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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Mystery of the Meg

It sounds like something from a very popular dinosaur theme park film series, but the idea of a prehistoric shark still swimming the seas today is one that has popped up every now and then in recent history.
As recently as 2013, a film – promote…

LISTENER SPECIAL: Your questions and reviews

This wraps up our first series of Mysteries of Science. Thank you so much for all of your comments, reviews, and to all of our contributors who spoke to us for the series.  Series two of Mysteries of Science is well underway so it won’t be long be…

LISTENER SPECIAL: Your questions and reviews

This wraps up our first series of Mysteries of Science. Thank you so much for all of your comments, reviews, and to all of our contributors who spoke to us for the series. 
Series two of Mysteries of Science is well underway so it won’t be long b…

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 migh…

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…