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Fun Kids Science Quest

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.

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Latest Episodes:

Faster Than Humans: The Bionic Sprinting Robots Breaking World Records 🤖👟 Sep 05, 2026

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Welcome to Science Quest! 🚀 This week, we are tracking secret nesting sites of the UK’s rarest bird, following a rescued turtle's journey across the Atlantic, and finding out why humanoid robots are now sprinting faster than Olympic champions!

🦅 The Secret Nesting Osprey: Major conservation news! The UK’s rarest bird of prey has successfully nested in a super-secret location. Discover how wildlife experts are protecting this magnificent apex hunter and helping its chicks survive in the wild.
🐢 Ocean Odyssey: A rescued sea turtle found stranded off the island of Jersey has taken a massive flight to the sun-soaked Azores! Find out how marine biologists prepped this oceanic traveler for its release back into warm Atlantic waters.
🤖 Faster Than Usain Bolt: Ross Walker from the University of Stirling joins Dan to break down how advanced bionic legs and AI balance systems allow modern robots to outrun elite human athletes on the track!
🌿 The Plant Injection: Thomas asks a classic garden question: why do stinging nettles sting so badly? We zoom in on the microscopic glass needles covering nettle leaves that inject acid directly under your skin!
⚛️ The Touch Illusion: Philip Moriarty from Nottingham University tackles Jasper’s mind-bending physics question: do atoms ever actually touch each other? Discover the invisible electron force fields preventing you from ever truly touching anything!
🐭 Dangerous Dan: Meet the Naked Mole Rat! Don't let its funny wrinkle-skinned appearance fool you—this subterranean creature feels zero pain from acid, never gets cancer, lives in massive underground hives ruled by a queen, and sports terrifying front teeth that can dig through solid concrete!
🧠 Brain Box: Sleep expert Caroline Horton steps into the Brain Box to explore what happens inside our brains while we sleep, revealing how dreaming cleans out cognitive clutter and locks in daily memories.

Techno Mum: Recharging Batteries vs. Human Sleep! 🔋💤

My mum says sleeping recharges our batteries—so is plugging in a tablet the exact same thing?

Techno Mum jumps in to explain the difference! While a phone can still play music while plugged in, human sleep is a total system reset where our brains store energy, repair muscles, and process memories!

Subscribe to Science Quest to track secret birds, race super-fast robots, and unlock the quantum physics of touching atoms! 🎙️✨

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How Deep Do Tree Roots Go?🌳 Sep 02, 2026

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This Week’s Big Questions!

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

🌳 How deep do tree roots go?
🦷 How do braces work?
😮‍💨 Why do we wheeze?
🥶 Why do we shiver?
🏊‍♂️ Why do we put chlorine in pools?

And join Professor Hallux at his help desk as he answers the weird and wonderful questions you’ve always wanted to know the answers to! This time we find out all about pharmacists!

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The Secret of Husky Eyes: Why Huskies Have Two Different Colours 🐺👁️ Aug 29, 2026

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Welcome to Science Quest! 🚀 This week, we are tracking a historic feline swim across a Scottish loch, uncovering prehistoric survivors hiding in Welsh forests, and stepping into the mind-bending world of thinking robots!

🐾 The Swimming Wildcat: World first alert! A rare Scottish wildcat has been filmed swimming across water in the wild for the very first time. Discover why these elusive native predators usually avoid getting wet and what this incredible footage reveals about highland wildlife.
🦐 Prehistoric Welsh Shrimps: Ancient secrets in the woods! Scientists have discovered a brand-new species of prehistoric shrimp living in a forest in Wales. Learn how these tiny armored survivors managed to stay hidden for thousands of years.
🌡️ Wildlife Heatwave Battle: Dr. Glyn Barrett from the University of Reading joins Dan to break down how intense summer heatwaves affect British animals, from dried-up streams to changing food sources.
🍂 Autumn Color Secrets: Monty asks a brilliant seasonal question: why do green leaves transform into bright reds, oranges, and yellows throughout the year? We break down how trees shut down their chlorophyll factories to prepare for winter!
🐺 Double-Colored Husky Eyes: David Williams from Cambridge University answers Kalyan's question: why do Siberian Huskies often have two completely different colored eyes? Discover the genetics behind heterochromia and how pigment creates striking ice-blue and brown eyes.
🐻 Dangerous Dan: Meet the Sloth Bear! Don't let its slow name fool you—this shaggy, razor-clawed Indian bear is notoriously aggressive, carries massive blunt claws built for ripping open termite mounds, and can charge faster than a sprinting human!
🤖 Brain Box: Step into the world of cognitive robotics with Tony Prescott! Discover how scientists build robots that can perceive, learn, and think like living brains.

Techno Mum: Bionic Humans! 🦾⚙️

Strap in as Techno Mum takes us on a high-tech medical journey inside the human body!

Discover the incredible machines and tiny tech implants that doctors place inside people to make their bodies work better—from bionic pacemakers that keep hearts beating in rhythm to microscopic devices that restore hearing and mobility!

Subscribe to Science Quest to spot swimming wildcats, decode husky eyes, and meet brainy robots! 🎙️✨

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What's The Deadliest Animal in History? Aug 26, 2026

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This Week’s Big Questions!

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

🌙 Why is the Moon white?
🐦 Why don’t all birds fly?
👵🏻 Why do elderly people have white hair?
🦖 What was the deadliest animal from the past?
🔊 What is an echo?

And join Professor Hallux at his help desk as he answers the weird and wonderful questions you’ve always wanted to know the answers to! This time we find out all about physiotherapy!

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Who Names the Solar System? The Secret Science of Naming Planets 🔭🌌 Aug 22, 2026

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Welcome to Science Quest! 🚀 This week, we are riding out a giant Category 1 hurricane in Hawaii, hunting for a brand-new glowing species of sea slug off the English coast, and taking a giant leap into deep space with a epic 6.5-hour spacewalk!

🌀 Hawaiian Hurricane Rampage: Category 1 Hurricane alert! Hawaii has been hit with over a meter of rainfall as a massive storm swept across the islands. Discover how meteorologists track hurricane paths and how island ecosystems handle extreme deluge!
🐌 The Mystery Rainbow Slug: A vibrant, brightly colored sea slug spotted off the coast of England might actually be a brand-new species! Learn how marine biologists identify mysterious ocean creatures and why soft-bodied sea slugs pack incredible chemical defenses.
👨‍🚀 The 6.5-Hour Spacewalk: Karl P.J. Hobbes, author of The Adventures of Space and
Time, joins Dan to break down the thrilling 6.5-hour spacewalk undertaken by astronauts outside the International Space Station. Step outside the airlock to see how space suits keep humans alive in the freezing vacuum of space!
🍕 The Science of Hunger: Tara asks a delicious question: why does food taste so much better when you're completely starving? We break down how your brain unleashes chemical reward signals when your belly runs low on fuel.
🪐 Naming New Worlds: Robert Walsh from the University of Lancashire answers Jonah's question: how do planets get their official names? Journey through mythology, international astronomical rules, and alien exoplanet catalog numbers!
🐍 Dangerous Dan: Meet the Tiger Keelback Snake! This East Asian reptile is one of the rarest creatures on Earth because it is both venomous AND poisonous! It bites with venomous back fangs AND absorbs deadly toxins from the toads it eats, storing the poison in its neck glands to spray at predators!
🧠 Brain Box: Entomologist Francis Ratnieks steps into the Brain Box to explore the incredible social structure of bees and wasps, revealing how millions of tiny insects communicate and run super-organized colonies!

Subscribe to Science Quest to walk in space, name distant planets, and uncover the double-threat secrets of venomous-poisonous snakes! 🎙️✨

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How Are Rockets Safe? 🚀 Aug 19, 2026

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This Week’s Big Questions!

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

🚀 How are rockets safe?
🦴 Do humans have the same sized skeleton?
🧼 How does soap clean hands?
⚛️ How do we know what's inside an atom?
🦠 How does your body fight viruses?

And join Professor Hallux at his help desk as he answers the weird and wonderful questions you’ve always wanted to know the answers to! This time we find out all about earwax!

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40,000 Calories a Day: Inside the Massive Pre-Hibernation Grizzly Bear Bulk 🐻💤 Aug 15, 2026

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Welcome to Science Quest! 🚀 This week, we are following a rare turtle's epic transatlantic flight back home, checking out a record-smashing hydrogen supercar, and solving a ancient mystery about how a six-tonne boulder hitched a ride on a giant glacier!

🐢 The Transatlantic Turtle Flight: A rare, lost turtle found washed up on a cold Welsh beach has just been flown thousands of miles back home to the warm waters of Mexico! Discover how marine rescue teams nursed this oceanic traveler back to health and prepped it for its high-flying journey.
⚡ Record-Breaking Hydrogen Power: Speed alert! A British driver has just shattered a land speed record driving a high-tech vehicle powered entirely by hydrogen fuel! Find out how zero-emission hydrogen gas can generate mind-blowing speed without producing a single drop of pollution.
🗿 The Glacier Highway: Remy Veness from Sheffield Hallam University joins Dan to unpack a wild new theory about Stonehenge. How did a massive six-tonne stone travel hundreds of miles from Scotland all the way to southern England thousands of years ago? It might not have been dragged by humans—it might have hitched a ride on a creeping prehistoric glacier!
👀 Eyeball Mechanics: Jake asks an awesome biology question: how do our eyes actually move around in our sockets? We look at the microscopic muscle pulleys working behind the scenes to let you blink, look, and track moving objects instantly.
🐻 Grizzly Bear Fat Checks: Nat Kent from Bristol Zoo answers Max's brilliant animal question: just how fat can a Grizzly Bear get before it hunkers down for winter hibernation? (Hint: It involves eating tens of thousands of calories a day!)
🐍 Dangerous Dan: Watch your step for the Stiletto Snake! This sneaky burrowing reptile has side-facing, fangs that stick out sideways even when its mouth is closed! That means you can't even hold it safely behind its head without taking a venomous bite.
🧠 Brain Box: World-renowned astrophysicist Chris Lintott steps into the Brain Box to take us on a tour of distant star clusters, galaxy collisions, and how citizen scientists can help discover brand-new planets right from home!

Strap on your hiking boots and trek out into the wild with our A to Z of Wildlife!

This week, we are dropping in on the mighty Grizzly Bear to discover how these magnificent apex predators rule the wilderness. From their razor-sharp claws used for catching leaping salmon to their super-insulated fur coats that keep them cozy through freezing mountain winters, learn all about what makes the grizzly an absolute legend of the woods!

Subscribe to Science Quest to track flying turtles, decode Stonehenge secrets, and dodge side-fanged venomous snakes! 🎙️✨

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Why Do Men Go Bald?👨‍🦲💨 Aug 12, 2026

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This Week’s Big Questions!

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

🐍 Why do some snake bites harm humans?
👨‍🦲 Why do men go bald?
🦖 Why are some dinosaurs meat eaters?
🌙 Why does the Moon go around the Earth?
🐄💨 Can animals burp?
🥇 Why is gold valuable?

And join Professor Hallux at his help desk as he answers the weird and wonderful questions you’ve always wanted to know the answers to! This time we find out why our bruises go different colours as they heal!

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Grinding Plates and Shockwaves: How Earthquakes Shatter the Earth's Crust💥🪨 Aug 08, 2026

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Welcome to Science Quest! 🚀 This week, we are gearing up for a celestial spectale over the UK, witnessing the raw power of an erupting super-volcano, and diving deep underwater to see how ocean creatures cope when the sea starts to boil!

☀️ The UK Solar Eclipse: Circle your calendars for August 12th! A dramatic solar eclipse is set to cross the skies. Discover what causes the moon to block out the sun, how to safely watch the cosmic shadow, and where to get the best view in the UK.
🌋 Volcanic Fury in Guatemala: Central America's fierce Fuego volcano has erupted again! Find out how scientists track rivers of scorching lava, ash plumes, and pyroclastic flows to keep local communities safe from dangerous eruptions.
🌊 Boiling Oceans: John Pinnegar from CEFAS joins Dan to unpack how recent heatwaves are dramatically impacting our seas. Learn how rising water temperatures affect marine ecosystems, coral reefs, and native fish species.
💥 Shockwave Science: Tim Craig from Leeds University answers Austin's big question: how are earthquakes actually made? Journey deep into the Earth's crust to discover how grinding tectonic plates build up massive pressure until the ground snaps!
🐀 Dangerous Dan: Look out for the Solenodon! This rare, prehistoric-looking Caribbean mammal may look like a cute shrew, but it packs a terrifying secret: it is one of the only mammals on Earth that injects venom directly through special grooves in its teeth!
🧠 Brain Box: Conservationist Adam Hart steps into the Brain Box to explore how biodiversity protects our ecosystems and why preserving even the tiny creepy-crawlies helps save the whole planet.

Geology Rocks: Decoding Geological Time ⏳🪨

Hop into the time machine with Finley as we travel back millions of years to crack the secrets of the Earth's ancient past!

Learn how geologists act as deep-time detectives, using rock layers and fossils to calculate the age of ancient artifacts. Discover why scientists divide Earth’s history into massive chapters like Eras, Periods, and Epochs to map out the story of our planet!

Subscribe to Science Quest to track solar eclipses, dodge erupting volcanoes, and uncover the venomous secrets of the animal kingdom! 🎙️✨

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How Does Nuclear Power Work? ☢️⚡ Aug 05, 2026

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This Week’s Big Questions!

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

🪽🐦 How do wings and feathers help birds fly?
☢️⚡ How does nuclear power work?
💦😅 How does sweat cool your body down?
🧊💧 Why does water turn into ice?
🏔️🥶 Why does it get colder the higher we go?
🐍🎨 Why are some venomous animals brightly coloured?
🦷 What are teeth made of?

And Professor Hallux gives us the low down on Psoriasis.

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