Ciaran and Dan look at what makes a planet and whether there’s a mysterious extra planet – Planet X – just beyond Neptune, lurking in our cosmic neighbourhood.  Mysteries of Science is a fortnightly podcast created by The Week Junior’s…

Ciaran and Dan look at what makes a planet and whether there’s a mysterious extra planet – Planet X – just beyond Neptune, lurking in our cosmic neighbourhood. 
Mysteries of Science is a fortnightly podcast created by The Week Junior’…

This is the case of a curious creature known as Bigfoot. Could the rumours of a hairy, human-like ape wandering the North American wilderness be true, or are they just folk stories that have been passed down for generations? Dan and Ciaran try to find …

This is the case of a curious creature known as Bigfoot.
Could the rumours of a hairy, human-like ape wandering the North American wilderness be true, or are they just folk stories that have been passed down for generations?
Dan and Ciaran try to fin…

Have you ever felt like you were living through a memory all over again, even though it couldn’t have possibly have happened before? That feeling is known as deja vu, a French term that means ‘already seen’…  In this episode of Mysteries of Scie…

Have you ever felt like you were living through a memory all over again, even though it couldn’t have possibly have happened before?
That feeling is known as deja vu, a French term that means ‘already seen’… 
In this episode of Mysteries of Sc…

ASMR is a mysterious sensation… It stands for Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response. People who feel it describe it as a tingling, sparkly feeling in the brain, triggered by soft sounds, watching slow, repetitive movements or moments of positive perso…

ASMR is a mysterious sensation… It stands for Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response. People who feel it describe it as a tingling, sparkly feeling in the brain, triggered by soft sounds, watching slow, repetitive movements or moments of positive perso…

It sounds like magic – a pill that makes you feel better, even though it contains no medicine. Yet, strangely enough, fake drugs called placebos really do work. In this episode, Ciaran and Dan explore why the pills can fool us, and why we should …