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Fun Kids Science Quest
by 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!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.comPlus, 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 supportin
Episodes
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194 Years Old: The DNA Powers of Jonathan the Giant Tortoise 🐢🧬
Welcome to Science Quest! 🚀 This week, we are honoring a hero working dog in Scotland, diving down to the world’s oldest shipwreck, and unlocking the secret to living nearly two centuries with a 194-year-old giant tortoise! 🐕 Scotland’s Hero Hound: Award time! A working dog in Scotland has...
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Where Does a Galaxy End and Another Begin? 🌌🌠
This Week’s Big Questions! You’ve been sending in your brilliantly curious questions, and this week… 💪 How and why do cramps happen? 🌳📄 How do trees make paper? 🌌 Where Does a Galaxy End and Another Begin? 🦇🩸 Why do vampire bats drink blood? 🌧️🧪 Why does acid rain happen? Join Fun Kids...
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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…
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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…
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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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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...
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Yellowstone Supervolcano Alert: What Happens If It Erupts? 🌋💥
Welcome to Science Quest! 🚀 This week, we are gazing at award-winning cosmic photography, following an autonomous robot sailing across the Atlantic Ocean, and uncovering what would happen if North America's supervolcano finally blew its top! 📸 Stargazing Photo Champions: The Royal Observatory...
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How Do Sunflowers Follow the Sun?
This Week’s Big Questions! You’ve been sending in your brilliantly curious questions, and this week… 🪐 How did Saturn get its rings? 🌻 How do sunflowers follow the Sun? 🏀 Why do balls bounce? 🦈 Why do sharks have so many teeth? 🥇 Why is gold special? And join Professor Hallux at his help…
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The Chihuahua Discovery: How Tiny Lap Dogs Carry Wild Coyote DNA 🐕🐺
Welcome to Science Quest! 🚀 This week, we are following a pack of wild dogs on a record-shattering trek, rescuing a lost ocean seabird in the middle of England, and unlocking a shocking secret hiding inside the tiny Chihuahua! 🐺 The Epic Wild Dog Trek: Record-breaker alert! A pack of endangered...
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Aviation Experts Answer YOUR Questions! ✈️⭐
Welcome to Fun Kids Science Quest – Reach for the Sky Special! Today, we're joined by Samantha Higgins, a Student Outreach Manager at British Airways, and Sigourney Ansah, an aspiring commercial pilot and Aviation Ambassador. Samantha and Sigourney are passionate about inspiring the next…
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Brand New Podcast: Fun Kids Dino Quest 🦖
🦖 Brand new from Fun Kids: Dino Quest, the podcast that builds a dinosaur from scratch, one real piece of science at a time! Science Quest’s Dan introduces the very first episode, right here in full. Lauren and palaeontologist Cassius start at the very bottom with legs, and ask the big question:...
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Gorilla Sound Cannons: Why Silverbacks Thump Their Chests 🦍🥁
Welcome to Science Quest! 🚀 This week, we are tracking a tiny moth's epic journey across the North Sea, soaring through space toward the hottest planet in our solar system, and stomping back in time to the age of the ultimate apex predator! 🦋 The North Sea Marathon: History in the making! A…
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Why Does Metal Rust?🔩🟤
This Week’s Big Questions! You’ve been sending in your brilliantly curious questions, and this week… 📡 How does a microwave work? 🎈 Why does helium make your voice higher? 🤕 Why do we get headaches? 🩸 Why does our blood need oxygen? 🔩 Why does metal rust? And join Professor Hallux at his…
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Faster Than Humans: The Bionic Sprinting Robots Breaking World Records 🤖👟
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…
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How Deep Do Tree Roots Go?🌳
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…
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The Secret of Husky Eyes: Why Huskies Have Two Different Colours 🐺👁️
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…
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What's The Deadliest Animal in History?
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…
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Who Names the Solar System? The Secret Science of Naming Planets 🔭🌌
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...
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How Are Rockets Safe? 🚀
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...
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40,000 Calories a Day: Inside the Massive Pre-Hibernation Grizzly Bear Bulk 🐻💤
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…
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Why Do Men Go Bald?👨🦲💨
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?…
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Grinding Plates and Shockwaves: How Earthquakes Shatter the Earth's Crust💥🪨
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...
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How Does Nuclear Power Work? ☢️⚡
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…
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The Loudest Breakfast Ever: Cooking Eggs With Pure Sound Waves 🔊🥚
Welcome to Science Quest! 🚀 This week, we are gazing up at a dazzling supermoon in the night sky, uncovering a 40-year-old secret hidden in a museum drawer, and finding out why four-legged farm animals are turning into conservation heroes! 🌕 The Glowing Buck Moon: Night sky alert! The famous…
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Why Do Mosquito Bites Itch?🦟
This Week’s Big Questions! You’ve been sending in your brilliantly curious questions, and this week… 🦘 Why are baby kangaroos born with a pouch? 🌍 Why does Earth spin on an axis? 🐻💤 Why do mammals hibernate? 🦟 Why do mosquito bites itch? 🐛🍃 Why do caterpillars eat leaves and flowers? And...
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Ants vs Krill: The Showdown for the Biggest Animal Population on Earth 🦐🐜
Welcome to Science Quest! 🚀 This week, we are rewinding the clock to discover why ancient humans started kissing, looking into why UK bumblebees are struggling with rising heatwaves, and cracking open the secret intellect of super-smart insects! 💋 Ancient Hugs & Kisses: Scientists think that...
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Why Are Orcas Black and White?⚫⚪
This Week’s Big Questions! You’ve been sending in your brilliantly curious questions, and this week… ✋ Why are most people right-handed? 🐋⚫⚪ Why are orcas black and white? 👂 Why do adults hear differently? 🦷 Why do wobbly teeth hurt? 🔊 Why does sound get quieter the farther away it is? 🐜😴…
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Supervolcanoes or Space Rocks? The Most Dangerous Thing on Earth Revealed! ☄️💥
Welcome to Science Quest! 🚀 This week, we are heading into the deep jungle to meet a newly discovered species of monkey, counting up the millions spent on the world's most expensive dinosaur fossil, and tracking the race to launch giant rockets right from the coast of the UK! 🐒 Secret Jungle...
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How Fast Would You Have to Run to Run on Water? 🏃💦
This Week’s Big Questions! You’ve been sending in your brilliantly curious questions, and this week… ☁️ Why are clouds white? 🧠⚡ How fast does the brain send signals? 🤕 Why do we get headaches? 🏃💦 How fast would you need to run to run on water? ⛰️🏃 Why do you run slower uphill? 🪐 Why are...
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Defying Gravity: The Lizard That Can Literally Run on Water! 🦎💧
Welcome to Science Quest! 🚀 This week, we are tracking down an out-of-control garbage fire, flying a high-stakes outer space mission to rescue a tumbling telescope, and looking at how deep-sea heroes are fighting to save our oceans. 🗑️ The Rubbish Inferno: A massive, towering mountain of…
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Why Is Mars Red?
This Week’s Big Questions! You’ve been sending in your brilliantly curious questions, and this week… 🐱 Why are some cats hypoallergenic? 🦟 What's an itch? 🔴🪐 Why is Mars red? ⚡ Who discovered electricity? 🕯️ How do candles work? 🦴 Why do your bones click? 🌌✨ Where did the Milky Way come...
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World Cup Warning! Why Cheering for Your Team Might Be Dangerous ⚽🚨
Welcome to Science Quest! 🚀 This week, we are tracking down an ancient prehistoric mystery, figuring out how exploding volcanoes could actually save our planet, and discovering why cheering on your favorite team at the World Cup might be a hazard to your health! 🗿 Stonehenge Prototype:...
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Amazing Aluminium: Recycling Aluminium ✨♻️
In this episode of Fun Kids Science Quest, Dan heads into the world of aluminium recycling to discover what happens to old drink cans and foil after they’ve been thrown away. Learn how aluminium can be recycled over and over again without losing its quality, hear from recycling expert Alex…
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How Talking Began: Unlocking the Mystery of the First Ever Language 🔓🎙️
Welcome to Science Quest! 🚀 This week, we are celebrating a massive victory for endangered birds, tracking extreme global weather storms, and hunting down a bizarre, microscopic species of "killer fungus"! 🪶 The Rarest Hatchlings: Blackpool Zoo is celebrating a huge conservation win! Three...
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Why Doesn’t Our Nose Block What We See?
This Week’s Big Questions! You’ve been sending in your brilliantly curious questions, and this week… 💎 What is the hardest thing on Earth? 🦇🩸 Why do vampire bats drink blood? 🌀❄️ How does a fan keep you cool? 🎈🗣️ Why does helium make your voice higher? 👃👀 Why doesn’t our nose block what…
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Parallel Worlds: Cracking the Mind-Bending Mystery of the Multiverse! 🚪✨
Welcome to Science Quest! 🚀 This week, we are kicking off a massive celebration for Insect Week, hunting down new dinosaur relatives, and tearing open the fabric of space and time to ask if we are living in a multiverse. 🐢 The Flat-Pack Hatchling: Keepers are celebrating the arrival of a newly...
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How Long Can Humans Survive in Space Without a Spacesuit? 👨🚀🌌
This Week’s Big Questions! You’ve been sending in your brilliantly curious questions, and this week… ☁️ Why do clouds move so slowly? ☀️ What is the Sun made of? 🩹 Why do we heal differently? 👨🚀🌌 How long could humans survive in space without a spacesuit? 📷 How do cameras work? 🐦🌳 How do...
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The Slime Factory: How Snails Engineer the Ultimate Sticky Goo! 🐌🧪
Welcome to Science Quest! 🚀 This week, we are counting down to an epic return to the Moon, heading inside a high-stakes space station emergency, and diving straight into the slimiest, creepiest, most brilliant secrets of the animal kingdom. 🌕 The Next Moon Crew: NASA has officially unveiled the...
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The Airport Job That Helps Premier League Footballers Get to Their Matches✈️⚽
Welcome to Fun Kids Science Quest – Reach for the Sky Special! Today, we're joined by Abdullah Bin Sajid Butt, a Customer Operations Coordinator at Jet2. Abdullah has built a career in the aviation industry, working in customer service roles for both a ground handling company and an airline. He's...
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Beyond the Last Star: Journey to the Edge of the Universe 🌌🚀
Welcome to Science Quest! 🚀 This week, we are counting down to World Ocean’s Day by tracking deep-sea defenders, investigating a spectacular rocket explosion, and going beyond the edge of the cosmos to find out what space is actually inside of. 💥 Rocket Crash: Blue Origin’s latest test rocket…
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Why Doesn't the Sun Fall Down? ☀️🌌
This Week’s Big Questions! You’ve been sending in your brilliantly curious questions, and this week… 🤧 Why does snot appear when your nose dries out? 👂 Why do your ears pop on planes? 🔥 Why is fire orange? 😴 Why don’t we hear things when we sleep? 🐟 Do fish wee? ☀️ Why does the Sun float in...
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Stephen Hawking’s Protégé: Inside the Mind of a Theoretical Physicist 🧠🛰️
Welcome to Science Quest! 🚀 This week, we are looking at the future of space exploration, uncovering what animals get up to after dark, and answering the absolute weirdest questions about how our bodies actually work. 🌕 Moon Base Blueprint: NASA has just unveiled its next major steps to build a...
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How Do Boats Float on Water? 🚢🌊
This Week’s Big Questions! You’ve been sending in your brilliantly curious questions, and this week… ⛵ How do boats float on water? 🤒 Why do we get sore throats? ♨️ Why do liquids boil at different temperatures? 👀 Why do animals have different shaped eyes? 🌅 Why does the sky turn red? 🪰…
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Attack of the 88-Foot Dinosaur: Meeting the New Giant, Nagatitan! 🦕💥
Welcome to Science Quest! 🚀 This week, we are unlocking the ultimate time-traveling, planet-protecting secrets of our world. We’re going from microscopic rain forest heroes to the largest prehistoric titans to ever walk the earth. 🐸 The Great Frog Rescue: London Zoo has just welcomed two...
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Amazing Aluminium: Making Aluminium Products ✨♻️
In this episode of Fun Kids Science Quest, Dan discovers how aluminium products like drink cans and foil are made, from giant factory rollers to roaring furnaces. Find out why this lightweight metal is so useful, how it can be recycled again and again, and become a “Recycling Detective” by…
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Why Bridges Don’t Break: The Physics of Super-Structures 🌉💪
Welcome to Science Quest! 🚀 This week, we’re going from viral owlets to the edge of our solar system, with a few stops in between to figure out why your body makes weird noises and how to build a bridge that won't fall down. 🦉 The Internet’s Favourite Owlets: Four newborn Tawny owlets have…
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What's The Most Dangerous Animal in the Ocean?🦈🌊
This Week’s Big Questions! You’ve been sending in your brilliantly curious questions, and this week… 🪸 How do corals grow underwater? 🦴 Why do bones weaken with age? 🌊 What’s the most dangerous animal in the ocean? 🌠 How do shooting stars happen? 🌌 How big is the universe? 🚗 Why do people…
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Lunar Cities: NASA Plans to Build a Base on the Moon 🏗️👨🚀
Welcome to Science Quest! 🧪 This week, we’re traveling from the depths of prehistoric oceans to the future of the Moon. We’re investigating ancient sea monsters, saving squirrels, and answering the weirdest body questions you’ve ever had. What Do We Learn About? 🐙 Ancient Tentacled Titans: New...
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Are All Babies Born with Blue Eyes?👶👀
This Week’s Big Questions! You’ve been sending in your brilliantly curious questions, and this week… 📱 Why is blue light bad for sleep? 🌲 Why are some trees evergreen? 👂 Why do adults hear differently to kids? 🦷 Why do wobbly teeth hurt? 👶 Are all babies born with blue eyes? 🐜 Do insects...
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How to Save Your Chips This Summer: Outsmarting Seagulls with Science 🍟👁️
Welcome to Science Quest! 🧪 This week, we’re scrubbing in for surgery at the zoo, outsmarting some hungry beach birds, and taking a multi-year road trip to Saturn! What Do We Learn About? 🏥 Front Row at the Hospital: London Zoo is opening a brand-new wildlife health centre where you can watch...
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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.comPlus, 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 supportin
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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...
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