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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UFOs

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? If you’re not sure, it’s a UFO!
With World UFO Day right around the corner, Michael and Dan explore the mysteries of Unidentified Flying Objects. Could these ariel phenomena be aliens from another planet or could it be som…

UFOs

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? If you’re not sure, it’s a UFO!
With World UFO Day right around the corner, Michael and Dan explore the mysteries of Unidentified Flying Objects. Could these ariel phenomena be aliens from another planet or could it be som…

Can you run as fast as The Flash?

Barry Allen – The Flash – can run pretty fast… but can you?
Kicking off season six of Mysteries of Science, Michael and Dan chat to top experts from a fitness trainer to a physics professor to try and work out what the speed limit of the human body …

Talking animals and dinosaurs coming back to life (Your mysteries answered)

It’s the end of Season 5 of Mysteries of Science and we’ve had a blast! In this final episode, the team answer mysteries you are desperate to know the answers to… See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Weird Weather

Meteorologist Kirsty McCabe and author Tamsin Mori sit down with Michael and Stevie to talk about weird weather. From lightning that looks like carrots to the perfect conditions for rainbow spotting, we’re asking ‘why is the weather so weird?’ See omny…

Do you have a double?

Do you have a lookalike – someone that looks just like you, but isn’t actually you? In this episode of Mysteries of Science, we’re exploring doppelgängers: people who look remarkably alike!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Was King Arthur a real person?

You’ve heard the legends — of the sword in the stone and the Knights of the Round Table — but how much of that is fact? Dan and Michael investigate the legend of King Arthur. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Quantum Weirdness

Stevie and Michael are entering the realm of quantum physics in this episode of Mysteries of Science! It’s all to celebrate the release of the new Ant-Man film.
But what exactly is ‘quantum physics’ anyway?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy infor…

Mountains of The Deep

Deep beneath the ocean exist vast mountain ranges, some of which are bigger than the ones above water!
To celebrate International Day of Women and Girls in Science (February 10th 2023), we’re looking at one very special person – Marie Tharp – and her …