gogh's sunflowers as they explore some of their favourite paintings in the gallery, from dramatic battle scenes with rearing horses to god-like portraits and glittering angels. There are loads of secret things to discover about each of the paintings. Some paintings have been stored in castles covered in bat poo, some have been slashed with knives during vandalism, and some are over 400 years old!

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Dinosaurs were awesome. But no dinosaur ever got everything right. Each episode, Lauren and Cassius pick one dinosaur speciality and dig into it. The fastest legs. The longest neck. The sharpest teeth. They talk to the scientists who actually study this stuff – from the woman who found a dinosaur underneath a car park to the palaeontologist who builds them inside computers – and they make a choice: one real feature, from one real fossil, to add to the perfect dinosaur they're building across the series. By the end, they'll have built a dinosaur that never existed, made entirely out of bits that did. Dino Quest is from Fun Kids, the UK's children's radio station.

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We're looking at the ideas and engineering behind the gadgets! You never know, it might inspire you to invent the next must-have thing...

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Childrens radio station Fun Kids presents a new series about an intergalactic school in space! Join your schoolmates - aliens, robots and humans - as we explore the universe!

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Shows that unlock your children's imaginations and inspire them to think, create and play. Great podcasts for children covering science, books, activities, stories and more from the UK's children's radio station Fun Kids. Check out our weekly shows - the Fun Kids Science Weekly, Fun Kids Meets, Activity Quest, Book Worms and Story Quest - and listen back to 20 other kids audio box sets.

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Supervolcanoes or Space Rocks? The Most Dangerous Thing on Earth Revealed! ☄️💥

How Fast Would You Have to Run to Run on Water? 🏃💦

Parallel Worlds: Cracking the Mind-Bending Mystery of the Multiverse! 🚪✨

Defying Gravity: The Lizard That Can Literally Run on Water! 🦎💧

Why Does Food Taste Better When We’re Hungry?😋🍔

Why Is Mars Red?

Race to Mars!

Why Are Orcas Black and White?⚫⚪

Painting Explorers - Episode 1

Techno Mum: My dad says that you can’t put metal things like forks in the microwave. Why not?

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Techno Mum: My dad says that you can’t put metal things like forks in the microwave. Why not?

What does Starlight teach us?

How is Lightning Made and Weather Presenter Judith Ralston!

The Megalodon & Fire Mountain!

24 Planets Better for Life than Earth and the Fearsome Megladon!

A Business Park in Space?

Real Life Devil-Snare and How Our Brains Work with Betina Ip!

Diving with SHARKS with Eloise from Deadly Mission Shark!

Techno Mum: I saw a news report about the new railway being built under London. How do they dig tunnels for trains without them collapsing?

Alison Hammond, Romesh Ranganathan and Lolly Adefope!

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