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Brains On! Science podcast for kids

Brains On!® is a science podcast for curious kids and adults from American Public Media. Each week,

Episodes

Total: 377

The ExPLORERR was built to go everywhere. That’s why this vehicle’s full name is: the Extremely Prac

Chilling out with snow

2022/2/22

There are many different types of snow. From the fluffy to the slushy, this slippery frozen stuff co

It might sound impossible, but you can walk around the world! Rosie Swale-Pope has done it, and we g

Marshmallows, lollipops, gummi bears -- we want them all! But we’ve all heard that eating a lot of s

Get ready to learn the science behind the multiverse! That’s the idea that our universe isn’t the on

Wow, wow, wow! Our new Moment of Um podcast is finally here. Check out this sample episode, and subs

Introducing Moment of Um!

2022/1/18

We're super excited for you to hear our newest podcast: Moment of Um!What’s that? You’ve already

In space, will a feather stay still? Fall down? Float away? Turns out, the answer depends on where y

Today’s episode is all about your belly button aka navel aka umbilicus. And not just your belly butt

Kids over 5 can now get a COVID vaccine in the U.S. We know a lot of you have been waiting for this

In this episode, we’re asking sharks to say “aaaah”, and taking a close look at their chompers. We’l

Just in time for spooky season, it’s an episode all about superstitions! Do you avoid the number 13?

This episode shines a light on crystals, and they’re sparkling right back at us! We’ll zoom way in o

In many places, tree squirrels are extra busy these days. It’s time for them to collect nuts to prep

Eighteen months into our fight with this coronavirus, it may feel frustrating that we're still i

After getting a firsthand look at the history of trash, we’re having visions from garbage’s present

The invention of trash

2021/9/21

A pair of ghost shoes visit Molly with a message: it's time to think about garbage. They predict

Breathing is a really cool thing. We breathe automatically without thinking about it, but we can als

When one of our listeners wrote in with an animal sound mystery (What sound does a giraffe make?) we

Why do we lose teeth?

2021/7/27

Today we’re looking at a phenomenon that happens to all of us: losing our baby teeth and getting new