Mysteries of Science

The team behind The Week Junior's Science+Nature magazine investigate unexplained phenomenon with the help of expert guests.

The team behind The Week Junior’s Science+Nature magazine investigate unexplained phenomenon with the help of expert guests.


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Your mysteries answered

Why do flies eat poo? Why, when I touch something, do my atoms not merge with the object? Are we living in a computer simulation?
All season we’ve been trying to answer the top mysteries that have baffled scientists for centuries. Now, we’re answering…

Shapeshifters

Fantasy creatures that can morph and change their shape, size and appearance are known as shapeshifters… Creatures like werewolves, vampires, and even the Incredible Hulk are examples of this. Shapeshifting is something that’s captured the human imag…

Shapeshifters

Fantasy creatures that can morph and change their shape, size and appearance are known as shapeshifters… Creatures like werewolves, vampires, and even the Incredible Hulk are examples of this.
Shapeshifting is something that’s captured the human ima…

Children raised by animals

You might be familiar with the story of Tarzan or Romulus and Remus, the children who founded Rome.  But did you know there are also real-life stories of children being raised by animals? That’s our mystery today – we’re going to investigate these tale…

Children raised by animals

You might be familiar with the story of Tarzan or Romulus and Remus, the children who founded Rome. 
But did you know there are also real-life stories of children being raised by animals?
That’s our mystery today – we’re going to investigate these ta…

The Lost City (Machu Picchu)

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 200…

The Lost City (Machu Picchu)

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…

What did dinosaurs look like?

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…

What did dinosaurs look like?

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…