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Brains On! Science podcast for kids

Glow for it! How do creatures make light?

Brains On! Science podcast for kids

Lemonada Media

Kids & Family, Education For Kids

4.514.7K Ratings

🗓️ 21 February 2023

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Lots of creatures are able to glow, like fish, mushrooms, fireflies and even some bacteria! This special ability is called bioluminescence and it looks like magic, but it’s actually chemistry. In this episode, we’ll travel to the bottom of the ocean in the ExPLORERR to meet some super spectacular, bioluminescent friends and find out why so many animals make their own light. And we’ll hear from a scientist who uses bioluminescence in cancer research. Plus a brand new mystery sound! This episode is sponsored by: Disney Plus Originals (Disneyplusoriginals.disney.com - Disney Plus Originals' Moon Girl & Devil Dinosaur) Indeed (Indeed.com/BRAINS - Terms and conditions apply. Cost per application pricing not available for everyone.) Thrive Market (Thrivemarket.com/brains - For 30% off your first order, plus a FREE $60 gift.) ***** Do you have your Smarty Pass yet?? Get yours today for just $4/month (or $36/year) and get bonus episodes every month, and ad-free versions of every episode of Brains On, Smash Boom Best, Moment of Um, and Forever Ago. Visit www.smartypass.org to get your Smarty Pass today! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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0:00.0

Hi, Molly here.

0:05.4

Have you heard of our incredible Smarty Pass?

0:08.1

For just $4 a month, Smarty Pass gets you add free feeds of all of our shows.

0:13.0

That's brains on forever ago, Moment of Mum and Smash Boom Best, and you get a special

0:17.8

bonus episode every month.

0:20.0

If you don't subscribe, you'll still get your free feeds like always, but our Smarty Pass

0:24.6

gets you add free feeds and our special bonus episode every month.

0:30.6

In this month's bonus episode, I need to help my friend Anna come to terms with all the

0:35.0

Smash Boom Best Debates she's lost.

0:39.7

Now entering brains on headquarters.

0:48.8

Hello there, Molly here, and you've caught me doing one of my favorite things, knitting,

0:53.8

and after weeks of running around cooking with Gunga door and surprising people with sneak

0:57.5

attacks, I finally have a moment to myself in my office here at brains on headquarters.

1:04.3

Hosting Smash Boom Best and brains on doesn't give me a lot of downtime, so it's nice to

1:08.8

sit back and relax.

1:11.8

There you are, you knitting Nelly, moment of unproducer Anna Weggel.

1:15.4

What are you doing here and why did you kick down my favorite door?

1:19.3

Your favorite door is my new favorite door mat, and it's all because you keep letting

1:22.8

the wrong people win Smash Boom Best.

1:26.2

But everyone knows Smash Boom Best Debates are decided by judges, not me.

1:30.4

I'm just the host, I tell jokes, ask questions, play games, and occasionally get everyone

1:35.1

orange slices.

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