Slime

Mysteries of Science

Fun Kids

Kids & Family, Education For Kids

4.6 • 681 Ratings

🗓️ 27 October 2023

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Michael, Jenny, and a team of top experts investigate one of the stickiest, gungiest mysteries we’ve ever explored: slime. From snails to slippery fish, the gang get to the bottom of this gooey, gloopy, natural puzzle.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Mysteries of Science. My name's Michael and I'm the acting deputy editor of
0:07.8	Science and Nature, the monthly magazine from the team behind the week junior. And I'm Jenny,
0:12.4	the features editor. On this podcast, we explore the strange phenomena and bizarre events that have
0:18.4	left scientists scratching their heads and and despite their best efforts,
0:22.7	remain well and truly unsolved. This is the first episode of Season 7 of Mysteries of Science,
0:28.0	and what a mystery we've got to kick things off. Yeah, with Halloween on the horizon,
0:32.2	we thought we'd weighed into the sticky, gloopy, squelchy world of slime. Some of you might enjoy playing with slime or even
0:39.0	making some yourself, but do you know where this sticky substance comes from and the secret
0:44.2	powers it whole? Well, put some gloves on and join us because things are about to get messy.
0:50.9	This is Mysteries of Science.
1:00.0	So Jenny, what exactly are we talking about when we talk about slime? Well, there's two different kinds of slime that you might be familiar with.
1:04.0	One is the artificial slime that you can make yourself or buy in a shop and play with.
1:08.0	Yes, and you can find out how to make your own gunky, gloopy slime in the latest issue of science and nature out now. That's right,
1:15.7	and the second type of slime is the natural slime that all sorts of different animals produce.
1:21.9	Yes, and that's where the mystery lies. Now, as humans, we actually know quite a lot about
1:26.7	the slime we produce from
1:28.2	snot in our noses and gunk in the eyes, which helps keep them both clean to mucus in our
1:33.3	throats, which stops them from going dry, and even slime in our stomach, which helps us to digest
1:37.9	our food. In fact, the human body produces around 1.5 litres per day. But what about other
1:44.1	animals? Which ones are the slimyest? And what do they use their slime for?
1:49.0	Well Jenny, why don't we say hello to our first guest? Hi, my name is James McLean and I work at
1:55.4	the Natural History Museum in London. And my job is to work kind of behind the scenes of the main museum to help look after
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