Mysteries of Science

Fun Kids

The team behind The Week Junior's Science+Nature magazine investigate unexplained phenomenon with the help of expert guests.

  • 15 minutes 10 seconds
    What killed Venus?

    Michael and Stevie become interplanetary detectives as they investigate the solar system's hottest and most deadly murder mystery.

    Venus is often referred to as Earth's twin because the two planets are so similar. But if that's the case, then why is Venus is so inhospitable to life? We take a trip into space and find out what killed Venus... 

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    6 December 2024, 11:33 am
  • 20 minutes 14 seconds
    How to sail like Moana

    To celebrate the release of Moana 2, coming soon to cinemas, Dan and Stevie go on a journey to Polynesia to find out how thousands of islands thousands of miles apart were settled without the use of typical instruments using a technique known as wayfinding... 

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    8 November 2024, 11:18 am
  • 22 minutes 23 seconds
    Animal consciousness

    Stevie and Michael sit down and chat with some top experts to find out how animals experience the world. From dolphins to octopuses to pets and more, we ask the question: are animals smarter than us?

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    11 October 2024, 11:31 am
  • 19 minutes 13 seconds
    Oumuamua

    Hosts Dan and Michael delve into the enigma of Oumuamua, a mysterious object that passed through our solar system in 2017.

    Initially thought to be a comet or asteroid, Oumuamua's unusual characteristics led to speculation about its origins, including the possibility of it being an alien spacecraft...

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    19 September 2024, 11:00 pm
  • 18 minutes 10 seconds
    Your Mysteries: Moonbows, werewolves, and dinosaur extinction

    Michael and Stevie get answers to your burning questions in another episode of Mysteries of Science including a phenomena all about rainbows at night as well as what caused the extinction of the dinos.

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    5 September 2024, 11:00 pm
  • 12 minutes 40 seconds
    Magic potions

    Inspired by the Harry Potter series, hosts Stevie and Michael explore magic potions!

    They uncover the real-life inspiration behind Professor Snape, revealing that a real potions master named Henry Lloyd Snape existed in the late 19th century...

    We also meet illustrator Johnny Duddle and ask you for your own ideas for magical potions!

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    22 August 2024, 11:00 pm
  • 16 minutes 22 seconds
    Future of food: Would you eat insects?

    Are insects in our diets the new sustainable food source? We're sharing parts of our talk from Cheltenham Science Festival plus chatting to exports like dairy farmer, Rich.

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    12 August 2024, 8:47 am
  • 20 minutes 24 seconds
    Your Mysteries

    Dan and Stevie break down some of the biggest mysteries around – as asked by you!

    Professor Brian Cox and a host of other special guests answer your questions on everything from the temperature of space to jellyfish stings.

     

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    19 July 2024, 8:49 am
  • 16 minutes 23 seconds
    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?

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    5 July 2024, 8:35 am
  • 20 minutes
    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? 

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    20 June 2024, 11:00 pm
  • 18 minutes 5 seconds
    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 aliens? 

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    7 June 2024, 4:35 am
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