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The team behind The Week Junior's Science+Nature magazine investigate unexplained phenomenon with the help of expert guests.

Mysteries of Science Fun Kids

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The team behind The Week Junior's Science+Nature magazine investigate unexplained phenomenon with the help of expert guests.

    Thylacines

    Thylacines

    Dan and Michael are going down under to hunt for a thylacine. Also known as the tasmanian tiger or tasmanian wolf, could this supposedly extinct creature actually be secretly lurking in the nation's forests? 
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    • 20 min
    Return to Area 51

    Return to Area 51

    Michael and Dan are back after a mid-season break to take on perhaps one of the strangest mysteries we’ve ever encountered… What’s being hidden in a top secret US military base, thousands of miles from anywhere, in the middle of a desert?

    Could it be aliens? 
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    • 18 min
    Area 51

    Area 51

    In the middle of the desert in Nevada, USA, sits a top-secret military base. You probably know it as Area 51.

    Today, Michael, Dan, and a team of top experts are peeking over the fence to see what they can spot... 

    Will they find mysterious alien spacecraft? And what's this about a strange airline? Or is the whole thing nothing more than a good story?
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    • 20 min
    Dinosaurs

    Dinosaurs

    This week we're investigating a mystery requested by one of our listeners – could dinosaurs still walk among us?

    These terrible lizards went extinct after an asteroid hit Earth 66 million years ago, but is there more the story? Join us and some expert guests as we find out whether or not we're walking with dinosaurs...
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    • 21 min
    How to read minds

    How to read minds

    Stevie and Michael dive into the topic of telepathy – the (supposed) strange ability to transmit thoughts or read minds!

    Joining the team to probe the psychic powers of the human mind are emeritus professor Chris French, and journalist and author Kathryn Hulick. 

    We chat about Elon Musk's futuristic Neuralink project, which claims to be able to harness the power of the brain, and hear the story of a clever horse.

    Are you ready for things to get weird?
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    • 20 min
    The Big Bang theory

    The Big Bang theory

    Hosts Dan and Michael kick off this new season of Mysteries of Science with a Big Bang: the theory that explains the origin of the universe.

    Fred Hoyle coined the term to mock a theory he didn't believe in. Now, expert guests Dr. Maggie Lieu and Ethan Siegel shed light on the Big Bang theory and its evidence – and what might happen next...
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    • 23 min

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