THE SLOW LIFE OF SLOTHS: Why Are They So Slow?

Full Episode description

It’s time for another trip around the solar system on the BIGGER and BETTER Science Weekly! 

In this episode of the Fun Kids Science Weekly, we continue our bigger and better podcast where we answer YOUR questions, have scientists battle it out for which science is the best & learn about the aurora borealis! 

Dan kicks off with the latest in science news, beginning with the discovery of what has been described as the ‘one of the most important pieces of Roman history unearthed in the UK’. Then, we dive into a fascinating conservation effort at a Bristol zoo that’s helping to bring an extinct fish back to the wild. Finally, Walter Meier, a research scientist at the NSIDC, explains the alarming implications of global sea ice reaching a record low.

We then answer your questions, Alfie wants to know why your fingers go wrinkly in the bath and Amber Croft from Drusillas Zoo joins Dan to answer Finn’s question: Why are sloths so slow?

Dangerous Dan continues, where we learn all about the ghost slug!

Then, it’s time for Battle of the Sciences, where Dr. Ian Whittaker makes the case for physics as the ultimate science and reveals the stunning secrets behind the aurora borealis!

What do we learn about?

·     An ancient Roman Basilica discovered in London  

·    The alarming news that the world’s sea ice has reached a record low

·     Why sloths are so slow

·     The dangerous ghost slug 

·     And in Battle of the Sciences, the secrets of the aurora borealis!

All on this week’s episode of Science Weekly!

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