Science for Kids / Science's Not Boring: The Kids Science Podcast

Did you know that while you are eating delicious pancakes for breakfast, a kid on the other side of the planet in Australia is fast asleep in the pitch dark? Or that right now, even while you are sitting totally still, you are actually hurtling through space at over sixty-seven thousand miles per hour? It is true! Our massive planet Earth is like a giant, spinning spaceship! In this mind-blowing episode of Science is Not Boring, Mira and Finn explore exactly why we have day and night. You will discover how the Earth acts like a leaning top facing a giant flashlight, and visit a wild town in Norway where the sun stays up in the sky for four whole months straight! Plus, find out how a Canadian engineer named Sir Sandford Fleming missed his train in 1876 and decided to slice the entire world into twenty-four time zones just to fix the crazy schedules! Get ready to learn wacky facts about astronauts seeing sixteen sunsets a day and why France has more time zones than any other country. Strap into your chairs and get ready to spin!

Have you ever wondered why your teeth keep falling out, or how you get taller every single year? Get ready for a mind-blowing journey inside the hidden construction site of the human body! Did you know you actually started out smaller than the period at the end of this sentence? It is true! Join Mira and Finn as they explore the superhero builders in your bones called osteoblasts, and find out why you are actually taller in the morning than when you go to bed. (Hint: gravity squishes you down during the day!). Plus, we reveal the slightly spooky but completely amazing truth about baby teeth. Meet the tiny demolition crew called odontoclasts that actually dissolve the roots of your baby teeth so they can fall out! From human bones that are stronger than solid steel to astronauts growing two whole inches while floating in space, your body is doing incredible things even while you sleep. Tune in to find out how you get a brand-new skeleton every ten years!

Have you ever looked up at the daytime sky and wondered, what exactly is the Sun? It might look like a friendly, quiet yellow ball, but it is actually a roaring, boiling nuclear furnace! Join Mira and Finn on an explosive space adventure to the center of our solar system as they uncover the mind-blowing secrets of the closest star to Earth. Did you know you could fit over a million Earths inside it? Or that it is made of a glowing, electrified soup called plasma?

In this fiery episode, we will discover how the Sun violently smashes atoms together to create the brilliant light and heat that keeps us alive! You'll also learn about a super-fast spaceship built by scientists to actually touch the Sun without melting. But hold on tight, because things get dark! We are answering the ultimate terrifying question: what would happen if the Sun suddenly switched off completely? From absolute darkness to a freezing planet flying off into deep space, the answers will shock you! Grab your sunglasses and tune in!

Have you ever wondered how animals survive in places that would turn humans into popsicles or fry us like an egg? Join Mira and Finn on an epic science adventure as they uncover the wildest, most mind-blowing survival tricks on planet Earth! You won't believe what these incredible creatures can do to stay alive. Discover the amazing North American Wood Frog, a living ice cube that stops its heart and freezes solid all winter, only to thaw out and hop away in the spring! Travel to freezing blizzards to learn how ten thousand Emperor penguins create cozy ninety-eight-degree group hugs to stay warm. Then, cross the globe to the scorching Sahara Desert to bust a massive myth: camels don't store water in their humps, they actually store fat! You'll also meet super-fast ants wearing shiny, reflective heat suits, and the ultimate invincible microscopic water bear, the Tardigrade, which can survive being boiled, frozen, and even launched into outer space! Get ready for a wild ride full of cool science facts, bizarre body changes, and a fun quiz to test your extreme animal knowledge!

Have you ever wondered why the ground can suddenly shake, crack, and roll like huge waves on a beach? Join Mira and Finn on an earth-shattering adventure to find out what really causes earthquakes! Did you know the ground beneath your feet is actually broken into giant puzzle pieces called tectonic plates? They are always moving, but usually only as fast as your fingernails grow!

But watch out! When these massive, jagged rocky plates get stuck together, the solid rock can actually bend like a giant rubber band. And when the pressure gets too high... SNAP! The rock breaks and releases unbelievable energy, sending super-fast invisible waves shooting through the ground!

In this exciting episode of Science is Not Boring, we uncover the mystery of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and discover how solid rock moved 21 feet in just seconds! We'll learn the big difference between speedy P-waves and destructive S-waves, how scientists use incredible early warning systems to keep people safe, and why places like Florida get to skip the shaking. Plus, explore the famous, volcano-filled Ring of Fire! Get ready to rock and roll!

Did you know the little rectangular screen in your pocket is actually a secret supercomputer? It is true! Join Mira and Finn on Science is Not Boring as they shrink down to microscopic size to explore exactly what is inside a smartphone! You won't believe the hidden science packed under the glass. Discover how a modern phone is millions of times more powerful than the massive computers NASA used to send the Apollo 11 astronauts to the Moon!

We will uncover a microscopic city built from over 60 different elements—including real gold, silver, and superhero-sounding metals like neodymium! Learn how an unbelievable 19 billion tiny switches called transistors can fit on a computer chip the exact size of your fingernail. Find out why the glass screen is soaked in boiling molten salt, how your phone uses electricity to know exactly where your finger taps, and why recycling old electronics is so incredibly important for the planet. Grab your favorite gadget, get ready for some light-speed science, and let's crack open the ultimate technological mystery!

Take a deep breath in... and let it out. Did you know that every single molecule of oxygen you just breathed was created by a plant? In this thrilling episode, Mira and Finn uncover the invisible superpowers of plants and trees! Join our hosts as they journey from the tiny, microscopic mouths on leaves (called stomata!) all the way to the steamy, massive Amazon Rainforest. You will discover how trees act like giant vacuum cleaners that suck up bad air and burp out fresh oxygen through a magical recipe called photosynthesis! Plus, learn about incredible "flying rivers" in the sky made of 20 billion tons of tree sweat, the amazing Dutch scientist who figured out plant secrets in 1779, and the shocking truth about how tiny ocean bacteria actually make most of Earth's oxygen! Pack your explorer hat and get ready to find out why keeping our forests safe is the most important mission on the planet. Tune in and never look at a leaf the same way again!

Grab your water bottles, because the water you are drinking right now has a wild, ancient secret! Did you know that the Earth's water is about 4.5 billion years old? That means the exact same water in your cup might have been sneezed out by a Woolly Mammoth, frozen in a massive glacier, or even swallowed by a giant Brachiosaurus during the Jurassic Period! Yep, you might literally be drinking purified dinosaur pee!

Join hosts Mira and Finn on an epic journey as they follow a single, freezing drop of water on a globe-trotting adventure. You'll learn how long water stays in the pitch-black ocean, how it floats invisibly into the clouds, and how it gets trapped in rivers of ice. Plus, discover the jaw-dropping story of a brave scientist who found 2-billion-year-old water deep inside a Canadian mine—and actually tasted it! Get ready for mind-blowing facts, massive numbers, and a fun quiz to test your knowledge about the most extreme survivor on planet Earth: water!

Did you know that the bright red of a shiny apple or the vibrant green of the grass doesn't actually exist outside your head?! It is completely made up by your brain! Join Mira and Finn on a mind-blowing journey to find out how your eyes catch incredibly fast waves of light to create the beautiful world around you! You will discover how Isaac Newton trapped a rainbow inside his bedroom, and learn all about the millions of microscopic light-catching cells hiding inside your eyeballs called rods and cones! But wait, do animals see the same rainbow we do? Prepare for some wild surprises! You'll find out why you should never throw a red toy for your dog, how bumblebees use secret invisible light to hunt down sweet flowers, and meet a super-powered underwater superhero! The Peacock Mantis Shrimp has 16 different color catchers and punches its prey as fast as a car! Packed with amazing fun facts, a colorful trivia quiz, and the shocking truth about the color pink, this episode will change the way you look at the world forever!

Did you know that millions of years before humans existed, giant reptiles ruled the Earth? Get ready to dig into the ultimate ancient mystery with Mira and Finn! We are traveling back in time to uncover the wild secrets of dinosaurs and how a simple muddy bone magically turns into solid rock.

Imagine opening your mouth and having eight hundred teeth packed inside, replacing themselves every three months! You will discover how the plant-eating Triceratops used its incredible dental battery, and why the mighty T. rex had terrifying teeth the exact size of a school ruler!

But wait, were all dinosaurs just scaly green reptiles? Not at all! Prepare for a massive shock as we reveal the truth about a fluffy, ginger-colored dinosaur named Sinosauropteryx. We will also track down fossilized footprints so huge you could take a bath in them! And the craziest twist of all? Dinosaurs never truly vanished. The mighty beasts of the Mesozoic Era are still alive today, flying right above your head! Tune in to find out why the pigeon at your local park is actually a living, breathing dinosaur!