DON'T PANIC, We can SAVE the PLANET🌍

Fun Kids Science Weekly

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🗓️ 3 February 2024

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

It's time for another trip around the solar system!

This episode of the Fun Kids Science Weekly learns all about what we can do to help combat the climate crisis, how televisions work , and a look at a deadly bird from the continent of Africa.

Dan starts with the latest science news, talking about how many times around the world that England's hedges would stretch, a national award for the young science writers of the UK, and the latest from Japan's SLIM moon landing mission.

Then, science author James Campbell tells us all about his brand new book 'Don't Panic, We Can Save the Planet' and what things we can do to help fight the climate crisis. Techno Mom explains how televisions really work. In "Dangerous Dan" we find out about a deadly bird from the continent of Africa. Finally, Benny and Mal, two microbes, debate the ethical dilemmas of changing the way we look?

What do we learn about?

- The cheer vastness of England's hedges

- Why Africa's Crowned Eagle is so dangerous

- James Campbell talks all about his brand new book 'Don't Panic: We Can Save The Planet' and what we can do to combat the climate crisis

- Techno Mom explains how TVs work

- Benny and Mal's discussion raises questions about the ethics of changing the way we look

All on this week's episode of Science Weekly!

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0:00.0	O'Ohoi, welcome along explorers. It's time to travel outside of our planet to take a quick spin around the solar system and learn all the secrets. It's a brand new fun kid science weekly.
0:13.0	Now my name is Dan. Every week we hunt out all that science that you've never heard before this week.
0:21.0	You can hear a reason that you don't need to be so down about the health of the world.
0:25.2	We'll chat to the science author James Campbell who says don't panic. We can save the planet.
0:36.4	The good news is that all the problems we have we can solve them we can fix them. We have all the technology we need already. We already have it.
0:41.9	We have enough money in the world to solve all the problems.
0:45.6	We've got enough resources, we've got enough, you know,
0:48.6	woods and coal and grass and seeds and tree.
0:52.3	We've got enough stuff. We just have to get on with it.
0:55.1	What we're short of is time. So yes, it's all solvable, but we have to start now.
1:08.6	Also we'll check in with Technomum who has got the genius science behind what you actually watch on telly which is kind of like rubbish podcasts for your eyes.
1:11.7	If you think about your favorite television program, it's not
1:16.7	just one image, there's lots going on with people and objects moving around.
1:21.3	All that movement is made by a series of still images. people and
1:23.0	all that movement is made by a series of still images
1:25.0	which are played quickly one after another.
1:27.0	A bit like flipbooks.
1:30.0	I got your questions to answer
1:32.0	about what's in your blood and the oldest tree ever.
1:37.0	Also, there is a big change happening which I need your help with. Stick around. it's a brand new fun kids science weekly
1:48.8	let's kick things off with your science in the news. Now England's hedges would stretch 10 times
1:56.0	around the world if laid next to each other. How brilliant and bizarre a fact is that.
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