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Fun Kids Science Quest

The Worlds Best Hunters and Dr. Tammo Reichgelt on Mummified Plants!

Fun Kids Science Quest

Fun Kids

Science, Education For Kids, Kids & Family

4.51.5K Ratings

🗓️ 10 October 2020

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

In this weeks Science Weekly we learn about the worlds best hunters, we visit the age of the dinosaurs and speak to Dr Tammo Reichgelt who has found some mummified leaves that can tell us the future of the planet!

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0:00.0

Hello, welcome along to officially the greatest podcast in the universe. This is the Fun Kids Science

0:06.8

Weekly. I finally got the award, by the way. It got sent through the post earlier on this week.

0:13.0

You remember, I told you about this? There was an award ceremony for the greatest podcasts in the

0:16.7

universe. It happened to Neptune a few weeks ago. And I finally got the award. I think I'm

0:20.9

going to stick it in my toilet. That'll be nice, isn't it, when people come around? My name's Dan.

0:25.2

Thank you so much for listening to us. This week on the show, we'll be talking about one of the

0:29.0

best hunters in the wild. You can also hear about a dinosaur that's just been bought.

0:34.4

And your questions today, they're on Bluetooth, space and a genius. I'll get the

0:40.8

answer to those in just a sec. First, let's catch up with one of our superhero bestmates.

0:45.9

This is Karina and her alter ego, K Mystery.

0:49.4

K mystery. Hey mystery, elements in danger.

0:52.7

Hey, everyone. I've been checking out elements that are used in our everyday gadgets, like mobile phones and tablet devices.

1:00.7

And as I've discovered, if we carry on using them as much as we do, many might not be around in the future.

1:08.8

Who can save the day? It sounds like a job for a chemistry superhero alter ego.

1:14.5

It's a job for everyone, not just me. Now, while we have looked in detail at a few elements that are in danger,

1:22.0

and by danger, you mean running out, not danger of, well, you know, being hit by an asteroid.

1:27.5

Well, duh! Okay, well, you know, being hit by an asteroid.

1:35.6

Well, duh! Okay, as well as those that are super at risk, there are as many as 70 other different elements in your phone. Let's check them out. First up, there's a bunch of elements that

1:43.3

you've probably heard of and aren't rare at the moment.

1:47.2

Let me introduce you to oxygen and carbon!

1:54.7

Oxygen and carbon are mixed with other rare elements like aluminium to make compounds for everything from screens to batteries

2:02.9

to the plastic case on the outside.

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