Fun Kids Science Quest

Anna Hogg is a glaciologist and joins Dan on the Fun Kids Science Weekly this week to chat all about the Thwaites Glacier, and why scientists from all over the world are studying it. 

Plus Dangerous Dan is looking at deadly chemicals that are used to clean toilets and launch rockets, scientists are tracking earthquakes on Mars... that's right...Marsquakes! Plus there's a toxic caterpillar outbreak, and we're learning about cretaceous sealife! 

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Christopher Lloyd is the creator of the Explorer: BUGS book that features a 6 foot long timeline of bug life! Dan finds out what it is about bugs that gives them their staying power and what the first ever bugs looked like. 

Plus Dangerous Dan is discovering a colouful cuttlefish, we're finding out why we're bringing rocks back from Mars, how we get electricity in our homes and we're pitching man vs animal!

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The UK had a mini-heatwave this week so what better time to find out about climate? We hear all about the Cretaceous Climate in Age of the Dinosaurs, we start our journey learning about enegry with Enn and Gee and house scientist Professor Hallux is back to tell us all about bones!

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The Bright Ideas Challenge was created to help inspire the next generation of scientists and engineers. Bobby Seagull & Emma Wyatt are on the line with Dan to chat all about how we could power the cities of the future and the brand new findings that show that kids think they are the key to changing the world for the better through Science. 

Plus Dangerous Dan is discovering a tiny single-celled organism that will eat your brain, we find out why Barcelona shakes from time to time and we're pitching carnivores and herbivores against each other in the Age of the Dinosaurs!

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Europe's largest Science Festival is happening in Edinburgh at the moment and Augusta Macdonald is the Programme Manager there. She gives us the lowdown on what is going on all over Edinburgh to get everyone involved in science!

Plus Dangerous Dan is delving into history as we find out about the trinity test, we're finding out about how we're tackling space junk and Professor Hallux is exploring our dreams!

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Ross Hickles is a Herpetologist and Aquarist at SEA LIFE London, plus he owns over 200 pet animals including spiders, snakes and slugs. This week, he's chatting to Dan about snakes, difficult creatures to keep and how he got into herpetology!

Plus Dangerous Dan is discovering a laughing sickness, we're finding out about a transparent galaxy that contains no dark matter and we're looking at sea life in the Jurassic period! 

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Peter Kohler is the founder and director of The Plastic Tide, a charity made up of ocean, science and tech enthusiasts obsessed with working out ways to keep our beaches and seas clear of marine litter and plastics. This week, he's chatting to Dan about how plastic is affecting our oceans, what we can do to help and using drones. 

Plus Dangerous Dan is heading back 74,000 years to one of the most powerful volcanic eruptions ever, we're finding out how feeding birds in your garden may not be such a good idea and what happens if we spew in space!

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Stephen Hawking, one of the most influential scientists of our time, sadly died this week at the age of 76. He was famous for his work on black holes and relativity and so this week Dan chats to Josh Barker, from the National Space Centre all about how his work has influenced us!

Plus Dangerous Dan is looking at very common, tiny deadly creatures, we're finding out about Britain's digital railways with Bex and Dad and one British designer is recycling gum to make shoes!

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2018 is the year of engineering! So Dan has sent our resident inventor Sir Sidney McSprocket all over the country to chat with real life engineers to find out which famous inventors inspired them! 

Plus Dangerous Dan is looking at an illness that turns you tree-like, we're finding out about Britain's digital railways with Bex and Dad and are termites really just cockroaches? 

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