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Fun Kids Science Quest

Unwrapping Mummified Animals & Eske Willerslev!

Fun Kids Science Quest

Fun Kids

Kids & Family, Science, Education For Kids

4.51.5K Ratings

🗓️ 29 August 2020

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

This week Dan chats to Eske Willerslev about smallpox in Viking DNA, as well as answering your questions on jellyfish, seeing things, breathing and much more.

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0:00.0

Fun Kids Science Weekly with Starfell, Willow Moss and The Forgotten Tale.

0:07.2

Willow, the youngest and least powerful sister in a family of witches, recently saved the world.

0:13.4

The problem is, nobody can remember it.

0:17.8

Missing out on your summer holidays this year?

0:20.0

Well, why not go on a sound journey with Maddie Mote and discover the exciting sounds of science and nature from the comfort of your own home?

0:28.0

In each podcast episode, Maddie is joined by experts to guide you on all kinds of journeys into a beehive down the plug hole or even up into a cloud.

0:37.0

And along the way, you'll help Maddie create a new piece of music made from the noises

0:40.9

you discover. Listen out for interesting sounds as you go along. You'll be going to some very

0:45.6

interesting places because sound explorers can go anywhere. The first five episodes are available

0:50.8

to listen to now. So what are you waiting for? Just search for Maddie's

0:54.8

Sound Explorers wherever you listen to your podcasts. Hello, welcome along to the Fun Kids Science

1:01.9

Weekly. My name's Dan. This is officially the greatest podcast in the history of the universe,

1:08.2

which is nice because it's also the only podcast that takes you

1:11.0

all across the universe to learn some of the amazing sciencey secrets that are lurking inside.

1:16.8

Now, this week, we're talking about something used in jewelry that has an almost Harry Potter-style curse

1:23.2

upon it. Also, you can hear why scientists have been looking inside mummified animals, and they're not unwrapping them. You can hear how they're doing that in it. Also, you can hear why scientists have been looking inside marmified animals and they're

1:29.2

not unwrapping them. You can hear how they're doing that in a little bit. And we'll talk about

1:33.0

what Greta Tunberg has been doing in her year away from school. Plus, your science question

1:38.9

could be answered in a sec. Today, they're on jellyfish, seeing things and breathing. That is happening next. Stay there.

1:47.8

First, we're catching up with Karina and her science superhero alter ego, K-mystery.

1:53.4

K-mystery, elements in danger. It's kind of cool having a superhero alter ego. They're great to get us out of danger, right?

2:02.8

At your service.

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