Fun Kids Science Weekly

This week Dan is chatting to natural world expert and science advisor to Beano, Helen Pilcher! Are scientists trying to bring back woolly mammoths?! How are they going about this? Helen tackles this and other prolific scientific mysteries, such as... the optimal fart noise according to maths. Ground-breaking stuff!

In Dangerous Dan we learn about the DREADED decompression sickness of diving, Engers is back with another round of engineering education, and Deep Space High is schooling us on earthquakes and volcanoes!

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Our interview with Dr Ciara McGrath the Young Woman Engineer of the Year reveals some of the possibilities for the smart fashion of the FUTURE! In Science in the News Seagulls are going missing and we find out what people are making with old fishing nets... and the star of dangerous Dan is the FANG TOOTHED FISH!

There's still time to also catch up with Professor Hallux about what we drink and Amy Aviation is here to tell us about some amazing plane designs!

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It's time for another trip around the solar system on the BIGGER and BETTER Science Weekly!

This episode of the Fun Kids Science Weekly we continue our bigger and better podcast where we put YOUR questions to our team of experts, have scientists battle it out for which science is the best & learn all about the discovery of the earliest and most distant galaxy.

Dan starts with the latest science news, where we learn about a rare bridled tern and a golden puffin discovered just off the North East coast of the UK, how firefighters are dealing with wildfires in the world's biggest tropical wetlands in Brazil - The Pantanel and Kevin Hainline from the University of Arizona tells us about the earliest and most distant galaxy discovered by the James Webb Telescope called JADES-GS-z14-0.

Then we delve into your questions where Dan explains how viruses are cured and we pose Tiffany's question on how the northern lights are formed to Astronomer Tom Kerss.

Dangerous Dan continues and we learn all about the Goliath Tiger Fish and why it's so feared in African waters.
The Battle of the Sciences continues where Dan chats to Charlotte Dodson from the University of Bath about why Structural Biology is the best kind of science?

What do we learn about?

Two rare fish discovered off the coast of the UK

Brazil's Tropical Wildfires

The most distant and earliest galaxy discovered by the James Webb Telescope

How the Northern Lights are formed?

Is Structural Biology the best type of science?

All on this week's episode of Science Weekly!

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It's time for another trip around the solar system on the BIGGER and BETTER Science Weekly!

This episode of the Fun Kids Science Weekly we continue our bigger and better podcast where we answer YOUR questions, have scientists battle it out for which science is the best & learn all about why AI has been enlisted to find the world's loneliest tree a partner.

Dan starts with the latest science news, where we learn about a study in Kenya that has discovered that elephants have nicknames for each other, how the smallest known ape in the world's fossil - the Buronious Manfredschmidi - has been found in Germany and Laura Cinti from the University of Southampton tells us about the world's loneliest plant and why AI has been asked to help find it a partner?

Then we delve into your questions where Dan answers Astrid's question on what animal is the best hunter?

Dangerous Dan continues and we learn all about the Brown Recluse Spider from North America and why it's venom is so feared?
The Battle of the Sciences continues where Dan chats to Nigel Clarke from the University of Sheffield about why Materials Physics is the best kind of science?

What do we learn about?

Elephants having nicknames

The world's smallest known ape's fossil being discovered

Why the world's loneliest plant needs a partner?

What animal is the best hunter?

Is Materials Physics the best type of science?

All on this week's episode of Science Weekly!

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Hello hello hello, class is in session! In this week's episode, Dan chats to astronomy expert Hayley Smith all about C/2023 E3 (ZTF) - otherwise known as the 'green comet'! Where does the comet get its colour from, can we predict its journey, and is there still a chance to witness it?

In Dangerous Dan, face the terrifying so-called 'cow killer' wasp! Professor Pulsar is here too, to teach you all about fluid dynamics! What is a fluid, anyway...?

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