Mysteries of Science

The Overview Effect

Astronauts who have been far enough to see Earth from the stars often come back expressing a very peculiar feeling. It has become such a phenomenon that it now has its own name: The Overview Effect.  Some get a feeling of interconnectedness while …

Read More

The Overview Effect

Astronauts who have been far enough to see Earth from the stars often come back expressing a very peculiar feeling. It has become such a phenomenon that it now has its own name: The Overview Effect. 
Some get a feeling of interconnectedness while…

Read More

Multiverses

Some scientists think there may be a countless number of universes, all with their own laws of physics and their own unique map of the stars, separate from the one we know. It’s an idea that challenges everything about the way we think, and there…

Read More

Multiverses

Some scientists think there may be a countless number of universes, all with their own laws of physics and their own unique map of the stars, separate from the one we know.
It’s an idea that challenges everything about the way we think, and ther…

Read More

Sutton Hoo

Dan and Stevie chat to Angus and Laura at the National Trust all about an inland ship burial and stories of ghosts and mysterious treasure!  Mysteries of Science is a fortnightly podcast created by The Week Junior’s Science+Nature magazine and Fun…

Read More

Sutton Hoo

Dan and Stevie chat to Angus and Laura at the National Trust all about an inland ship burial and stories of ghosts and mysterious treasure! 
Mysteries of Science is a fortnightly podcast created by The Week Junior’s Science+Nature magazine and Fu…

Read More

How to Talk to Aliens

Ciaran and Dan delve into one of the biggest mysteries of all time: Are we alone in the universe?  With the help of Voyager Golden Record artist Jon Lomberg and more, we try to discover how we might know if something else was out there and if we e…

Read More

How to Talk to Aliens

Ciaran and Dan delve into one of the biggest mysteries of all time: Are we alone in the universe? 
With the help of Voyager Golden Record artist Jon Lomberg and more, we try to discover how we might know if something else was out there and if we …

Read More

2021 Year in Review: Unheard bits from past Mysteries

We’re always chatting to clever people on Mysteries of Science but not all of their interviews make the cut; sadly, sometimes we have to chop bits out! We’re looking back at our favourite mysteries of 2021 and we’re playing some never-before-heard, ext…

Read More

2021 Year in Review: Unheard bits from past Mysteries

We’re always chatting to clever people on Mysteries of Science but not all of their interviews make the cut; sadly, sometimes we have to chop bits out!
We’re looking back at our favourite mysteries of 2021 and we’re playing some never-before-heard, ex…

Read More