Sleep Tight Science - A Bedtime Science Podcast For Kids

Nocturnal Animals: How Can Anything See in the Dark? 🌙👀

Did you know the night is never really pitch dark, even with no moon out? There's always a little light, and some animals have eyes built to catch every bit of it.Tonight

Season 5 Finale: Everything Connects 🦏🦭🪲🧠🌌✨

What does a rhinoceros have in common with a flamingo, a hedgehog, and an eagle? Why does the same logic that put your brain in your head also explain how a crocodile lie

Do You Know About the Dung Beetle? 🪲

In this episode, before you drift off to sleep, we are going to learn all about the dung beetle. The dung beetle does a job nobody else wants. It eats dung, rolls dung, a

What Would Happen If You Fell Into a Black Hole? 🕳️

In this episode we are going to try to answer the question, What Would Happen If You Fell Into a Black Hole. And in trying to do so we are going learn all kinds of cool s

Fun Facts: Meat-Eaters, Giants, and the Strangest Dinosaurs 🦕

In this episode we are going to share some facts about dinosaurs. We have other episodes on dinosaurs which you can find on our feed, but like you we still like to learn

Why Is Our Brain in Our Head? 🧠

In this episode, Shiying asked us why our brain is in our head and the answer took us back more than 500 million years to some of the earliest animals with a clear front

Do you know about trees? 🌲 (New version)

Have you ever wondered about how trees grow? How can you tell how old they are? or Why are trees so important? In this episode we are going to talk about all these things

Do you know about jets? ✈️🛫🌍🛬 (Encore vroom)

In this encore episode of Sleep Tight Science, we’re learning all about jets! What makes a jet different from other airplanes? How do jet engines work? And why are jets s

Do you know about mosquitoes? 🦟 ( Buzzy Encore )

In this encore episode, we’ll explore the fascinating world of mosquitoes. You’ll learn what they are, why they buzz in our ears, why only some bite, and how they find us

Listener Questions: Stars, the Universe, and Deep Time ✨ ⭐

In this episode, four  listeners ask four of the biggest questions in astronomy. We explore how the universe went from total darkness to its first stars, what a light-yea

Listener Questions: Plants, Seeds, and the First Green Thing 🌱🍃

In this episode we have two questions from two six-year-olds living on opposite sides of the world. Nora Peng is six years old and lives in Hangzhou, China. Yumi is six y

Listener Questions: Chameleons, Octopuses, and Living Colour 🦎🐙

In this episode we have three super questions. One from Callum is 6 years old and lives in Manchester, England. He wants to know how chameleons change colour. Next, Alber

How Things Work: Why Is Air Invisible? 🌬️🔍

In this episode we are going to try and find out what air actually is and why it counts as real matter — because it does, even though it behaves as if it has nothing to p

Understanding Animals: Do You Know About the Capybara? 🦫

In this episode we are going to learn all about the Capybara, which has become famous for being extraordinarily calm, for sitting in hot springs, and for apparently allow

Understanding Animals: Do You Know About the Eagle? 🦅

In this episode, we will learn all about eagles. We will discover how their eyes can spot a fish from three kilometres away, how their bodies are perfectly designed for h

Fun Facts: Bodies, Beasts, and the Big Beyond 🧠🐾🚀

In this episode were are returning to one of our favourite and fun formats; fun facts! We have three lists with three different topics. We'll start with some surprising f

Understanding Animals: Do you know about crocodiles? 🐊

In this episode we are going to learn all about crocodile, and hopefully, if you are listening to this before bed, get a good nights rest too. Grown-ups: we value your f

Understanding Animals: Do You Know About the Hedgehog? 🦔

In this episode, we learn about how hedgehog spines actually work, why hedgehogs can hunt venomous snakes without being hurt, what really happens to their body during hib

Listener questions: The Science of Bioluminescence 🌊✨

In this episode, we're going to find out how bioluminescence works, where it lives, and what scientists have discovered by studying creatures that glow in the dark. We'll

Do You Know Why Screens Are So Hard To Put Down? 📺

In this episode, we're going to look at what  science says about looking at screens. Researchers are still learning about the effects of staring at the screens of our dev