Mysteries of Science
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Mysteries of Science
The team behind The Week Junior's Science+Nature magazine investigate unexplained phenomenon with the help of expert guests.
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Smart machines and artificial intelligence
lever machines have appeared in countless films and are making headlines all the time, but what exactly does it mean? How does it actually work? And c...
Black holes
Join Dan and Michael as they dive into Mysteries of Science, the children’s science podcast spotting the universe’s strangest phenomena.
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Bermuda Triangle: Do planes really go missing?
The team investigate the mystery of the Bermuda Triangle – a patch in the Caribbean that's well-known for swallowing up airplanes
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Shark Secrets
Dun dun... Dun dun... Dun dun dun dun dun... Michael and Jenny dip their toes into a the water and go searching for sharks. Scary and sinister or seri...
Communicating with aliens
A transmission from the past: Dan and Ciaran ask whether it's possible to talk to aliens.
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Everything you need to know about weather
Weather systems can be weird and wonderful. In this episode of Mysteries of Science, Michael and Stevie float among the clouds in an effort to underst...
Is shapeshifting possible?
If you could transform into anything, what would you become? And could shapeshifting ever be possible? That's what we're asking in this archive episod...
Unearthing Sutton Hoo
Sutton Hoo is one of Europe's most amazing discoveries.
This ancient burial site once held a ship packed with treasure – but no body. Who was bu...
In search of Planet X
Ciaran and Dan look at what makes a planet in this classic episode of Mysteries of Science, and whether there's a mysterious extra planet – Planet X –...
Loch Ness Monster
We’re diving into one of the greatest mysteries of all time – The Loch Ness Monster. From ancient legends to modern scientific investigations, we expl...
Mariana Trench
We're off to the deepest part of the ocean today – the Mariana Trench – on the quest to find out what lurks in its waters and why it's so hard to expl...
What killed Venus?
Michael and Stevie become interplanetary detectives as they investigate the solar system's hottest and most deadly murder mystery.
Venus is ofte...
How to sail like Moana
To celebrate the release of Moana 2, coming soon to cinemas, Dan and Stevie go on a journey to Polynesia to find out how thousands of islands thousand...
Animal consciousness
Stevie and Michael sit down and chat with some top experts to find out how animals experience the world. From dolphins to octopuses to pets and more,...
Oumuamua
Hosts Dan and Michael delve into the enigma of Oumuamua, a mysterious object that passed through our solar system in 2017.
Initially thought to...
Your Mysteries: Moonbows, werewolves, and dinosaur extinction
Michael and Stevie get answers to your burning questions in another episode of Mysteries of Science including a phenomena all about rainbows at night...
Magic potions
Inspired by the Harry Potter series, hosts Stevie and Michael explore magic potions!
They uncover the real-life inspiration behind Professor Sna...
Future of food: Would you eat insects?
Are insects in our diets the new sustainable food source? We're sharing parts of our talk from Cheltenham Science Festival plus chatting to exports li...
Your Mysteries
Dan and Stevie break down some of the biggest mysteries around – as asked by you!
Professor Brian Cox and a host of other special guests answer...
Altruism
Dan and Michael explore the concept of altruism. From vampire bats who share food to prevent each other from starving, to giving money to charity: why...
Thylacines
Dan and Michael are going down under to hunt for a thylacine. Also known as the tasmanian tiger or tasmanian wolf, could this supposedly extinct creat...
Return to Area 51
Michael and Dan are back after a mid-season break to take on perhaps one of the strangest mysteries we’ve ever encountered… What’s being hidden in a t...
Area 51
In the middle of the desert in Nevada, USA, sits a top-secret military base. You probably know it as Area 51.
Today, Michael, Dan, and a team of...
Dinosaurs
This week we're investigating a mystery requested by one of our listeners – could dinosaurs still walk among us?
These terrible lizards went ext...
How to read minds
Stevie and Michael dive into the topic of telepathy – the (supposed) strange ability to transmit thoughts or read minds!
Joining the team to pro...
The Big Bang theory
Hosts Dan and Michael kick off this new season of Mysteries of Science with a Big Bang: the theory that explains the origin of the universe.
Fre...
Your Mysteries
It's a Mysteries of Science season finale! In this episode, Michael and Dan tackle some of your biggest mysteries including ones about intelligent spe...
Octopuses
We're going under the sea and chatting to top tentacle geniuses in the form of Chris Packham and friends as we investigate the mystery of octopuses......
Dark Matter
Jenny and Michael venture into the cosmos to unravel the secrets of dark matter.
As astronomers observe stars and galaxies moving under the infl...
Time Machines
We're going back to the future in a brand new episode of Mysteries of Science, investigating the antikythera mechanism – a strange artefact from the p...
BONUS: Mysteries of Science Christmas Cracker
It's a Christmas special of Mysteries of Science! We're recapping the best bits of 2023 and diving into the archive, playing some previously unheard b...
Ötzi the Iceman
Two hikers stumble upon something in the ice: a mummy. Over the next few days, the mummy's extracted and examined by experts. It turns out to be 5,000...
Immortality
Is it possible to live forever? Expert guests author Ross Welford and biologist María Pascual Torner unlock the secrets to turning back time.
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Teleportation
Cartoonist Dr. Jorge Cham and author Kathryn Hulick investigate the mystery of teleportation. Is it possible to travel somewhere else in the blink of...
Slime
Michael, Jenny, and a team of top experts investigate one of the stickiest, gungiest mysteries we’ve ever explored: slime. From snails to slippery fis...
Your Space Mysteries
Michael and Jenny sit down with top scientists to talk about some of the most mind-bending mysteries in the universe — quite literally. This time, we’...
Deepfakes
They look, sound, and might even move like someone you know – but they're not. Deepfakes are images, videos, and audio recordings that are increasingl...
Beast of Exmoor
Tales of a strange creature loping around the British countryside have existed for quite some time but is there any truth in them? Michael and Jenny i...
Is magic real?
The team behind Mysteries of Science present a very special episode, recorded live at Cheltenham Science Festival, all about magic and whether or not...
BONUS: The Space Programme
Fun Kids, the UK's children's radio station, has a brand new series called The Space Programme?
Life on the Isle of Lune is about to get out-of...