Secrets of Pompeii and Skincare for Dolphins!
Fun Kids Science Weekly
Fun Kids
4.4 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 4 June 2022
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
Scientists Gertrud and Angela join us this week to discuss their study on how Dolphins are using their own skincare in coral reefs and we answer your questions on why drinking glasses make music and what actually happens in a black hole! A dangerous stink is the subject of Dangerous Dan and we catch up with Professor Hallux and Nurse Nanobot, and the smartest school in the universe, Deep Space High! In Science in the News we stay up to the date with all the latest science stories including what secrets have been unearthed in Pompeii and what plastic is doing to some nasty bacteria!
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, everyone. I'm Cressida Cowell, author of How to Train Your Dragon, and I'm just popping |
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| 0:27.5 | to buy now. Happy reading! Ahoy there, welcome along to a brand new episode of The Fun Kids |
| 0:34.4 | Science Weekly. This is the smartest show in the universe, and my name's Dan, thank you for joining |
| 0:41.2 | me on this journey of discovery as we fly around the galaxy, searching out some of the science |
| 0:47.8 | secrets that are lurking within. This week, you can hear how dolphins keep themselves looking so |
| 0:55.4 | young, smooth, supple and carefree, with experts Gertrude Morlock and Angela Ziltner. |
| 1:02.3 | And Angela discovered in the ocean something very special. I was observing dolphins, |
| 1:10.5 | which were rubbing on a Corgonian coral, and it was very unique because these dolphins were |
| 1:17.8 | actually waiting on a line to slide over. Also, we'll take a trip to the smartest school in the |
| 1:24.9 | solar system, head to deep space high, to take a listen from Professor Pulsar, all about magnetic |
| 1:31.6 | fields. It's just one of those weird invisible things, like gravity, isn't it? Ah, come with me. |
| 1:44.5 | Welcome to Norway, and the Aurora Borealis, the Northern Lights. And I've got your questions to |
| 1:50.9 | answer as always. This week, they are on glasses making noises, and black hole was very strong |
| 1:58.4 | that one. There's all that and loads more in a brand new fun kid science weekly. Let's start |
| 2:04.2 | things off with this week's science in the news. Experts have found that some of the secrets |
| 2:11.1 | of the people of Pompeii. Have you heard about Pompeii? The volcano that erupted in 79 AD, |
| 2:18.8 | almost 2000 years ago, it caused this huge eruption, and it completely covered a city in ash. |
| 2:26.6 | It was, it disappeared forever pretty much, but they found some bones, and they were thought |
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