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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!

The Fun Kids Science Weekly 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 this show – and 30 others! – ad-free and support 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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    • 4.4 • 406 Ratings

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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!

The Fun Kids Science Weekly 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 this show – and 30 others! – ad-free and support the work Fun Kids does in bringing you high-quality, entertaining, and safe content for your family. Find out more at FunKidsLive.com/plus

Listen on Apple Podcasts
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    BRITAIN'S BIGGEST TREES: Exploring the mysteries of Giant Redwoods🌳

    BRITAIN'S BIGGEST TREES: Exploring the mysteries of Giant Redwoods🌳

    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 put YOUR questions to our team of experts, find out about one of the world's deadliest plants & learn all about why a Californian tree of gigantic proportions is flourishing in England's forests.

    Dan starts with the latest science news, where we learn about why climate change is causing your Easter eggs to cost more money, a new species of Beetle discovered in Australia and Mathias Disney from the University College London Geography joins us to talk all about Giant Redwoods flourishing in the UK climate.

    Then we delve into your questions where Dan explains how whirlpools are made and we pose Clara's question on how the sun burns despite there being no oxygen in space to Science Writer Tom Jackson

    Dangerous Dan continues and we learn all about 'The Picture Plant'.We pay a visit to Marina Ventura as she gets up close with water and we learn about why ocean's are so important to us.

    What do we learn about?

    - The effect climate change is having on your easter eggs?

    - Australia's new species of Beetle

    - California's Giant Redwoods flourishing in the UK

    - How does the sun burn with no oxygen in space?

    All on this week's episode of Science Weekly!
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    • 23 min
    SHINING SECRETS: Exploring the life of White Dwarf Stars

    SHINING SECRETS: Exploring the life of White Dwarf Stars

    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 put YOUR questions to our team of experts, have scientists battle it out for which science is the best & learn all about a fossilised forest that pre-dates the dinosaurs found in Somerset, England.

    Dan starts with the latest science news, where we learn about a Sycamore Tree where we thought all hope was lost has new reasons to believe it can grow again, Space X successfully landing at the International Space Centre and Professor Neil Davies from the University of Cambridge joins us to talk all about a ancient fossilised forest discovered in Minehead, Somerset

    Then we delve into your questions where Dan explains why it's always raining in the UK and we pose Arun's question on what happens to white dwarf stars when they die to Ed Turner from the National Space Centre

    Dangerous Dan continues and we learn all about Cosmic Rays and why they're so scary.The Battle of the Sciences continues where Dan chats to Professor Seirian Sumner from University College London all about why Wasps are the best! Then we pay a visit to Marina Ventura as she gets up close with biology and today she’s checking out how plants make seeds and why it all starts with pollen

    What do we learn about?

    - How a Sycamore Tree has been given a last hope?

    - Space X landing at the International Space Centre

    - A fossilised forest discovered in Somerset, England

    - What happens to White Dwarf Stars when they die:?

    - Why Entomology and specifically wasps is the best type of science?

    All on this week's episode of Science Weekly!
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    • 28 min
    SUBSCRIBER EXCLUSIVE: What is a Turtle's SHELL made of🐢?

    SUBSCRIBER EXCLUSIVE: What is a Turtle's SHELL made of🐢?

    You've been sending in your questions and this week.

    Find out why we don't realise movement when we're in deep sleep, what a turtle's shell made of, why do we rub our eyes when we're tired & why do some glasses make a noise when you rub your finger around it's rim?All on this Science Weekly Subscriber Exclusive Questions Special!

    BUGS AND BEYOND: The Magnificent World of Insects🪲

    BUGS AND BEYOND: The Magnificent World of Insects🪲

    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 put YOUR questions to our team of experts, have scientists battle it out for which science is the best & learn all about a brand new rare and diverse habitat that's been created in Hertfordshire, England.

    Dan starts with the latest science news, where we learn about a genetic mutation that's making Labradors constantly hungry, the discovery of the fossils of a nightmarish sea lizard called Kinjaria Acuta and Josh Kalms from the Hertfordshire and Middlesex Wildlife Trust joins us to talk all about a brand new rare and diverse habitat created in Hilfield Park Reservoir.

    Then we delve into your questions where Dan explains how our eyeballs move and we pose Matthew's question on how rainbows are formed to Kirsty McCabe from the Royal Metereological Society (RMETS)

    Dangerous Dan continues and we learn all about the Chinese Red-Headed Centipede, better known as Scolopendra Mutilans, and why it's so scary.The Battle of the Sciences continues where Dan chats to Professor Chris Terrell Nield from Nottingham Trent University all about why Entomology (Insect Studies) and specifically beetles is the best! Then we pay a visit to Marina Ventura as she gets up close with biology and today she’s checking out ants and how they work together

    What do we learn about?

    - Why some Labradors are always hungry?

    - The discovery of a fossil of a nightmarish sea-lizard

    - A brand new rare and diverse habitat that's been created in England

    - How rainbows are formed?

    - Why Entomology or Insect Studies is the best type of science?

    All on this week's episode of Science Weekly!
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    • 28 min
    THE PREHISTORIC PUZZLE: How Dinosaur Fossils Are Formed?🦖

    THE PREHISTORIC PUZZLE: How Dinosaur Fossils Are Formed?🦖

    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 put YOUR questions to our team of experts, have scientists battle it out for which science is the best & learn all about why the ERS-2 spacecraft was so important to the European Space Race.

    Dan starts with the latest science news, where we learn about why a tiny see-through fish called Danionella Cerebrum found in Berlin has been making noises as loud as an pneumatic drill, the birth of an endangered monkey in a Zoo in Whipsnade, England and Dhara Patel from the National Space Centre joins us to explain why the breaking up of ERS-2 ad it re-entering the Earth's atmosphere is such a big deal.

    Then we delve into your questions where Dan explains why salt kills slugs then we pose Zoe's question on how dinosaur fossils are formed to Palaeontologist Regan Douglas from TheDinosaurs.org

    Dangerous Dan continues and we learn all about the deep and deadly Tonga Trench which lies way down in the Pacific OceanThe Battle of the Sciences continues where Dan chats to Professor Tobias Linne from the University of Lind in Sweden all about why Human Animal Studies is the best! Then we pay a visit to Marina Ventura as she gets up close with and today she’s inside a bird’s nest finding out how animal homes aren’t that different to ours.

    What do we learn about?

    - The German fish found to make insane amount of noise

    - An extremely rare and endangered monkey born at Whipsnade Zoo

    - The end of ERS2's time in space

    - How dinosaur fossils were formed?

    - Why Human Animal Studies is the best type of science?

    All on this week's episode of Science Weekly!
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    • 26 min
    SUBSCRIBER EXCLUSIVE: Don't Panic We Can Save The Planet❌🌳

    SUBSCRIBER EXCLUSIVE: Don't Panic We Can Save The Planet❌🌳

    This week's subscriber exclusive features a full-length interview with author James Campbell all about his new book 'Don't Panic We Can Save The Planet'.

    Should we be panicking? What small changes can we make? And what is an EARTHSHIP?Find out all about it in today's bonus podcast

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