FROZEN IN TIME: The Secrets of the Snowball Earth Theory❄️

Fun Kids Science Weekly

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🗓️ 24 August 2024

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

It's time for another trip around the solar system on the BIGGER and BETTER Science Weekly!

This episode of the Fun Kids Science Weekly we continue our bigger and better podcast where we answer YOUR questions, have scientists battle it out for which science is the best & learn all about how Scottish Islands may hold the secret behind 'Snowball Earth'

Dan starts with the latest science news, how a rocket's engine exploded in the Shetland Islands, why two astronaut's who left for the International Space Station in June are still there and Elias Rugen from University College London tells us what secrets the Scottish islands hold to help us truly understand the theory of 'Snowball Earth'

Then we delve into your questions where Dan explains why we sweat and why February is the only month affected by a leap year.

Dangerous Dan continues and we learn all about the Frilled Shark

The Battle of the Sciences continues where Dan chats to Henry Taylor from University of Birmingham about why the Philosophy of Science is the best kind of science?

What do we learn about?

- A rocket's engine exploding in the Shetland Islands

- Astronaut's stuck at the International Space Station

- Snowball Theory and why Scotland holds the secrets to it

- Why February is the only month affected by leap years

- Is the Philosophy of Science the best type of science?

All on this week's episode of Science Weekly!

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0:00.0	Hello Explorer, welcome along. It's time to quickly leave planet Earth. We'll be back in about half an hour in that time. Let's search out some of the universe's secrets. It's a brand new Fun Kid Science Weekly.
0:14.0	My name is Dad and this week on the podcast we're finding out why our Earth might have
0:21.2	once looked like a gigantic snowball. We're heading back 720 million years to find out why.
0:30.1	This Ice Age in Scotland would have lasted around 60 million years.
0:35.0	It's between the ages of around 720 million years ago to around 660 million years ago.
0:42.0	That's about the same length of time as between us and the
0:45.8	dinosaurs. Also in our quest to find the greatest science ever we're hearing about something quite unique and unusual.
0:55.6	It's not a hands-on science, it's more of a thoughtful one.
1:00.1	We'll look at the philosophy of science.
1:06.0	So I think the mind is a product of the brain, and I think the more we understand the brain,
1:08.0	the more we're going to understand the mind.
1:11.0	So if we study the brain using psychology and brain science, then we'll
1:17.0	understand our emotions, our thoughts, our consciousness.
1:20.3	And we're heading down to the deepest parts of the ocean for today's dangerous
1:25.0	Dan things get quite strange down there don't they? Let's get to it. It's a
1:28.9	brand new Fun Kids Science Weekly. Let's kick things off with your science in the news.
1:38.4	A rocket engine has exploded during a launch test at the UK's new space port in Shetland, which is an island off the very north coast of Scotland.
1:49.0	The test was being carried out by a German company called RFA who hoped to eventually launch the UK's first
1:56.6	vertical rocket into orbit. They've never been done before, so they're testing to make sure
2:01.8	how it can happen.
2:03.0	Now, RFA said no one was injured in the explosion and the launch pad had been saved and is secured.
2:09.6	A spokesman from Saxe-Vord Spaceport up in Shetland that says this was a
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