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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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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.

Latest Fun Kids Podcast Episodes

Why Is Space Cold? 🥶 

Science in the news

Questions

Dangerous Dan!

Brain Box

Welcome to Science Quest! 🚀 This week, we are peering down into a mysterious 150-foot crater hole on the Moon, meeting the first dinosaur known to feast purely on prehistoric fruit, and learning how high-tech glasses protect our sight!


🌕 The 150-Foot Lunar Pit: Deep space mystery! NASA scientists are investigating one of the weirdest features ever spotted on the lunar surface—a massive, 150-foot-deep pit. Discover how collapsed volcanic lava tubes might offer future astronauts the ultimate underground shelter from radiation and freezing space weather!


🍓 The Fruit-Eating Dinosaur: Move over meat and leaves! Paleontologists may have uncovered the first-ever dinosaur species that survived solely on a diet of ancient fruit. Learn what tooth shapes, fossilized jaw structures, and stomach contents reveal about prehistoric menus.


📉 Wildlife in Decline:Hanna Wauchope joins Dan to break down recent environmental reports on dropping wildlife populations around the globe, exploring what habitats are in danger and how young conservationists can help protect biodiversity.


📱 Invisible Electric Touch: Kitty asks a brilliant tech question: how does a smartphone screen know the exact millisecond your finger taps it? We reveal the invisible electrostatic field running across the glass that your fingertips interrupt every time you swipe!


🧠 Mind's Eye in the Dark:Matt J. Dunn from Cardiff University tackles Liam's deep question: do blind people see an image when they imagine something in their mind? Discover how our brains translate touch, sound, temperature, and spatial memory into thoughts without relying on eyesight.


🐾 Dangerous Dan: Meet the African Civet! Looking like a wild mashup of a raccoon, a cat, and a hyena, this nighttime predator carries a bristling spine crest, powerful bone-crushing jaws, and a terrifying defensive weapon: glands that blast a nauseating, foul-smelling musk strong enough to drive off hungry predators!


🪨 Brain Box: Geologist Dr. Freya George from Bristol University steps into the Brain Box to crack open the mysteries hidden inside ancient rocks, metamorphic formations, and the fiery tectonic forces that build mountains!

Welcome to Science Quest! 🚀 This week, we are peering down into a mysterious 150-foot crater hole on the Moon, meeting the first dinosaur known to feast purely on prehistoric fruit, and learning how high-tech glasses protect our sight!
<ul data-path-to-node="1">
<li>
🌕 The 150-Foot Lunar Pit: Deep space mystery! NASA scientists are investigating one of the weirdest features ever spotted on the lunar surface&mdash;a massive, 150-foot-deep pit. Discover how collapsed volcanic lava tubes might offer future astronauts the ultimate underground shelter from radiation and freezing space weather!
</li>
<li>
🍓 The Fruit-Eating Dinosaur: Move over meat and leaves! Paleontologists may have uncovered the first-ever dinosaur species that survived solely on a diet of ancient fruit. Learn what tooth shapes, fossilized jaw structures, and stomach contents reveal about prehistoric menus.
</li>
<li>
📉 Wildlife in Decline: Hanna Wauchope joins Dan to break down recent environmental reports on dropping wildlife populations around the globe, exploring what habitats are in danger and how young conservationists can help protect biodiversity.
</li>
<li>
📱 Invisible Electric Touch: Kitty asks a brilliant tech question: how does a smartphone screen know the exact millisecond your finger taps it? We reveal the invisible electrostatic field running across the glass that your fingertips interrupt every time you swipe!
</li>
<li>
🧠 Mind's Eye in the Dark: Matt J. Dunn from Cardiff University tackles Liam's deep question: do blind people see an image when they imagine something in their mind? Discover how our brains translate touch, sound, temperature, and spatial memory into thoughts without relying on eyesight.
</li>
<li>
🐾 Dangerous Dan: Meet the African Civet! Looking like a wild mashup of a raccoon, a cat, and a hyena, this nighttime predator carries a bristling spine crest, powerful bone-crushing jaws, and a terrifying defensive weapon: glands that blast a nauseating, foul-smelling musk strong enough to drive off hungry predators!
</li>
<li>
🪨 Brain Box: Geologist Dr. Freya George from Bristol University steps into the Brain Box to crack open the mysteries hidden inside ancient rocks, metamorphic formations, and the fiery tectonic forces that build mountains!
</li>
</ul>

The 150-Foot Moon Hole: Inside NASA's Discovery on the Lunar Surface 🌕🕳️

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?

Why Is Space Cold? 🥶

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