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! The Fun Kids Science Weekly 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 this show – and 30 others! – ad-free and support the work Fun Kids does in bringing you high-quality, entertaining, and safe content for your family. Find out more at FunKidsLive.com/plus
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episode 352: SHINING SECRETS: Exploring the life of White Dwarf Stars
It's time for another trip around the solar system on the BIGGER and BETTER Science Weekly!
This episode of the Fun Kids Science Weekly we continue our bigger and better podcast where we put YOUR questions to our team of experts, have scientists battle it out for which science is the best & learn all about a fossilised forest that pre-dates the dinosaurs found in Somerset, England.
Dan starts with the latest science news, where we learn about a Sycamore Tree where we thought all hope was lost has new reasons to believe it can grow again, Space X successfully landing at the International Space Centre and Professor Neil Davies from the University of Cambridge joins us to talk all about a ancient fossilised forest discovered in Minehead, Somerset
Then we delve into your questions where Dan explains why it's always raining in the UK and we pose Arun's question on what happens to white dwarf stars when they die to Ed Turner from the National Space Centre
Dangerous Dan continues and we learn all about Cosmic Rays and why they're so scary.
The Battle of the Sciences continues where Dan chats to Professor Seirian Sumner from University College London all about why Wasps are the best! Then we pay a visit to Marina Ventura as she gets up close with biology and today she’s checking out how plants make seeds and why it all starts with pollen
What do we learn about?
- How a Sycamore Tree has been given a last hope?
- Space X landing at the International Space Centre
- A fossilised forest discovered in Somerset, England
- What happens to White Dwarf Stars when they die:?
- Why Entomology and specifically wasps is the best type of science?
All on this week's episode of Science Weekly!
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