Mysteries of Science

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Looking for Atlantis Oct 14, 2022

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Atlantis. Just saying the name fills you with a sense of adventure. But where is it? And could a city really have sunk without a trace?

Michael and Dan go looking for Atlantis with the help of Cinzia and David...

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Is your computer smarter than you? Sep 30, 2022

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You might have heard of something called AI – which stands for Artificial intelligence.

Smart machines have featured in a lot of movies and popped up in the news lately but what is it exactly? How does it work? And could computers become so smart that they could do everything for us humans?

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Is luck real? Sep 16, 2022

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What’s considered lucky might be different depending on where you live and who you are. But what is luck exactly and does luck actually exist? Or is it just something we’ve made up?

Two top professors and famous illusionist Derren Brown tackle whether luck is real or not...

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Is time travel possible? Sep 02, 2022

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For many of us, what we know about time travel comes from stories, whether those be books, films or TV shows where characters go from the present to the past to the future and then back again. But is it possible to time travel outside the world of fiction?

Tim Peake, Karen Inglis and Ron Mallett sit down with Stevie and Michael to find out whether time travel is possible...

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Your mysteries answered Aug 05, 2022

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Why do flies eat poo? Why, when I touch something, do my atoms not merge with the object? Are we living in a computer simulation?

All season we've been trying to answer the top mysteries that have baffled scientists for centuries. Now, we're answering yours!

Ask a question of your own at FunKidsLive.com/mysteries and you could be in the next season of Mysteries of Science!

This episode might finish Season 3 but it doesn't spell the end of Mysteries of Science.

We'll be back soon and looking at more of the most mind bending stuff in the universe.

Mysteries of Science is a fortnightly podcast created by The Week Junior's Science+Nature magazine and Fun Kids.

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Shapeshifters Jul 22, 2022

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Fantasy creatures that can morph and change their shape, size and appearance are known as shapeshifters... Creatures like werewolves, vampires, and even the Incredible Hulk are examples of this.

Shapeshifting is something that’s captured the human imagination for centuries – with many classic stories about shapeshifting creatures – some real and others imaginary.

But is it actually possible? And if so, how?

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Children raised by animals Jul 08, 2022

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You might be familiar with the story of Tarzan or Romulus and Remus, the children who founded Rome.

But did you know there are also real-life stories of children being raised by animals?

That’s our mystery today – we're going to investigate these tales of so-called 'feral children' and find out whether or not it would actually be possible to be raised by animals.

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The Lost City (Machu Picchu) Jun 24, 2022

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We’re going high up into the Peruvian Andes in South America, more than 2,000 metres above sea level, to the ancient lost city of Machu Picchu, one of the world’s most spectacular places.

It was named one of the seven wonders of the modern world in 2007. But it’s also one of the most mysterious. Who really built this awesome citadel and what it was used for has puzzled people for a long time...

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What did dinosaurs look like? Jun 10, 2022

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Think you know about dinosaurs? Think again!

Hollywood movies have lied to you. Are dinosaurs big, scaly creatures with tremendous roars? Maybe...

Or, as Michael and Stevie discover in this episode of Mysteries of Science, perhaps they were feathered and sounded more like birds...

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Is something eating the universe? (Black holes) May 27, 2022

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Black holes are small regions of space where a great amount of matter is packed in and their gravitational pull is so strong that nothing, not even light can escape.

But what’s inside a black hole? What would happen to someone if they got sucked in? And are they eating up the universe?

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