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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Altruism

Dan and Michael explore the concept of altruism. From vampire bats who share food to prevent each other from starving, to giving money to charity: why are people kind?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Altruism

Dan and Michael explore the concept of altruism. From vampire bats who share food to prevent each other from starving, to giving money to charity: why are people kind?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Thylacines

Dan and Michael are going down under to hunt for a thylacine. Also known as the tasmanian tiger or tasmanian wolf, could this supposedly extinct creature actually be secretly lurking in the nation’s forests? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy info…

Thylacines

Dan and Michael are going down under to hunt for a thylacine. Also known as the tasmanian tiger or tasmanian wolf, could this supposedly extinct creature actually be secretly lurking in the nation’s forests? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy info…

Return to Area 51

Michael and Dan are back after a mid-season break to take on perhaps one of the strangest mysteries we’ve ever encountered… What’s being hidden in a top secret US military base, thousands of miles from anywhere, in the middle of a desert?
Could it be …

Return to Area 51

Michael and Dan are back after a mid-season break to take on perhaps one of the strangest mysteries we’ve ever encountered… What’s being hidden in a top secret US military base, thousands of miles from anywhere, in the middle of a desert? Could it be a…

Area 51

In the middle of the desert in Nevada, USA, sits a top-secret military base. You probably know it as Area 51.
Today, Michael, Dan, and a team of top experts are peeking over the fence to see what they can spot… 
Will they find mysterious alien spac…

Area 51

In the middle of the desert in Nevada, USA, sits a top-secret military base. You probably know it as Area 51. Today, Michael, Dan, and a team of top experts are peeking over the fence to see what they can spot…  Will they find mysterious alien spacec…

Dinosaurs

This week we’re investigating a mystery requested by one of our listeners – could dinosaurs still walk among us?
These terrible lizards went extinct after an asteroid hit Earth 66 million years ago, but is there more the story? Join us and some expert…