MOON DUST: A Treasure from Another World 💎✨

Fun Kids Science Weekly

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🗓️ 17 May 2025

⏱️ 34 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 this week we're digging up the past learning all about archaeology.

Dan kicks off with the latest science news, starting with a heartwarming story — the birth of two baby reindeer at a UK zoo. Next, we explore a fascinating study revealing that apes have been seen treating the wounds of their injured friends. And finally, Dan is joined by Dr. Mahesh Anand from the Open University to talk about an extraordinary gift he’s received from China — with origins that are literally out of this world.

Then, we answer your questions! Etta wants to know: Why some popcorn kernels don't pop and Tom-Joshi Cale from Exeter University answers Sebastian’s question: Will Earth ever leave the Milky Way?

In Dangerous Dan, we learn all about the Leopard seal

In Battle of the Sciences, we’re digging into why archaeology matters—with the Alfredo Cortell-Nicolau guiding us through the secrets the past!

What do we learn about?

· A science gift 'rarer than gold'
· Why some popcorn kernels... don't pop
· If Earth will ever leave the Milky Way?
· The deadly Leopard seal
· And in Battle of the Sciences, the secrets of the past!

All on this week's episode of Science Weekly!

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0:00.0	Welcome along, Explorer. It's been a long week down here on planet Earth. So how do you fancy
0:06.2	quickly exploring the universe with me? My name's Dan. Let's get to a brand new Fun Kids Science
0:12.8	Weekly. This week in the show that searches out all the secrets through the solar system,
0:18.8	we'll find out what would happen if Earth got bored with life
0:22.2	here on the Milky Way galaxy and decided to head off somewhere by itself. What's the most likely
0:28.6	way it would happen? It would be a collision with another galaxy. So our nearest galaxy,
0:34.9	apart from the Milky Way, is Andromeda. Andromeda is about two and a half
0:39.8	million light years away from us. Also, we'll dig into the secrets of the past for our
0:45.8	Battle of the Sciences learning about archaeology. It's important that we scientists sometimes
0:52.2	admit that we don't know, and there are things that we don't
0:55.6	know. So we know a lot. We know a lot of what they did, a lot of how they behave, a lot of
1:00.7	what they ate, how they related to each other. But there are lots of things that we don't know.
1:06.3	And our dangerous Dan takes us on a hunt to the bottom of the world. It's all on the way in a brand new Fun Kids Science Weekly.
1:17.4	And let's start with your science in the news then.
1:20.3	A zoo in the UK has welcomed two new baby rainiers to their herd.
1:25.4	One mum, sunflower, gave birth to a boy.
1:27.7	Another, Jasmine, had a girl.
1:29.9	Dudley Zoo and Castle are now welcoming the creatures in.
1:33.2	Now, they're not endangered, but these reindeer are listed as vulnerable.
1:36.2	And they're talented, too.
1:37.3	Check this.
1:37.8	They can run at 75 kilometres an hour.
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