BACK FROM EXTINCTION: The Return of the Beavers 🦫🔙
Fun Kids Science Weekly
Fun Kids
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🗓️ 22 March 2025
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
It’s time for another trip around the solar system on the BIGGER and BETTER Science Weekly!
In this episode of the Fun Kids Science Weekly, we answer YOUR questions, have scientists battle it out to determine which science is the best, and learn all about ecology and how it shapes everything around us!
Dan kicks off with the latest science news, starting with the safe return of astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore after nine unplanned months in space. Next, we investigate a penguin in Hull that’s in the running to be crowned the best penguin in the world. Finally, Kevin Cumming from Rewilding Britain joins Dan to discuss the return of wild beavers 400 years after they became extinct in England.
Then, we answer your questions! Razzi wants to know why he has two different-colored eyes, and Dr. Aravindan Ilangovan answers Arun’s question: how is DNA made?
In Dangerous Dan, we learn all about submarine volcanoes.
Then, it’s time for Battle of the Sciences! Ecologist Dr. Becky Thomas uncovers the science behind how animals and their environments connect.
What do we learn about?
· The return of astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore
· The return of wild beavers 400 years after extinction.
· What DNA is and how it's made
· The dangers of submarine volcanos
· And in Battle of the Sciences, we explore how animals adapt to their environments.
All on this week's episode of Science Weekly!
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| 0:00.0 | Are you a bit like me? You've got itchy feet. A little bit bored of life down here on planet Earth? |
| 0:06.0 | It's cool. I've got you covered. Let's explore the wide open universe. Light years away. We'll do it all |
| 0:14.0 | and come back in about half an hour. It's a brand new Fun Kids Science Weekly. My name is Dan. |
| 0:20.6 | This is the only show that truly uncovers all of the most shocking science secrets. |
| 0:27.4 | This week, we'll dive into DNA. |
| 0:31.2 | What is it? What does it do? How is it made and how it shapes who you are? |
| 0:37.7 | DNA is the building block of all life as we know it, really. |
| 0:42.0 | The most predominant genetic material that is present in pretty much every living cell. |
| 0:47.1 | And our quest to find the greatest science around continues. |
| 0:52.4 | This week, we're exploring ecology and how environments affect the way |
| 0:57.4 | animals live. |
| 0:59.3 | Ecology is the science that helps us to really understand all the different creatures from |
| 1:03.9 | little ants to giant elephants and how they interact one another and the environment that |
| 1:08.3 | they live in. |
| 1:09.6 | And for our dangerous stand this week, we are heading under the ocean to find something erupting way down deep. |
| 1:16.2 | It's on the way in a brand new Fun Kids Science Weekly. |
| 1:22.4 | Let's start with your science in the news. |
| 1:25.4 | The astronauts, Sunni Williams and Butch Wilmore have finally returned |
| 1:29.7 | back to Earth after their eight-day mission in space lasted for nine months. You might remember |
| 1:36.8 | that we spoke about this, well, almost nine months ago now. They left in June, 2024. They arrived |
| 1:43.5 | at the International Space Station, but there was a |
| 1:45.4 | problem with the spacecraft that brought them there, so they couldn't go home on it. So instead, |
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