We’re going high up into the Peruvian Andes in South America, more than 2,000 metres above sea level, to the ancient lost city of Machu Picchu, one of the world’s most spectacular places.
It was named one of the seven wonders of the modern world in 20…

Think you know about dinosaurs? Think again!  Hollywood movies have lied to you. Are dinosaurs big, scaly creatures with tremendous roars? Maybe… Or, as Michael and Stevie discover in this episode of Mysteries of Science, perhaps they were feath…

Think you know about dinosaurs? Think again! 
Hollywood movies have lied to you. Are dinosaurs big, scaly creatures with tremendous roars? Maybe…
Or, as Michael and Stevie discover in this episode of Mysteries of Science, perhaps they were fea…

Black holes are small regions of space where a great amount of matter is packed in and their gravitational pull is so strong that nothing, not even light can escape.  But what’s inside a black hole? What would happen to someone if they got s…

Black holes are small regions of space where a great amount of matter is packed in and their gravitational pull is so strong that nothing, not even light can escape. 
But what’s inside a black hole? What would happen to someone if they got …

How far back can you remember? I bet you can’t remember being a baby. Most people can’t and it’s a total mystery as to why. Why does this happen? Where did my memories go? And is there any way we can get them back?  In this episode, Michael and Da…

How far back can you remember? I bet you can’t remember being a baby. Most people can’t and it’s a total mystery as to why.
Why does this happen? Where did my memories go? And is there any way we can get them back? 
In this episode, Michael and …

What’s got loads of tentacles and, according to legend, snacks on gigantic sailing ships? It’s not a trick question and it’s no joke either. The answer is one of the most mythical sea creatures of all, an animal so enormous that it’s …

What’s got loads of tentacles and, according to legend, snacks on gigantic sailing ships? It’s not a trick question and it’s no joke either.
The answer is one of the most mythical sea creatures of all, an animal so enormous that it’s…

We’re heading to one of the world’s most isolated and mysterious places – Easter Island! That’s what a group of Dutch explorers called Rapa Nui when they came across the island on Easter Sunday in 1722.  Rapa Nui is home to around a tho…