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Why can animal saliva trigger allergies?

Why don't we get dizzy when Earth spins?

Why does salt kill slugs?

Why is space cold?

Why don't balls bounce on water?

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Outro

This Week’s Big Questions!

You’ve been sending in your brilliantly curious questions, and this week…
🐱 Why Can Animal Saliva Trigger Allergies?
🌍 Why Don’t We Get Dizzy When Earth Spins?
🐌 Why Does Salt Kill Slugs?
🥶 Why Is Space Cold?
🏀 Why Don’t Balls Bounce on Water?

This Week&rsquo;s Big Questions!
You&rsquo;ve been sending in your brilliantly curious questions, and this week&hellip;
<ul dir="ltr">
<li>🐱 Why Can Animal Saliva Trigger Allergies?</li>
<li>🌍 Why Don&rsquo;t We Get Dizzy When Earth Spins?</li>
<li>🐌 Why Does Salt Kill Slugs?</li>
<li>🥶 Why Is Space Cold?</li>
<li>🏀 Why Don&rsquo;t Balls Bounce on Water?</li>
</ul>

Exploring the coolest and most incredible stuff in science, from way back when dinosaurs roamed the Earth to a future where humans live in space!

Fun Kids Science Quest is hosted by Dan and is the perfect science podcast for kids and families everywhere. Each week, you'll find episodes from series like Deep Space High, Age of the Dinosaurs and Professor Hallux.

There's also a special guest, top experts answering all your science questions and Dangerous Dan - something scientific that’s also a little bit deadly!

You can listen to Dan on Fun Kids (weekdays from 1pm) on DAB Digital Radio across the UK, on the free Fun Kids app and online at funkidslive.com

Plus, when you become a Fun Kids Podcasts Plus subscriber, you get access to hundreds of episodes of the Fun Kids Science Weekly, but able to listen ad-free and get new episodes early! It's out of this world! Not only that you'll get similar benefits on over 30 Fun Kids podcasts plus you'll be safe in the knowledge that you're supporting Fun Kids in bringing high-quality, entertaining, and safe content for your family.

Find out more at FunKidsLive.com/plus

Exploring the coolest and most incredible stuff in science, from way back when dinosaurs roamed the Earth to a future where humans live in space!
Fun Kids Science Quest is hosted by Dan and is the perfect science podcast for kids and families everywhere. Each week, you'll find episodes from series like Deep Space High, Age of the Dinosaurs and Professor Hallux.
There's also a special guest, top experts answering all your science questions and Dangerous Dan - something scientific that&rsquo;s also a little bit deadly!
You can listen to Dan on Fun Kids (weekdays from 1pm) on DAB Digital Radio across the UK, on the free Fun Kids app and online at funkidslive.com
Plus, when you become a Fun Kids Podcasts Plus subscriber, you get access to hundreds of episodes of the Fun Kids Science Weekly, but able to listen ad-free and get new episodes early! It's out of this world! Not only that you'll get similar benefits on over 30 Fun Kids podcasts plus you'll be safe in the knowledge that you're supporting Fun Kids in bringing high-quality, entertaining, and safe content for your family.
Find out more at&nbsp;<a href="https://FunKidsLive.com/plus">FunKidsLive.com/plus</a>

Fun Kids Science Quest

We're the UK's children's radio station. Listen across the UK on DAB Digital Radio, on mobile and online at funkidslive.com.

We're the UK's children's radio station. Listen across the UK on DAB Digital Radio, on mobile and online at funkidslive.com.

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Why Is Space Cold? 🥶 

Science in the news

Questions

Dangerous Dan!

Brain Box

Welcome to Science Quest! 🚀 This week, we are looking into big UK energy updates, watching Halley's comet debris light up the night sky, and blasting off to the moons of Mars on an epic robotic mission!


⛽ The Jackdaw Approval: Energy in the news! The UK Government has given the green light for drilling in the Jackdaw Gas field. Discover how engineers extract natural gas from deep beneath the North Sea seabed and how it powers homes across the country.


☄️ Night Sky Fireworks: The Orionid meteor shower lit up the night sky across the globe! Learn how tiny specks of dust left behind by the famous Halley's Comet slam into Earth's atmosphere at mind-boggling speeds to create glowing shooting stars. 


🔴 Mission to the Martian Moons:Daniel Brown from NTU joins Dan to break down Japan’s ambitious MMX mission to Mars. Find out how this robotic spacecraft plans to land on Phobos, scoop up alien space dirt, and fly it all the way back to Earth!


⚛️ Heavy Metal Chemistry: One listener asks an awesome science question: what is the absolute heaviest metal on the periodic table? We look at Osmium and super-heavy lab-made elements like Oganesson!


🍃 Tree-Devouring Pests: Ecologist Helen Roy answers Ari’s question: why do spotted lanternflies eat trees? Discover how these invasive sap-suckers use straw-like mouthparts to drink plant sugars and why scientists are trying to stop them.


🕳️ Dangerous Dan: Meet the Star-Nosed Mole! Living underground in pitch-black tunnels, this bizarre creature sports 22 fleshy, pink tentacles surrounding its snout, allowing it to detect and gobble up prey in less than a quarter of a second!


🧠 Brain Box: World-renowned paleontologist Paul Barrett from the Natural History Museum steps into the Brain Box to explore fossil discoveries, T. Rex relatives, and how prehistoric monsters ruled the planet.

Welcome to Science Quest! 🚀 This week, we are looking into big UK energy updates, watching Halley's comet debris light up the night sky, and blasting off to the moons of Mars on an epic robotic mission!
<ul data-path-to-node="1">
<li>
⛽ The Jackdaw Approval: Energy in the news! The UK Government has given the green light for drilling in the Jackdaw Gas field. Discover how engineers extract natural gas from deep beneath the North Sea seabed and how it powers homes across the country.
</li>
<li>
☄️ Night Sky Fireworks: The Orionid meteor shower lit up the night sky across the globe! Learn how tiny specks of dust left behind by the famous Halley's Comet slam into Earth's atmosphere at mind-boggling speeds to create glowing shooting stars. 
</li>
<li>
🔴 Mission to the Martian Moons: Daniel Brown from NTU joins Dan to break down Japan&rsquo;s ambitious MMX mission to Mars. Find out how this robotic spacecraft plans to land on Phobos, scoop up alien space dirt, and fly it all the way back to Earth!
</li>
<li>
⚛️ Heavy Metal Chemistry: One listener asks an awesome science question: what is the absolute heaviest metal on the periodic table? We look at Osmium and super-heavy lab-made elements like Oganesson!
</li>
<li>
🍃 Tree-Devouring Pests: Ecologist Helen Roy answers Ari&rsquo;s question: why do spotted lanternflies eat trees? Discover how these invasive sap-suckers use straw-like mouthparts to drink plant sugars and why scientists are trying to stop them.
</li>
<li>
🕳️ Dangerous Dan: Meet the Star-Nosed Mole! Living underground in pitch-black tunnels, this bizarre creature sports 22 fleshy, pink tentacles surrounding its snout, allowing it to detect and gobble up prey in less than a quarter of a second!
</li>
<li>
🧠 Brain Box: World-renowned paleontologist Paul Barrett from the Natural History Museum steps into the Brain Box to explore fossil discoveries, T. Rex relatives, and how prehistoric monsters ruled the planet.
</li>
</ul>

22 Tentacles on Its Face: Secrets of the Star-Nosed Mole 🕳️👾

Why does pinching your nose change your voice?

Why do frogs croak?

What happens if you dig to Earth's centre?

How do clouds make rain?

Why do we need oxygen?

What if the Sun disappeared?

This Week’s Big Questions!

You’ve been sending in your brilliantly curious questions, and this week…

👃 Why Does Pinching Your Nose Change Your Voice?
🐸 Why Do Frogs Croak?
🌍 What Happens If You Dig to Earth’s Center?
🌧️ How Do Clouds Make Rain?
🫁 Why Do We Need Oxygen?
☀️ What If the Sun Disappeared?

This Week&rsquo;s Big Questions!
You&rsquo;ve been sending in your brilliantly curious questions, and this week&hellip;
👃 Why Does Pinching Your Nose Change Your Voice? 🐸 Why Do Frogs Croak? 🌍 What Happens If You Dig to Earth&rsquo;s Center? 🌧️ How Do Clouds Make Rain? 🫁 Why Do We Need Oxygen? ☀️ What If the Sun Disappeared?

What If the Sun Disappeared?

Welcome to Science Quest! 🚀 This week, we are honoring a hero working dog in Scotland, diving down to the world’s oldest shipwreck, and unlocking the secret to living nearly two centuries with a 194-year-old giant tortoise!


🐕 Scotland’s Hero Hound: Award time! A working dog in Scotland has officially been named Animal of the Year. Discover how working dogs use their incredible senses to rescue stranded people, track rare wildlife, and protect rural communities.


⚓ The World’s Oldest Shipwreck: Deep sea discovery! Marine archaeologists off the coast of Turkey have uncovered the world’s oldest known shipwreck, buried under the seafloor for thousands of years. Learn how high-tech submersibles scan ancient artifacts preserved deep underwater.


🐢 The 194-Year-Old Tortoise:Dr. Stephen Clark joins Dan to share staggering news about Jonathan, a giant tortoise living on the island of St. Helena who has reached 194 years old! Discover what cheek-swab DNA tests reveal about his cell-repair superpowers and how his genes might help humans live longer.


🍎 Digestive System Journey: Etta asks a classic body question: what actually happens to food after you take a bite? We track a meal's journey through chewing enzymes, stomach acid cauldrons, and intestinal energy absorbers!


🪨 Where Do Rocks Come From?David Dobson from UCL answers Rocco’s geological question: why does planet Earth have rocks everywhere? Discover how molten magma, cooling crusts, and crushed sediments formed Earth's solid surface billions of years ago.


🐟 Dangerous Dan: Meet Dunkleosteus! Step back into prehistoric oceans to meet an armored, bus-sized fish that didn't even have teeth—instead, it used razor-sharp, self-sharpening bone plates that snapped shut with the force of a modern T. Rex bite!


🧠 Brain Box: Evolutionary biologist Ben Garrod steps into the Brain Box to explore how bones, skeletons, and physical adaptations have transformed animals over millions of years of evolution.

Subscribe to Science Quest to explore ancient shipwrecks, meet 194-year-old tortoises, and dodge armored prehistoric sea monsters! 🎙️✨

Welcome to Science Quest! 🚀 This week, we are honoring a hero working dog in Scotland, diving down to the world&rsquo;s oldest shipwreck, and unlocking the secret to living nearly two centuries with a 194-year-old giant tortoise!
<ul data-path-to-node="1">
<li>
🐕 Scotland&rsquo;s Hero Hound: Award time! A working dog in Scotland has officially been named Animal of the Year. Discover how working dogs use their incredible senses to rescue stranded people, track rare wildlife, and protect rural communities.
</li>
<li>
⚓ The World&rsquo;s Oldest Shipwreck: Deep sea discovery! Marine archaeologists off the coast of Turkey have uncovered the world&rsquo;s oldest known shipwreck, buried under the seafloor for thousands of years. Learn how high-tech submersibles scan ancient artifacts preserved deep underwater.
</li>
<li>
🐢 The 194-Year-Old Tortoise: Dr. Stephen Clark joins Dan to share staggering news about Jonathan, a giant tortoise living on the island of St. Helena who has reached 194 years old! Discover what cheek-swab DNA tests reveal about his cell-repair superpowers and how his genes might help humans live longer.
</li>
<li>
🍎 Digestive System Journey: Etta asks a classic body question: what actually happens to food after you take a bite? We track a meal's journey through chewing enzymes, stomach acid cauldrons, and intestinal energy absorbers!
</li>
<li>
🪨 Where Do Rocks Come From? David Dobson from UCL answers Rocco&rsquo;s geological question: why does planet Earth have rocks everywhere? Discover how molten magma, cooling crusts, and crushed sediments formed Earth's solid surface billions of years ago.
</li>
<li>
🐟 Dangerous Dan: Meet Dunkleosteus! Step back into prehistoric oceans to meet an armored, bus-sized fish that didn't even have teeth&mdash;instead, it used razor-sharp, self-sharpening bone plates that snapped shut with the force of a modern T. Rex bite!
</li>
<li>
🧠 Brain Box: Evolutionary biologist Ben Garrod steps into the Brain Box to explore how bones, skeletons, and physical adaptations have transformed animals over millions of years of evolution.
</li>
</ul>
Subscribe to Science Quest to explore ancient shipwrecks, meet 194-year-old tortoises, and dodge armored prehistoric sea monsters! 🎙️✨

Why Is Space Cold? 🥶

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