THE ATOMIC CLOCK: Unlocking The Secrets of Time ⏳✨

Fun Kids Science Weekly

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🗓️ 18 January 2025

⏱️ 37 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 continue our bigger and better podcast where we answer YOUR questions, have scientists battle it out for which science is the best & learn about the atomic clock and how it's revolutionising timekeeping!

Dan starts with the latest science news, where we learn about Amazon boss Jeff Bezos' entry into space, how Norway became the first country to go all electric on the roads, and Dr. Vittorio Aita from King's College London joins Dan to explain about a new revelation in timekeeping.

We then answer your questions, Etta wants to know all about white holes and Dr. Susan Cartwright from Sheffield University answers Linden's question: if you point a laser at the sky, will it reach space?

Dangerous Dan continues, and we’re diving into one of the ocean’s most mysterious creatures—the Black Swallower!

In Battle of the Sciences, Dr. Steve Taylor breaks down the science of time and why it sometimes flies by and other times drags on.

What do we learn about?

· How Jeff Bezos is taking on Elon Musk in the space race

· The first nation to go all electric on the roads

· The atomic clock and how it's revolutionising timekeeping

· Can lasers really reach space?

· And in Battle of the Sciences, the science of time!

All on this week's episode of Science Weekly!

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0:00.0	We want to know what your favourite planet is.
0:05.8	Fun Kids.
0:06.4	Royal Observatory Greenwich.
0:08.0	Young astronomer.
0:09.6	Enter now at funkidslive.com slash y a.
0:13.3	Funk KidsLive.com slash yA.
0:22.8	Hello, Explorer.
0:26.8	Welcome along to the greatest podcast in the history of the universe.
0:33.2	You have stumbled upon the show that takes you on an adventure through science.
0:44.5	My name's Dan. This is the Fun Kids Science Weekly, where we search out all those strange secrets scattered around the solar system.
0:53.0	This week, we're looking into lasers, not at them, very important, not looking at them because that's dangerous, we're just looking into them, around them.
0:54.1	We're wondering, can a laser beam travel forever? The short answer is, yes it will. The slightly longer answer is,
1:03.1	but you might not be able to detect it. The key point here is that your laser beam will
1:09.3	spread out as it travels.
1:12.3	And also in our Battle of the Sciences this week, we are thinking big with something mind-bending.
1:18.1	We're learning about the science of time.
1:21.5	Have you noticed that time sometimes seems to go slowly and sometimes it seems to go fast?
1:26.8	For example, maybe you're playing sport or talking to your friends.
1:30.0	Time usually seems to go quickly in those situations.
1:32.2	But when you're bored, you're waiting for a bus
1:34.3	or sitting in the back seat of the family car on a long journey,
1:37.4	time seems to go very slowly.
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