Fun Kids Science Quest
Fun Kids
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!
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It's time for another BIG and BRILLIANT adventure into the world of science on this week’s Science Quest!
In Science in the News, butterfly numbers across the UK are in decline, bird experts are warning people not to use feeders this summer, and Dr Thomas Clements from the University of Reading explains how a 300-million-year-old fossil, once thought to be an octopus, was misidentified and what it really reveals about life on Earth long ago.
It’s time for your questions too. Owen wants to know what the deadliest animal is, and Neil Lambert from King’s College London tackles a big, mind-bending question from Atlas: why is the world 3D and not 2D?
Dangerous Dan introduces the great grey owl, a silent hunter with incredible senses.
Then we step into the Brain Box with Professor Jonathan Tennyson from University College London to explore exoplanets and discover what lies beyond our Solar System.
Plus, in Galaxy Gala, we head to Deep Space High to learn all about stars and what makes them shine.
What we learn about:
• Why butterfly numbers are falling in the UK
• Why bird feeders might be risky in summer
• A fossil that scientists got wrong
• What the world's deadliest animal is
• The great grey owl
• What exoplanets are and where they exist
All that and more on this week’s Science Quest!
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Previous episodes
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852 - The Case of the Missing Dimensions: A Cosmic Mystery 🕵️♂️✨ Sat, 18 Apr 2026
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851 - Who Controls The Weather?🪶🌦️ Wed, 15 Apr 2026
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850 - BRAIN BOX: A High-Tech Science Question Chamber 🧠⚡ Sat, 11 Apr 2026
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849 - AMAZING ALUMINIUM: What is Aluminium? 🥫 ✈️ Wed, 08 Apr 2026
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848 - RETURN TO THE MOON: Inside NASA’s Artemis II Mission 🌕🚀 Sat, 04 Apr 2026
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847 - Why Don’t Vultures Get Food Poisoning? 🦅🤢 Wed, 01 Apr 2026
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846 - ALIEN OCEANS: Scientists Discover a Strange New Liquid Planet 🌌🪐 Sat, 28 Mar 2026
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845 - How Does Wood Turn To Paper?🪵📄 Wed, 25 Mar 2026
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844 - GOLDFISH MYTH: The Truth About Their 3-Second Memory🐠🧠 Sat, 21 Mar 2026
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843 - Why Does Food Taste Better When We’re Hungry?😋🍔 Wed, 18 Mar 2026
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842 - RAINBOW SCIENCE: Why Nature Bends the Light 🌈💧 Sat, 14 Mar 2026
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841 - Can You Dig to the Centre of the Earth? 🌍 ⛏️ Wed, 11 Mar 2026
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840 - RETURN OF THE SEA TUTRLES: But Scientists Are Worried... 🐢📈 Sat, 07 Mar 2026
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839 - Why Do We Have Eyebrows?🤨 👀 Wed, 04 Mar 2026
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838 - VAMPIRE MYSTERY: Archaeologists Examine a Strange Burial🧛♂️🦴 Sat, 28 Feb 2026
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837 - How Are Tears Made?😭💧 Wed, 25 Feb 2026
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836 - HANNIBAL'S WAR ELEPHANTS: Lost Clues Discovered 🐘⚔️ Sat, 21 Feb 2026
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835 - Why Do Whales Explode? 🐋💥 Wed, 18 Feb 2026
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834 - SOLAR ECLIPSE: When The Sun Goes Dark🌞🌑 Sat, 14 Feb 2026
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833 - Why Are Leaves Green?🍃🌱 Wed, 11 Feb 2026
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832 - OUR PLANET'S STORY: Why Earth Is Called Earth🌍📖 Sat, 07 Feb 2026
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831 - Why Do We Burp?🤭💨 Wed, 04 Feb 2026
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830 - DOGS VS. CATS: The Science of Pet Rivalry 🐶🐱 Sat, 31 Jan 2026
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829 - MIDWEEKLY: How Do Snakes Move?🐍💨 Tue, 27 Jan 2026
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828 - SHAKY GROUND: Inside the UK’s 300 Earthquakes Last Year 🌍⚡ Sat, 24 Jan 2026
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827 - MIDWEEKLY: Why Do We Need Snot?🤧🦠 Wed, 21 Jan 2026
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826 - VACCINES EXPLAINED: From Covid to Colds and Everything in Between🦠 💉 Sat, 17 Jan 2026
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825 - MIDWEEKLY: How Old Are Humans?⏳🧬 Wed, 14 Jan 2026
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824 - ALIEN HUNT: How Scientists Are Tracking Down Life in Space 🛸👽 Sat, 10 Jan 2026
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823 - MIDWEEKLY: How Long Does It Take To Climb Mt. Everest?🏔️🥾 Wed, 07 Jan 2026
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822 - SPACE SECRETS: Astronaut Tim Peake Reveals All 🧑🚀🚀 Sat, 03 Jan 2026
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821 - MIDWEEKLY: How Many Earths Fit Inside the Sun?🌍☀️ Wed, 31 Dec 2025
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820 - ANCIENT EGYPT: Understanding How Hieroglyphics Really Worked🐫📜 Sat, 27 Dec 2025
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819 - MIDWEEKLY: Why Are We Scared of Spiders? 🕷️😱 Wed, 24 Dec 2025
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818 - ROAR POWER: Why Lions Make Earth-Shaking Sounds 🦁🌍 Sat, 20 Dec 2025
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817 - MIDWEEKLY: Why Does Our Hair Turn Grey?🧑🦳❓ Wed, 17 Dec 2025
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816 - ANCIENT GIANTS: Discover Earth’s Oldest Living Residents🌳🌍 Sat, 13 Dec 2025
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815 - MIDWEEKLY: What Would Happen to a Human Body in Space?👩🚀🌌 Wed, 10 Dec 2025
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814 - ASTRONAUT TIM PEAKE: Life On The International Space Station 🚀 🌌 Sat, 06 Dec 2025
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813 - MIDWEEKLY: How Fast was the Meteor that Killed the Dinosaurs? ☄️🦖 Wed, 03 Dec 2025
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812 - BLACK HOLE MYSTERY: Exploring the Universe’s Scariest Place 🌌🕳️ Sat, 29 Nov 2025
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811 - MIDWEEKLY: Do Cats Have the Same Bones as Humans?🐱🦴 Wed, 26 Nov 2025
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810 - DINO DISCOVERY: Has the T-Rex Just Been Levelled Up?! ⚡🦖 Sat, 22 Nov 2025
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809 - MIDWEEKLY: Why Does Your Tummy Rumble?🍕🌀 Wed, 19 Nov 2025
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808 - MEET THE GROLAR BEAR: Half Grizzly, Half Polar! 🐻❄️🐻 Sat, 15 Nov 2025
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807 - MIDWEEKLY: How Do Clouds Stay in the Sky? ☁️🌤️ Wed, 12 Nov 2025
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806 - EARTH 2.0: The Epic Hunt for a New Home 🌍✨ Sat, 08 Nov 2025
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805 - MIDWEEKLY: Why Is The Moon Called... The Moon?🌕🌌 Wed, 05 Nov 2025
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804 - SAND vs WATER: The Ultimate Earth Showdown! 💧🏖️ Sat, 01 Nov 2025
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803 - MIDWEEKLY: Could Dinosaurs Really Fly? 🦖🪽 Wed, 29 Oct 2025