Show Notes
Did you know that the cars we drive, the plastic toys we play with, and even your daily toothbrush are all connected to ancient, dead sea creatures?! Join Mira and Finn as they dig deep underground to uncover the mind-blowing science of crude oil! Millions of years ago, microscopic sea plankton sank to the ocean floor. Trapped under heavy layers of mud and intense heat, they were slowly cooked into a thick, gooey black liquid! Discover how giant metal rigs use diamond-studded drills to chew t...
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Have you ever wondered what makes animals in Australia so weird and wonderful? Get ready to explore the incredible world of marsupials! Over 50 million years ago, the continent of Australia broke off like a giant puzzle piece and drifted away into the ocean. Because these animals were trapped on a massive lifeboat, they evolved into over 250 amazing species! Join Mira and Finn as they uncover the wild secrets of the pouch. Did you know a newborn kangaroo joey is completely blind, hairless, an...
Have you ever tried sitting completely still without blinking, itching, or sneezing for eight whole hours? That’s exactly what you had to do to be in the very first photograph! Join Mira and Finn on a time-traveling adventure to discover how cameras actually work! First, we’ll travel back a thousand years to ancient Egypt with a brilliant scientist named Ibn al-Haytham. He discovered the magical "camera obscura"—a completely dark room that projected moving pictures of the outside world comple...
Are you ready to dive into the darkest, most freezing parts of the ocean? Join Mira and Finn on Science's Not Boring as they search for a real-life deep-sea monster: the colossal squid! Imagine a giant creature as long as a school bus and as heavy as a grizzly bear, swimming thousands of feet below the icy waves of Antarctica. This massive sea creature is the heaviest invertebrate on Earth! Did you know it has eyes the size of soccer balls? These gigantic, glowing eyes help it spot its bigges...
Did you know that the ground beneath your feet is actually a giant, endless recycling machine? Join Mira and Finn on an epic geological adventure to discover the secrets of the rock cycle! You might think rocks just sit there being boring and gray for millions of years, but our planet is constantly melting, squashing, and baking them into completely new shapes! Learn about igneous rocks born from glowing red-hot lava that can reach over 2,200 degrees Fahrenheit, and discover how nature perfec...
Have you ever wondered where our home planet came from? Buckle up, space explorers, because we are traveling back four and a half billion years to witness the fiery, explosive birth of planet Earth! Before there were oceans, mountains, or even dinosaurs, Earth started as a giant, freezing cold cloud of space dust. But when an exploding star sent a shockwave through space, things got crazy! Tiny specks of dust crashed together like the ultimate bumper-car ride to form massive space rocks in a ...