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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The Kraken

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 …

The Kraken

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…

Mystery of the Moai (Easter Island heads)

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…

Mystery of the Moai (Easter Island heads)

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 th…

Biggest Hoaxes Ever: Fairies, crop circles, zero gravity

Welcome to Season 3 of Mysteries of Science! On this podcast we take a look at the strange phenomena and bizarre events that have left scientists scratching their heads and, despite their best efforts, remain well and truly unsolved.  Since this b…

Biggest Hoaxes Ever: Fairies, crop circles, zero gravity

Welcome to Season 3 of Mysteries of Science! On this podcast we take a look at the strange phenomena and bizarre events that have left scientists scratching their heads and, despite their best efforts, remain well and truly unsolved. 
Since this …

Your mysteries answered

We’re finishing the second season of Mysteries of Science by looking at some of your mysteries. From unicorns to black holes and even the Big Bang, we’re looking at some of the stuff that’s thoroughly perplexed you and are on the hunt for answers!…

Your mysteries answered

We’re finishing the second season of Mysteries of Science by looking at some of your mysteries. From unicorns to black holes and even the Big Bang, we’re looking at some of the stuff that’s thoroughly perplexed you and are on the hunt for answers!…

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 …