Fun Kids Science Quest

Welcome to Science Quest! 🚀 This week, we’re soaring from the English countryside to the edge of outer space in an episode packed with ancient mysteries and modern-day explosions.
What Do We Learn About?
🦅 The Eagles Have Landed: Golden Eagles are officially back as a permanent fixture in English skies. Find out how these massive predators are making a comeback!

🚀 Rocket Science is Hard: We investigate the recent Blue Origin launch failure. What went wrong for Jeff Bezos’ team, and how do they fix it?

🚢 Deep Sea Dragons: Otto Uldum from the Viking Ship Museum joins us to reveal a massive Viking longship discovered off the Danish coast.

🎈 The High-Pitch Trick: Leo wants to know why helium makes your voice sound so squeaky. We break down the physics of gas and sound speed!

🦴 Dating Dinosaurs: Daniel Condon from the British Geological Society explains the "atomic clocks" scientists use to figure out exactly how old a fossil is.

🦁 Dangerous Dan: Meet the Antlion, a tiny backyard monster that builds sand-pit traps to ambush its prey.

🧠 Brain Box: Biophysicist Mark Leake explains how the laws of physics control the tiny, invisible machines working inside your body right now.

Finally, we join Finley for Geology Rocks to travel back in time! 🦖 We’re exploring the incredible legacy of the dinosaurs, uncovering how bone turns to stone, and learning what these ancient fossils can tell us about the birth of our planet.
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This Week’s Big Questions!
You’ve been sending in your brilliantly curious questions, and this week…
🍎 Why do apples turn brown?💎 Why are diamonds unbreakable?🫧 How are bubbles made?🌍 What’s the science behind earthquakes?⚡ How does electricity work?🧪 What makes dishwasher tablets poisonous?
And join Principle Pulsar and his class as they discover all about what ‘Cosmic Rays’ are and where they come from.
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It's time for another BIG and BRILLIANT adventure into the world of science on this week’s Science Quest!
In Science in the News, butterfly numbers across the UK are in decline, bird experts are warning people not to use feeders this summer, and Dr Thomas Clements from the University of Reading explains how a 300-million-year-old fossil, once thought to be an octopus, was misidentified and what it really reveals about life on Earth long ago.
It’s time for your questions too. Owen wants to know what the deadliest animal is, and Neil Lambert from King’s College London tackles a big, mind-bending question from Atlas: why is the world 3D and not 2D?
Dangerous Dan introduces the great grey owl, a silent hunter with incredible senses.
Then we step into the Brain Box with Professor Jonathan Tennyson from University College London to explore exoplanets and discover what lies beyond our Solar System.
Plus, in Galaxy Gala, we head to Deep Space High to learn all about stars and what makes them shine.
What we learn about:
• Why butterfly numbers are falling in the UK• Why bird feeders might be risky in summer• A fossil that scientists got wrong• What the world's deadliest animal is• The great grey owl• What exoplanets are and where they exist
All that and more on this week’s Science Quest!
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This Week’s Big Questions!
You’ve been sending in your brilliantly curious questions, and this week…
🌦️ Who controls the weather?🪶 What are goosebumps?😨 Why are we faster when scared?☄️ How fast was the meteor that killed the dinosaurs?🧠 How does your brain send messages without thinking?🐱 Why do cats land on their feet?
And Professor Pulsar teaches Sam all about the different types of water on Earth. This includes ice, steam and even snow!
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It's time for another BIG and BRILLIANT adventure into the world of science on this week’s Science Quest!
In Science in the News, humans have travelled further into space than ever before as Artemis II orbits the Moon, scientists achieve a world first by mapping the DNA of a monkey, and Richard Wall from the University of Bristol joins Dan to explain the spread of a dangerous flesh-eating fly and why experts are keeping a close eye on it.
It’s time for your questions too. Ryan wants to know why Earth spins on a wonky axis, and Brian Diffey from Newcastle University explains how your body makes vitamin D from sunlight.
Dangerous Dan introduces the secretary bird, a fierce and fascinating hunter with a very unusual way of catching its prey.
Then it’s time for Brain Box, where Dan’s high-tech question chamber puts top scientists to the test. This week, analytical chemist Kirsty Penkham takes on the challenge.
Plus, in Kitchen Chemistry, K-Mistry explores the science of solids, liquids and gases, turning your kitchen into a chemistry lab.
From deep space missions to DNA discoveries and dangerous insects, this episode is packed with brilliant science.
What we learn about:
• NASA’s Artemis II mission and its journey around the Moon• A world-first breakthrough in mapping monkey DNA• The threat of a flesh-eating fly• Why Earth spins on a tilted axis• How the body makes vitamin D from sunlight• The hunting skills of the secretary bird• The science of solids, liquids and gases
All that and more on this week’s Science Quest!
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