YouTuber Charlie McDonnell and why do we get tummy butterflies?
Fun Kids Science Quest
Fun Kids
4.5 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 6 January 2018
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
YouTube star Charlie McDonnell a.k.a charlieissocoollike joins us to talk about his love for all things science! Charlie was the first YouTuber in the world to reach 1 million subscribers and his latest videos answer science questions, like why do we find stuff cute? He's written a book called Fun Science too, which explores "the best and most interesting things that science has to offer" (a bit like us!)
Plus, Sean and Robot explore how boats are designed so they don't capsize, we find out about a super cool, bionic hand being developed in Italy, and we discover the answer to why we sometimes get the feeling of butterflies in our tummies!
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| 0:00.0 | This is a podcast from the children's radio station Fun Kids. Listen on DAB digital radio across the UK or online at FunKidsLive.com. |
| 0:09.9 | Welcome to the Fun Kids Science Weekly. Now if you've got a brand new phone or something for Christmas and you've only just stumbled across this show, let me quickly explain what happens. It's dead simple. My name is Dan. |
| 0:22.4 | Hello. And in here we talk about science. It's that easy, especially though the most amazing, |
| 0:29.4 | mind-blowing and dangerous parts of the universe. Today, we're headed into space to have a look at satellites. |
| 0:36.7 | Also, we'll chat to a YouTuber, one of the most famous YouTubers ever, |
| 0:41.6 | to talk about how he's doing experiments in his bedroom, |
| 0:44.4 | and we'll learn about a deadly parasite that lives in the long grass. |
| 0:49.2 | First, it's time to catch up with Sean from the Fun Kids Breakfast Show. |
| 0:52.1 | He's fascinated by boats. And recently, |
| 0:54.4 | he's been learning everything about them. And today, it's what keeps them aflo. |
| 0:59.1 | Sean's science around ships. |
| 1:01.6 | Ahoy, me hearties. It's Sean here back with Robot and we're on pretty choppy waters today. |
| 1:06.9 | Feeling a bit sick to be honest. I feel like the boat is going to flip over, like my tummy box. |
| 1:13.4 | Hang in there, mate. Ships are built so they can't easily flip over or capsize. Look, I'll load up the boat decks to put your mind at ease. |
| 1:21.6 | Okay, dokey, but make it quick. |
| 1:23.8 | Whether a boat capsizes or not has a lot to do with something called its center of gravity. |
| 1:28.8 | We think of gravity is a force that pulls things downward towards the earth's center. |
| 1:33.0 | But it doesn't always work like that. |
| 1:34.9 | Sometimes gravity can make things turn and topple over, especially if they are high up and unbalanced. |
| 1:43.3 | Through a ball in the air and gravity pulls it straight back down. |
| 1:47.0 | Not everything moves like this though when gravity acts on it. |
| 1:51.0 | Most objects are not nice, neat shapes like balls, so that means gravity acts on them in more |
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