TICKLE SCIENCE: Cracking the Code of Laughter😂👉

Fun Kids Science Weekly

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🗓️ 27 September 2025

⏱️ 32 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 answer YOUR questions, have scientists battle it out to decide which science is the best, and this week we’re diving into the science of why some spots on our body make us laugh until we squirm — the mystery of ticklishness revealed!

First up in Science in the News, NASA prepares to send astronauts on a 10-day trip around the Moon next year — an epic journey into deep space! Then, we chase down Emile the Elk, who’s been roaming across Europe all summer before finally being caught. And finally, Dan is joined by Ed Turner from the National Space Centre to explore the Orionids meteor shower — a dazzling cosmic light show set to brighten up the skies all through October.

Then, we answer your questions! Leo wants to know why we get headaches, and neuroscientist Sophie Scott explains why certain spots on our bodies are extra ticklish.

In Dangerous Dan, we’re meeting one of the deadliest scorpions on the planet: the Indian Red Scorpion.

And in Battle of the Sciences, Exmoor National Park Ranger Charlotte Wray lifts the lid on the wild world of park rangers — and reveals what it really takes to protect one of Britain’s most stunning landscapes.

What do we learn about?
· Why certain spots on our body are ticklish
· NASA’s plan to send astronauts on a 10-day lunar journey
· How Emile the Elk became Europe’s most famous runaway
· The cosmic wonder of the Orionids meteor shower
· The deadly Indian Red Scorpion
· And in Battle of the Sciences... the wild world of park rangers!

All on this week’s episode of Science Weekly!

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0:00.0	All right, explorer, it's time to do some searching for some real science secrets.
0:06.4	Shall we travel around the galaxy?
0:08.4	All right, welcome to a brand new Fun Kid Science Weekly.
0:12.0	My name is Dan, this is the show where we search out all the science stuff lurking through the solar system.
0:17.3	We go even further if we can too.
0:19.3	This week, have you ever wondered why some spots make
0:23.1	you laugh till you squirm? We're exploring the surprising science of being ticklish. The parts of the
0:32.9	body that we tend to go for with a tickle actually are the bits bits of the body, you move to laugh. So when you
0:38.6	laugh, you squeeze your rib cage in and out, and the ribcage is pretty ticklish. You know, we kind of
0:42.6	going up under the armpits around there. That's the ribcage you're tickling. Also, we'll lift the
0:47.5	lid on the wild world of park rangers. It encompasses so much. Everything you see around you.
1:03.0	Botany, zoology, ecology, conservation biology, the trees, why they live in the places they do, a mixture of geology in there.
1:05.0	So why do things grow where they do?
1:11.5	And we've got another deadly scorpion going on to the Dangerous Dan list.
1:13.9	It's on the way in a brand new Fun Kids Science Weekly.
1:20.3	Let's start with your science in the news.
1:24.4	NASA has said it hopes to send astronauts around the moon next year. The US Space Agency wants to send the Artemis 2 mission on a 10-day trip
1:29.9	around the moon before April. And for the first time in 50 years, it'll have a crew too. The
1:35.9	astronauts, Reid Wiseman, which is such a brilliant astronaut name, by the way. Also, Victor Glover,
1:40.8	Christina Koch and Jeremy Hanson. They won't land on the moon, but they'll be the first
1:45.5	humans to travel near it since Apollo 17 in 1972. The aim is to test the rocket and spacecraft
1:52.7	systems and get ready for a lunar landing in the future. How amazing is it that we live at a time
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