Fun Kids Science Quest

What If the Sun Disappeared?

This Week’s Big Questions! You’ve been sending in your brilliantly curious questions, and this week… 👃 Why Does Pinching Your Nose Change Your Voice? 🐸 Why Do Frogs C

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 nea

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? 🌌 Whe

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

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 d

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 t

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.

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

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

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 unloc

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 Ans

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 fir

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 syste

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 hig

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

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 wh

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 steppi

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 elder

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

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?