The Creature that Sweats Slime & What is Gene Editing?
Fun Kids Science Quest
Fun Kids
4.5 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 16 March 2019
⏱️ 24 minutes
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On this week's Science Weekly, why blood is red and do we really know if a meteor killed the dinosaurs? Dan answers your questions, plus we learn about a creature from the depths of the ocean that can go three months between meals and sweats slime with Dangerous Dan and Dan chats to biologist Nessa Carey all about gene editing.
And, of course we check in with Enn & Gee and Techno Mum.
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| 0:00.0 | This is a podcast from the children's radio station Fun Kids. Listen on DAB digital radio across the UK or online at FunKidsLive.com. |
| 0:10.1 | Right, let's get into the smart stuff straight away, then strap in, prepare for liftoff. |
| 0:14.7 | Let's head through the universe in the Fun Kids Science Weekly. |
| 0:18.7 | My name's Dan, hello. I hope you good. It's been a busy week in the world of |
| 0:22.3 | science, by the way. A spacecraft has travelled through the atmosphere and back again. New planets |
| 0:27.3 | are forming and a schoolgirl has been nominated for the Nobel Prize. We'll talk more about that |
| 0:33.0 | in the show, by the way. Also, on the way, you can hear how one creature at the bottom of the ocean stops other |
| 0:39.4 | fish from stealing its food. We'll chat to a biologist all about gene editing, and I've got some |
| 0:44.6 | shout-outs and questions to answer in a sec after we catch up with our alien friends NNG and see how |
| 0:50.4 | their journey back home to space is going. |
| 0:53.3 | NNG's meat meter motivator. |
| 0:55.9 | Hey Energy. I need some energy expertise. |
| 1:00.8 | At your service. |
| 1:03.0 | So, what's up? |
| 1:04.3 | You guys know I'm working really hard to be a smart meter motivator. |
| 1:08.7 | I get health saving energy and preventing waste is important. But how is a home smart meter and motivator. I get how saving energy and preventing waste is important. |
| 1:12.7 | But how is a home smart meter? |
| 1:15.1 | Well, smart. |
| 1:16.1 | Is it like a supercomputer with a brain that can do a million calculations at hour? |
| 1:20.7 | It's much simpler than that. |
| 1:22.5 | Okay. |
| 1:23.4 | Could it be a world grandmaster at chess? |
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