Edinburgh international science festival, the trinity test and a volcano sliding into the sea!
Fun Kids Science Quest
Fun Kids
4.5 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 7 April 2018
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
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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| 0:00.0 | This is a podcast from the children's radio station Fun Kids. |
| 0:03.9 | Listen on DAB Digital Radio across the UK or online at funkidslive.com. |
| 0:09.9 | Right, here's the deal. You're only allowed to carry on if your brain is ready to be amazed and wandered by some of the weirdest things in the universe. |
| 0:18.7 | And also, it needs to be ready to think pretty quickly to find the |
| 0:21.5 | nearest exit, because there's a lot of danger on the way. Are you still there? Good. Welcome |
| 0:27.4 | along. It's the Fun Kids Science Weekly. Hello. My name's Dan. Now, today on the show, |
| 0:32.2 | we're finding out how Europe's most active volcano could soon be in the sea. Also, we'll chat to the director of the |
| 0:40.6 | Edinburgh International Science Festival. It's on right now in Scotland and we'll have a look at how |
| 0:45.1 | they've turned one of the UK's oldest cities into a science playground that you can explore. |
| 0:51.3 | Oh, and speaking of old things, in today's Dangerous Dan, we're travelling 70 years into |
| 0:56.7 | the past to have a look at one secret experiment which changed the future of the earth |
| 1:01.7 | forever. |
| 1:03.1 | That's on the way. |
| 1:03.8 | First, let's break into your brain with Professor Hallecks. |
| 1:06.9 | He's one of our favourite geniuses on the Fun Kids Science Weekly, and today we're looking at why you dream. |
| 1:14.5 | Professor Hallex's Happy Health Help Desk, with support from the Welk Trust. |
| 1:24.6 | Aha, I've got a call. |
| 1:27.6 | Hulloch's Happy Health Help Desk. |
| 1:30.4 | Hello, Sir Haleck, why do we dream? |
| 1:34.8 | Sorry about that. |
| 1:36.3 | It's actually a really interesting question. |
| 1:39.0 | The human brain is a very mysterious thing. |
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