RAINBOW SCIENCE: Why Nature Bends the Light ππ§
Fun Kids Science Quest
Fun Kids
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ποΈ 14 March 2026
β±οΈ 30 minutes
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Summary
It's time for another BIG and BRILLIANT adventure into the world of science on this week’s Science Quest!
In Science in the News, a giant iceberg drifting around Arctic waters is down to its final weeks before it breaks apart completely, scientists have built a mouse-sized robot to inspect parts of the Large Hadron Collider, and Ewan Bodenham joins us to explain why he named a brand-new ancient crocodile species after his old physics teacher.
Dangerous Dan is back with the scorpion mouse, a tiny but fierce creature with some seriously surprising powers.
And in Battle of the Sciences, we’re digging into planetary mineralogy with Susanne Schwenzer, exploring the rocks and minerals that help scientists understand how planets are formed.
Plus, in Geology Rocks, Finley travels across the world and back through time to discover how rocks, fossils and volcanoes helped shape our planet.
What we learn about:
• Why rainbows are curved
• Why one giant Arctic iceberg is about to disappear
• How a tiny robot could help scientists inspect the Hadron Collider
• Why a new ancient crocodile was named after a teacher
• The fierce scorpion mouse
• How rocks and minerals reveal the history of planets
All that and more on this week’s Science Quest!
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| 0:00.0 | Creola has landed on planet Happy Meal. |
| 0:02.1 | So explore your little astronaut's imagination and see where their creativity takes them. From colouring to creating, the sky's the limit. So reach for the stars. Some fun, some food. It's all inside this Happy Meal. Until 23rd of March from 11am includes one pre-selected book or toy, whilst Crayola range comprises toys only, whilst dogs last. Hello, explorer. My name's Dan. I'm a bit bored with life down here on planet Earth. |
| 0:26.4 | So, what say, we search out the solar system for some really exciting science. Let's uncover all the secrets in a brand new science quest. |
| 0:36.7 | My name is Dan. |
| 0:38.1 | Around here, we uncover strange things lurking around the galaxy. |
| 0:42.9 | We chat to geniuses and get your questions answered. |
| 0:46.2 | And, well, I'm sure that you've wondered this. |
| 0:49.0 | Why rainbows curve across the sky instead of stretching out in a straight line? |
| 0:56.4 | Today, we'll discover it all. |
| 1:02.7 | They are, in fact, they're part of a circle. If you could actually see the whole thing, you'd see a circle. But of course, the ground gets in the way, so you end up typically seeing part of the |
| 1:07.2 | circle. Also, you can hear about a mouse that's immune to venom and we'll take a look at space |
| 1:13.9 | rocks and find out what they reveal about worlds beyond Earth. |
| 1:20.0 | Mineralologists study how rocks make planets and that's where the planets come in because |
| 1:25.3 | the Earth is just one planet. |
| 1:27.7 | There are other rocky plants, Mercury, Venus and Mars. |
| 1:31.7 | It's all on the way in a brand new science quest. |
| 1:37.3 | Let's kick things off with your science in the news. |
| 1:40.6 | An iceberg that's been floating on its own around the icy Antarctic oceans has just a few weeks left. |
| 1:48.0 | A23A was once the largest iceberg on Earth. |
| 1:52.7 | We've spoken about it before. |
| 1:54.4 | It broke off from Antarctica in 1986, so 40 years ago, and it's been just bobbing around, |
| 2:00.7 | but it's spectacularly disintegrated over the past year. |
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