Episodes

  • Your Mysteries
    Jul 19 2024

    Dan and Stevie break down some of the biggest mysteries around – as asked by you!

    Professor Brian Cox and a host of other special guests answer your questions on everything from the temperature of space to jellyfish stings.

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    20 mins
  • Altruism
    Jul 5 2024

    Dan and Michael explore the concept of altruism. From vampire bats who share food to prevent each other from starving, to giving money to charity: why are people kind?

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    16 mins
  • Thylacines
    Jun 20 2024

    Dan and Michael are going down under to hunt for a thylacine. Also known as the tasmanian tiger or tasmanian wolf, could this supposedly extinct creature actually be secretly lurking in the nation's forests?

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    20 mins
  • Return to Area 51
    Jun 7 2024

    Michael and Dan are back after a mid-season break to take on perhaps one of the strangest mysteries we’ve ever encountered… What’s being hidden in a top secret US military base, thousands of miles from anywhere, in the middle of a desert?

    Could it be aliens?

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    18 mins
  • Area 51
    May 10 2024

    In the middle of the desert in Nevada, USA, sits a top-secret military base. You probably know it as Area 51.

    Today, Michael, Dan, and a team of top experts are peeking over the fence to see what they can spot...

    Will they find mysterious alien spacecraft? And what's this about a strange airline? Or is the whole thing nothing more than a good story?

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    20 mins
  • Dinosaurs
    Apr 26 2024

    This week we're investigating a mystery requested by one of our listeners – could dinosaurs still walk among us?

    These terrible lizards went extinct after an asteroid hit Earth 66 million years ago, but is there more the story? Join us and some expert guests as we find out whether or not we're walking with dinosaurs...

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    21 mins
  • How to read minds
    Apr 11 2024

    Stevie and Michael dive into the topic of telepathy – the (supposed) strange ability to transmit thoughts or read minds!

    Joining the team to probe the psychic powers of the human mind are emeritus professor Chris French, and journalist and author Kathryn Hulick.

    We chat about Elon Musk's futuristic Neuralink project, which claims to be able to harness the power of the brain, and hear the story of a clever horse.

    Are you ready for things to get weird?

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    20 mins
  • The Big Bang theory
    Mar 29 2024

    Hosts Dan and Michael kick off this new season of Mysteries of Science with a Big Bang: the theory that explains the origin of the universe.

    Fred Hoyle coined the term to mock a theory he didn't believe in. Now, expert guests Dr. Maggie Lieu and Ethan Siegel shed light on the Big Bang theory and its evidence – and what might happen next...

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    23 mins