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Maddie went to the Moon in a Suitcase
In this week's Classic Story Quest, we go to space! Maddy accidentally teleports to the Moon after hiding in her uncle’s suitcase. There, she meets jellybean-shaped aliens who mistake her for their long-awaited Moon Emperor 📖On Story Quest, Dan narrates stories with titles and characters suggeste…
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Riding the Mail Rail Under London
Bex heads to the Postal Museum in Clerkenwell, and then underneath it. Mail Rail is a tiny railway built to carry post across London, running in tunnels below the streets since the 1920s, and you get to ride through the original tunnels on a train that runs on the same track... Up above, the museu…
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The Gravity Trap: Why No Planet Can Ever Be Square ⏹️🪐
Welcome to Science Quest! 🚀 This week, we are celebrating a massive champion crowned in Fat Bear Week, investigating a mystery in Antarctica, and unlocking the secrets of solving crimes with science! 🐻 Fat Bear Week Champion: The votes are in and the chubbiest champion of Alaska's Katmai Nation…
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How Do Diamonds Form?
This Week’s Big Questions! You’ve been sending in your brilliantly curious questions, and this week… 🎨 How is paint made? 😴 Why do we rub our eyes when tired? 🥂 Why do some glasses make a funny noise? 🧭 How does a compass work? 🐈 Do cats have the same bones as humans? 💎 How do diamonds form…
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The Lavender Tree
This week's Story Quest is about very special memories. Visiting her late grandmother's cottage, eleven-year-old Nell wanders down to the bottom of the garden to visit an ancient tree wrapped in blooming lavender. As she climbs into its branches, she experiences mysterious voices, cherished memor…
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Leopard in the Lighthouse
In this week's Classic Story Quest, we meet a strange and brave leopard, who has found himself somewhere very unusual. 📖On Story Quest, Dan narrates stories with titles and characters suggested by Fun Kids Radio's listeners. Perfect as bedtime stories or stories for long journeys! 📺You can wat…
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Sweet Wrappers and Cereal Boxes at the Museum of Brands
Adam is in Notting Hill this week, at a museum made almost entirely of the things most people throw away. The Museum of Brands has kept the packaging: cereal boxes, sweet wrappers, toys, comics and adverts going back to the Victorians... The heart of it is the Time Tunnel, a corridor that starts i…
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Jungle Doctors: How Wild Elephants Use Plants as Herbal Medicine 🐘🌿
Welcome to Science Quest! 🚀 This week, we are tracking SpaceX's giant Starship as it splashes down into the Pacific, uncovering ancient Scottish rocks that hold secrets to Mars, and learning how wild elephants act as their own forest doctors! 🚀 Starship's Ocean Splashdown: History made in deep …
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Hear Ottilie’s Amazing Aluminium radio ad!
Hear Ottilie’s winning radio advert for Amazing Aluminium! Two friends head to the recycling centre to follow an old drink can, watch the aluminium get sorted from the paper and plastic, and find out what it gets turned into next: new cans, vehicle parts, buildings and electronics. Plus, a catchy …
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Amazing Aluminium: From Sport to Space✨♻️
In this episode of Fun Kids Science Quest, Dan explores the surprising uses of aluminium, from sports equipment and spacecraft to electric cars and futuristic technology. Discover why it’s strong, lightweight and endlessly recyclable, take on a recycled space-station challenge, and hear five surpri…
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