What happens if you drop a feather in space?

Brains On! Science podcast for kids

Lemonada Media

Kids & Family, Education For Kids

4.5 • 14.7K Ratings

🗓️ 23 November 2021

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

In space, will a feather stay still? Fall down? Float away? Turns out, the answer depends on where you are! But one thing affects your feather no matter what: gravity! So Galileo is joining us all the way from the 1500s to fill us in on his theory about gravity. Then, we’re heading to space, and dropping a feather in a few different places to see what happens. Listen closely for a listener-submitted mystery sound, and a moment of um that answers this question: If you pick a flower, fruit or vegetable, is it still alive or is it dead? This episode is sponsored by Flip and Mozi's Guide to How to be an Earthling. To support the show, head to Brainson.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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0:00.0	Hi, it's Molly from BrainsOn and Smash Boom Best with an important request for the curious
0:04.4	adults listening in today.
0:06.4	As you may know, the BrainsOn universe is public media.
0:10.2	Philanthropic donations from you help power this show and so many others that our team created
0:15.6	this year.
0:16.9	When you donate today, you could choose an extra special thank you gift, maybe kids stop
0:21.8	listening for a second if you want a surprise.
0:24.6	This gift would be a personalized message from me.
0:27.7	For the BrainsOn universe fan in your life and it will get there in time for the holidays.
0:33.7	Find more details and make your donation at brainson.org slash donate.
0:39.0	That's brainson.org slash donate.
0:42.2	Thank you so much for your support.
0:43.9	Hi friends, I'm Poppy and with a quick note to say that this is our last episode of 2021.
0:50.2	We're going to be back February 1st with brand new episodes of BrainsOn and we have some
0:55.3	really exciting news to share.
0:57.9	Are you ready?
0:58.9	Forever ago is coming back!
1:01.5	Yes, we are so excited.
1:03.4	We're going to have all new episodes of your Fave history show with Joy Dollo this spring.
1:09.2	Plus we're going to have a new moment of on-show starting very soon too.
1:13.4	Wow, that's a lot of good stuff coming your way.
1:16.3	We cannot wait.
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