Fun Kids Science Weekly

The element with an UNBELIEVABLE origin!

It’s Saturday! No packed lunch, no school bells, just another fact-filled episode of the Fun Kids Science Weekly. 
This week Dan’s chatting to Helen Bell, co-author of The Extraordinary Book That Invents Itself! Find out how you can create a whole bun…

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SUBSCRIBER EXCLUSIVE: Nuclear Fusion with Anne Kritcher

There’s a huge breakthrough in nuclear energy, and in this special bonus episode we have one of the scientists behind it – Anne Kritcher from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory joins us to tell us more about what this could mean for the future …

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The green comet that visits once every 50,000 YEARS

Hello hello hello, class is in session! In this week’s episode, Dan chats to astronomy expert Hayley Smith all about C/2023 E3 (ZTF) – otherwise known as the ‘green comet’! Where does the comet get its colour from, can we predict its journey, and is th…

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The AMAZING Journeys of Animals!

Happy Saturday, it’s another Fun Kids Science Weekly! 
In this episode, Dan chats to animal expert Philippa Forrester on her new book, Amazing Animal Journeys! Find out about Philippa’s own experience with animals, including an unlikely orca sighting….

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NUCLEAR FUSION and deadly birds…

In THIS fantastic spacey episode of the Fun Kids Science Weekly, Dan chats to a member of the lab who managed to briefly recreate the energy of the SUN, Annie Kritcher all the way from California! Find out what this could mean for the future of energy!…

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NUCLEAR FUSION and deadly birds…

In THIS fantastic spacey episode of the Fun Kids Science Weekly, Dan chats to a member of the lab who managed to briefly recreate the energy of the SUN, Annie Kritcher all the way from California! Find out what this could mean for the future of energy!…

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Keeping Cool with SNOT BUBBLES and a Big NASA Update!

This week Dan is chatting to Anna Horleston, Planetary Seismologist all about the recent information from NASA’s InSight Mars Mission – which will help us figure out just what Mars is made of! We also find out the gross way that Echidnas keep cool in A…

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How to bring back extinct animals… and FART SCIENCE!!!

This week Dan is chatting to natural world expert and science advisor to Beano, Helen Pilcher! Are scientists trying to bring back woolly mammoths?! How are they going about this? Helen tackles this and other prolific scientific mysteries, such as… t…

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How do dogs know what we’re feeling?

Happy New Year, it’s a brand new episode of the Fun Kids Science Weekly! We’ve got tons of cool science to kick off 2023. This week, Dan chats to animal expert Clara Wilson on how dogs can tell when we’re stressed, and where this research could lead in…

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Science Weekly 2022: The BEST Science of the Year!

It’s the end of 2022, and Earth has completed another calendar orbit around the sun. A lot of science has happened in that time! Let us reflect…
In this special edition of Science Weekly, Dan revisits conversations with four brilliant guests from 20…

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