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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 …

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James Webb Telescope and the New Year’s Honours list

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On this week’s episode of The Week Junior Show, we’ll find out about Africa’s biggest sporting event, who was picked for th…

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The Smile From Space

The universe is a very big place. It’s SO big that we PROBABLY won’t ever know the half of it – or the quarter of it, or even an eighth … or a hundredth. 
Sol is a lonely alien…and Iz is a lonely human, if only they knew som…

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The Best of 2021!

Astronauts, Doctors and Prime Ministers join us in this special best 2021 episode of the Fun Kids Science Weekly! Boris Johnson answers your climate questions, Tim Peake chats about his life in space and Adam Kay joins us to give us some really gross b…

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What happened in 2021?

The Week Junior team take a look back at the year and pick out some of the most important, interesting, and funny stories of the last 365 days.
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Gillian Anderson chats Robin Robin with Robyn!

In this week’s Fun Kids Meets, Sean is joined by Robyn fresh from her chat with star of the brand new Netflix Movie ‘Robin Robin’, Gillian Anderson.
Gillian chats about acting for Aardman (the makers of Shaun the Sheep and Wallace and Gromit), cat all…

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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…

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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…

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No House for a Mouse

“Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house, not a creature was stirring not even a mouse”… That’s a line you might know from a famous poem.  But it’s not something that was true at number 47, not the …

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No House for a Mouse

“Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house, not a creature was stirring not even a mouse”… That’s a line you might know from a famous poem.  But it’s not something that was true at number 47, not the …

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