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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World’s Biggest Treasure Hunt

Today, we’re going on one of the biggest treasure hunts in history. There’s something very special about this treasure hunt though.
It was created by Forrest Fenn – an art dealer and author in the US – and unlike the treasure hunts you mig…

Planet X

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…

Planet X

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’…

Bigfoot

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 …

Bigfoot

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…

Deja vu

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…

Deja vu

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…

Brain Tingles: ASMR

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…

Brain Tingles: ASMR

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…