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Everything Under The Sun

#172 Where does space end? w/Jim Al-Khalili. How do ships float? What is the biggest airport in the world?

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Welcome to Episode #172 of Everything Under the Sun!

© Molly Oldfield Length 10 min 19 December 2025 EducationalScienceFactsTalk UK Episodic

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© Molly Oldfield Length 10 min 19 December 2025 EducationalScienceFactsTalk UK Episodic

Trailer for Everything Under The Sun

Trailer for Everything Under The Sun

This is an episodic podcast, so you can listen to it in any order, but episode one is a great place to start.

Listen to episode one here

Welcome to Episode #172 of Everything Under the Sun!

Today we welcome back the thrillingly theoretical Jim Al-Khalili to uncover the mystery of space's edge! 🪐🔭🚀

We discover how ships float with the help of Pippa Kenton-Page's amazing contribution to Everything Under the Sun: All Around the World! 🛶⛵️🚤

And to finish it off we find out about the airports of the world, discovering the biggest one, smallest one, and the weird ones! ✈️🛬💺

Don't forget, if three questions just aren't enough for you, there are 366 more in Everything Under the Sun: All Around the World!

Check it out at www.mollyoldfield.co.uk! It makes the perfect pressie do buy one now : )

If you want more Everything Under The Sun, here is the Everything Under The Sun: Quiz Book. Available on Amazon here, or through independent UK bookshops here. On top of that the original book Everything Under the Sun: a curious question for every day of the year is available on Amazon and in independent bookshops here.

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