Discover this podcast and so much more

Podcasts are free to enjoy without a subscription. We also offer ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more for just $11.99/month.

20. Why Do We Only See One Side of The Moon? Why do Planets Have Cores? Why do Parrotfish sleep in Bubbles made of Snot?

20. Why Do We Only See One Side of The Moon? Why do Planets Have Cores? Why do Parrotfish sleep in Bubbles made of Snot?

FromEverything Under The Sun


20. Why Do We Only See One Side of The Moon? Why do Planets Have Cores? Why do Parrotfish sleep in Bubbles made of Snot?

FromEverything Under The Sun

ratings:
Length:
13 minutes
Released:
Apr 5, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Spheres! Round things! The Moon! Bubbles! Planets! This week’s perfectly circular, spherical, round show is all about things of similar shapes. As usual we’re answering brilliant questions from children. This week we have Dotty, Ahmed and Evelyn, they would like to know:Why do we only see one side of the moon?Why do planets have cores?Why do parrotfish sleep in bubbles made of snot? To find about the moon I turned to Doug at the Science Museum in London. Find out why we only see one side of the moon, how MUCH of the moon we can see – it isn’t half! Plus, find out how big the moon and earth would be if they were scaled down to the size of balls. Discover things about Buzz Aldrin’s name and find out where Neil Armstrong’s boots that took One Small Step or One Giant Leap onto the moon are now. Our second expert is Brother Guy Consolmagno who is the director of the Vatican Observatory, I met him outside of Rome at the Pope’s summer home and he showed me the Pope’s collection of meteorites and pieces of the planet Mars! So he’s the perfect person to answer Ahmed’s question. Last up we have bubbles! Find out why parrotfish make snotty bubbles to sleep in, how they make them and what they’re useful for. Plus discover what lovely sand beaches in the Maldives are made of – parrotfish poop!I hope you enjoy the show!I’ll be back next week answering more questions from children around the world in another episode of EUTS. Do send in your questions, there’s info about how to do that on the show’s website, everythingunderthesun.co.uk. If you like the show people do rate, review and subscribe and tell all your friends to do the same, it really does help! Thank you and GOODBYE! For more info about…Brother Guy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_ConsolmagnoThe Secret Museum: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Secret-Museum-Molly-Oldfield/dp/0007455283The Science Museum: https://www.sciencemuseum.org.ukParrotfish poop: https://www.scientificamerican.com/video/parrot-fish-poop-makes-beautiful-beaches/The Smithsonian Air and Space Museum: https://washington.org/dc-guide-to/smithsonian-national-air-and-space-museum?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIjPWrmsG44QIVTrftCh21sga4EAAYASAAEgKd8fD_BwEMy twitter: @mollyoldfieldMy instagram: @mollyoldfieldwritesWebsite: mollyoldfield.comShow website: www.everythingunderthesun.co.uk Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.
Released:
Apr 5, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Children are full of curiosity and questions about the world. Each Friday, join Molly Oldfield, write of the weekly kids quiz in the Guardian each Saturday, the original QI elf and author and host of Everything Under The Sun (both the book and podcast) as she answers questions sent in by children around the world with the help of experts including Neil Gaiman, Heston Blumenthal, Grayson Perry, Lauren Child, Richard Branson and Sophie Dahl to the fish curators at the Natural History Museum. If you're a kid - big or small - with questions you want answered or if you want to learn interesting facts about life on earth, this is the award winning podcast for you. Do check out Everything Under The Sun - a curious question for every day of the year, published by Ladybird books now! Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.