The Secret To Maps & The Golden Poison Dart Frog
Fun Kids Science Quest
Fun Kids
4.5 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 5 January 2019
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
Dan uncovers the mystery of maps and why they will never be accurate, with the help of Dr Alexander Kent (a cartography expert). Plus, he comes face-to-face with a golden poison dart frog, and explores the science stories shaking the world this week.
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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. |
| 0:10.0 | Happy New Year, everyone. Welcome along. It's the Fun Kids Science Weekly. It's 2019. I know that you've probably made some New Year's resolutions and everyone's going on about New Year, |
| 0:21.0 | new me, but let me just hope that the new you still wants to travel halfway across the universe |
| 0:27.3 | with me, doesn't it? |
| 0:29.3 | Good, you're in the right place. It's the Fun Kid Science Weekly. |
| 0:32.2 | My name's Dan, this is where we look at the most amazing, weird and wonderful things that exist. |
| 0:37.3 | And today, we'll learn all about |
| 0:38.8 | the evil secrets behind an ancient weapon. Also, we'll talk to a proper map genius, all about |
| 0:45.8 | why everything that you ever thought you knew about how the world looks might be wrong. And we'll |
| 0:51.7 | do some New Year shoutouts in a little in a sec if you've left us a review |
| 0:55.1 | over on the iTunes podcast store I might say hello after we catch up with one of our |
| 0:59.9 | favourite geniuses on the science weekly this is professor Hallex |
| 1:03.3 | Professor Hallex's collidescopic antibiotic |
| 1:09.0 | what are you watching on the monitor prof Phthalox's kaleidoscopic antibiotic. |
| 1:14.6 | What are you watching on the monitor, prof? More microbes? |
| 1:15.6 | It's fascinating. |
| 1:17.6 | Look! |
| 1:19.6 | These squiggly shaped bacteria are camplabacter. |
| 1:23.6 | They've invaded the healthy cells in this boy's gut. |
| 1:27.8 | Oh, the lining of the intestines looks really red and sore. |
| 1:33.4 | And that's preventing the gut from absorbing nutrients and water, which leads to... |
| 1:38.3 | A lot of trips to the toilet and feeling very unwell. |
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