Are Bogies Good for Us?
Fun Kids Science Weekly
Fun Kids
4.4 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 2 July 2022
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
What actually is in our blood? Why can Cheetahs run so fast? Author Paul Ian Cross joins us to chat all the grossest things about the body from is book Bodies, Brains and Bogies. In Science in the News this week we learn about the first rocket NASA has launched outside of the USA, a spacecraft being built in the UK and a new secret we have learnt from cavemen bodies that are 1 million years old! Hallux joins us again but its all about your teeth in this series at the dental depository, and Techno Mum has her knowledge tested in Techno Mum's Tech Trivia. And in Dangerous Dan its all on the fearsome Bowmouth Guitarfish!
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| 0:00.0 | Well, hello and welcome, it's lovely to see you and it's time for a brand new episode of The Fun Kids Science Weekly. |
| 0:10.0 | You've stumbled upon the smartest show in the history of the universe, seriously. |
| 0:16.0 | We've done all the studies, we've done all the surveys, we've asked all around the galaxies and everyone says Martians included that this is the greatest show they've ever heard. |
| 0:27.0 | Now, my name's Dan, thank you for joining me on this tour around the solar system. |
| 0:32.0 | We'll search out all the serious science stuff that's lurking within this week. |
| 0:37.0 | We'll chat to the amazing author Paul Cross, all about his new book, which looks at some of the grossest things inside your body. |
| 0:47.0 | What actually is a bogey? And why are we so fascinated by them? |
| 0:51.0 | This is the really fun part of this book, it's obviously the body is so fascinating. |
| 0:55.0 | But there's also quite some gross elements to it. Our bodies can be quite gross, thinking about poo, thinking about bogeys and pus. |
| 1:02.0 | So bogeys are... |
| 1:04.0 | Also this week you can hear from an absolute gadget genius, techno mum, she is back, and this time telling us all about how things are designed. |
| 1:13.0 | Spin the wheel! |
| 1:16.0 | And the category is design! Your time starts now, your first question. |
| 1:25.0 | Why is design important in technology? |
| 1:29.0 | Well, that's an easy one. |
| 1:31.0 | And I've got your questions to, this week they are on blood and fast creatures and what makes them so speedy. |
| 1:38.0 | You can find out more in a brand new episode of the Fun Kids Science Weekly. |
| 1:45.0 | Let's kick off with this week's science in the news. |
| 1:49.0 | NASA, the American space people, made history the other day. |
| 1:53.0 | They launched a rocket from a spaceport outside the USA for the first time. |
| 1:59.0 | It was from Australia, off a normal patch of red, dusty dirt in the outback. |
| 2:04.0 | And it was the first launch in Australia for more than 25 years. |
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