VACCINES EXPLAINED: From Covid to Colds and Everything in Between🦠 💉

Fun Kids Science Weekly

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🗓️ 17 January 2026

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Get ready for another BIG and BRILLIANT adventure into the world of science on this week’s Science Weekly!

In Science in the News, there’s good news for giant pandas as they’re officially no longer endangered. We also hear about a major change of command aboard the ISS. Plus, Ruth Williams from The Wildlife Trust joins us to explain why a record number of octopuses are suddenly appearing in UK waters.

The we answer your questions... Ralph wants to know about the different types of stone, and Colin Forsyth from University College London explains what plasma, the forgotten fourth state of matter, is.

Dangerous Dan returns with a plant you definitely don’t want to mess with as he reveals the deadly science behind the Castor Bean Plant.

And in Battle of the Sciences, Charlie Firth from Oxford University makes the case for vaccines, explaining why they’re one of the most important scientific inventions in human history.

Plus, Professor Hallux and Nanobot are back for another adventure, shrinking down inside the human body to explore how antibiotics work and why they’re so powerful.

This week, we learn about:

The secret fourth state of matter called plasma
How vaccines protect your body from disease
Why pandas are making a comeback
What’s causing octopus numbers to rise in UK waters
The dangers of the castor bean plant

All that and more on this week’s Science Weekly!

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0:00.0	All Rise for the Judge Beck's podcast, where family disputes get settled.
0:06.1	I believe that we should get a dog because having a dog, it means that you have to walk it and take on responsibilities.
0:14.9	And I'm already pretty responsible.
0:16.9	He's been saying that I have to do three hours of homework.
0:20.3	Now tell me, does he make you do your homework so he can play on your Nintendo Switch?
0:24.7	Yeah.
0:25.2	What does he tell you?
0:26.4	Oh, actually, Mom says, going to do your homework already.
0:29.7	And then he has, all on the Switch.
0:33.4	Can we double check what you call the person next to you, please?
0:36.6	Fish Boy.
0:37.7	Fish boy?
0:39.0	This is outrageous.
0:40.6	Yeah.
0:41.3	Here Judge Bex now, wherever you're listening to this.
0:44.3	Just search Judge Bex.
0:49.9	Welcome along, Explorer.
0:56.3	It's a brand new week, which means there's loads more secrets lurking around.
1:01.6	We need to find them.
1:03.2	My name's Dan.
1:04.2	It's a new Fun Kid Science Weekly.
1:06.9	Now this week in the smartest show, in the history of the universe,
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