Hello, Ahoj and welcome to a brand new episode of the fun kids science weekly

My name is Dan. Thank you so much for joining in as we journey around the universe

Searching out all the science secrets that are lurking around the solar system now. I can say our award entry

For this year's greatest podcast in the history of the universe award has been sent up. It's on its way

I've not heard anything yet

I will update you as soon as I know whether we've been shortlisted or not

So keep your fingers your tentacles or your horns crossed if you can now this week we'll dive under the ocean

We'll look at sea sponges. You see they're strange. They've got no nerves no muscles no central nervous system

But somehow they can sneeze you can find out why with the marine expert Nicklaus Konder

Any fresh water or marine water body you have on this planet you will find sponges

So they're incredibly successful at you know conquering habitats and they also are

Some of the oldest animals that we actually know and developed over 600 million years ago

So that's quite old preceding the dinosaurs and basically all multi-cellular animals that we know

Also, we're looking at the summer of sports this year with techno mom

We've been on this for a few weeks

We're finding out how gadgets make sports better today. It's all about Paralympians

Those blades must be super strong. I mean imagine if they snap oh they are

They're often made of carbon fiber which is light and tough over 80 layers of carbon fiber are glued together

Then heated to bond them together the exact length and shape and even the design depends on the athlete

Isn't carbon fiber kind of bad for the environment?

And I've got your questions as always this week. They are on atoms and bubbles

It's all on the way in a brand new fun kid science weekly

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