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In each episode, the team behind The Week Junior's Science+Nature magazine investigates a different unexplained phenomenon with the help of expert guests.

Dan and Ciaran open an archive case: Are dragons real? Why do stories of fire-breathing, winged beasts appear in cultures across the world &...

This special episode is packed with real experts answering the burning questions sent in by you, our curious listeners! Get ready as we fina...

In this monster-sized episode, Dan and Ciaran lace up their hiking boots to probe one of North America's most legendary mysteries: Bigfoot....

Can you believe everything you see and hear online? Dan and Michael navigate the fascinating and unsettling world of deepfakes: images, vide...

Dan and Michael don their detective hats and head into the Nevada desert to investigate one of the biggest mysteries on Earth: Area 51. Some...

Hosts Dan and Michael investigate the curious lives of octopuses: a creature with three hearts, colour-changing skin, and arms that almost t...

Over the past few decades, our ideas about what dinosaurs looked like have changed. Dinos were once thought of as scaly creatures, closely r...

Clever machines have appeared in countless films and are making headlines all the time, but what exactly does it mean? How does it actually...

Join Dan and Michael as they dive into Mysteries of Science, the children's science podcast spotting the universe's strangest phenomena. In...

The team investigate the mystery of the Bermuda Triangle – a patch in the Caribbean that's well-known for swallowing up airplanes See...

Dun dun... Dun dun... Dun dun dun dun dun... Michael and Jenny dip their toes into a the water and go searching for sharks. Scary and sinist...

A transmission from the past: Dan and Ciaran ask whether it's possible to talk to aliens. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informatio...

Weather systems can be weird and wonderful. In this episode of Mysteries of Science, Michael and Stevie float among the clouds in an effort...

If you could transform into anything, what would you become? And could shapeshifting ever be possible? That's what we're asking in this arch...

Sutton Hoo is one of Europe's most amazing discoveries. This ancient burial site once held a ship packed with treasure – but no body....

Ciaran and Dan look at what makes a planet in this classic episode of Mysteries of Science, and whether there's a mysterious extra planet &n...

We're diving into one of the greatest mysteries of all time – The Loch Ness Monster. From ancient legends to modern scientific investi...

We're off to the deepest part of the ocean today – the Mariana Trench – on the quest to find out what lurks in its waters and wh...

Michael and Stevie become interplanetary detectives as they investigate the solar system's hottest and most deadly murder mystery. Venus is...

To celebrate the release of Moana 2, coming soon to cinemas, Dan and Stevie go on a journey to Polynesia to find out how thousands of island...

Stevie and Michael sit down and chat with some top experts to find out how animals experience the world. From dolphins to octopuses to pets...

Hosts Dan and Michael delve into the enigma of Oumuamua, a mysterious object that passed through our solar system in 2017. Initially thought...

Michael and Stevie get answers to your burning questions in another episode of Mysteries of Science including a phenomena all about rainbows...

Inspired by the Harry Potter series, hosts Stevie and Michael explore magic potions! They uncover the real-life inspiration behind Professor...

Are insects in our diets the new sustainable food source? We're sharing parts of our talk from Cheltenham Science Festival plus chatting to...

Dan and Stevie break down some of the biggest mysteries around – as asked by you! Professor Brian Cox and a host of other special guests ans...

Dan and Michael explore the concept of altruism. From vampire bats who share food to prevent each other from starving, to giving money to ch...

Dan and Michael are going down under to hunt for a thylacine. Also known as the tasmanian tiger or tasmanian wolf, could this supposedly ext...

Michael and Dan are back after a mid-season break to take on perhaps one of the strangest mysteries we’ve ever encountered… What’s being hid...

In the middle of the desert in Nevada, USA, sits a top-secret military base. You probably know it as Area 51. Today, Michael, Dan, and a tea...

This week we're investigating a mystery requested by one of our listeners – could dinosaurs still walk among us? These terrible lizards went...

Stevie and Michael dive into the topic of telepathy – the (supposed) strange ability to transmit thoughts or read minds! Joining the team to...

Hosts Dan and Michael kick off this new season of Mysteries of Science with a Big Bang: the theory that explains the origin of the universe....

It's a Mysteries of Science season finale! In this episode, Michael and Dan tackle some of your biggest mysteries including ones about intel...

We're going under the sea and chatting to top tentacle geniuses in the form of Chris Packham and friends as we investigate the mystery of oc...

Jenny and Michael venture into the cosmos to unravel the secrets of dark matter. As astronomers observe stars and galaxies moving under the...

We're going back to the future in a brand new episode of Mysteries of Science, investigating the antikythera mechanism – a strange artefact...

It's a Christmas special of Mysteries of Science! We're recapping the best bits of 2023 and diving into the archive, playing some previously...

Two hikers stumble upon something in the ice: a mummy. Over the next few days, the mummy's extracted and examined by experts. It turns out t...

Is it possible to live forever? Expert guests author Ross Welford and biologist María Pascual Torner unlock the secrets to turning back time...

Cartoonist Dr. Jorge Cham and author Kathryn Hulick investigate the mystery of teleportation. Is it possible to travel somewhere else in the...

Michael, Jenny, and a team of top experts investigate one of the stickiest, gungiest mysteries we’ve ever explored: slime. From snails to sl...

Michael and Jenny sit down with top scientists to talk about some of the most mind-bending mysteries in the universe — quite literally. This...

They look, sound, and might even move like someone you know – but they're not. Deepfakes are images, videos, and audio recordings that are i...

Tales of a strange creature loping around the British countryside have existed for quite some time but is there any truth in them? Michael a...

The team behind Mysteries of Science present a very special episode, recorded live at Cheltenham Science Festival, all about magic and wheth...

Fun Kids, the UK's children's radio station, has a brand new series called The Space Programme ? Life on the Isle of Lune is about to get ou...

Knock, knock. Who's there? Another episode of Mysteries of Science! This week, Michael and Dan explore the mystery of laughter. Find out whe...

Michael and Jenny dip their toes into a brand new mystery, exploring the secrets of sharks – and discover that what lies beneath the surface...

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? If you're not sure, it's a UFO! With World UFO Day right around the corner, Michael and Dan explore the mysteri...