Soneva Fushi, The Maldives Under The Sun! With astrophysicist Sarafina Nance & Soneva marine life & Coral experts Rio and Morgane

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This week the award winning show hosted by Molly Oldfield, author of four books including Everything Under The Sun – a curious question for every day of the year is at Soneva Fushi in The Maldives! It’s a live recording filled with all the children on the island as well as resident experts!

Hi I’m Molly! Thanks for listening to the podcast! I had so much fun recording it with the children and experts on Soneva Fushi in the Maldives! Thank you to Malsa and Shizna the barefoot booksellers on the island for inviting me, to Ultimate Library and to everyone at Soneva Fushi and Soneva Jani for inviting me and looking after me and my family so well! I’ve loved being a writer and podcaster in residence! Please can I come back every year… : )

Our experts this week are visiting astrophysicist and analogue astronaut Sarafina Nance who has been in a Mars simulator and knows all about life on Mars! We also have Rio and Morgane who look after the marine life and coral at Soneva Fushi. They’re all here to answer children’s questions!

The questions we tackle include:

Why do fish have gills? Asks Charlotte, 7, Australia – answered by Rio, marine biologist Soneva Fushi

Why do some people want to live on Mars? Arlo, 5, England answered by Sarafina Nance astrophysicist and analogue astronaut who has lived in a Mars simulator

How many stars are in this galaxy? Asks Zoya, 7, India answered by Sarafina Nance

How did the Maldives form? Asks Lidewij, 7 from the Netherlands answered by Morgane the marine biologist at Soneva Fushi

How big is a Megaladon? Asks Audrey, 3, Australia answered by Molly

Why is Venus hot? Asks Jahan, 4, India answered by Sarafina

What is the biggest planet in space? Charlotte, 7, Australia answered by Sarafina

How did the storm on Jupiter form the big red dot? Asks Arlo, 5 from England

What is the biggest coral in the world? Charlotte, 7, Australia answered by Morgane, Soneva Fushi’s marine biologist

I hope you love the show! It was so much fun to make it live in Soneva Fushi!

Sending sunshine,

Love Molly x

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