Mysteries of Science
Hosted by Dan and Michael and Ciaran and Stevie · Fun Kids
4.6from 337 ratings
- 102
- Episodes
- 9
- Transcribed
- 337
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2021
- First episode
- 4M
- YouTube views
About Mysteries of Science
The team behind The Week Junior's Science+Nature magazine investigate unexplained phenomenon with the help of expert guests.
- Publisher
- Fun Kids
- Category
- kids & family
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- Yes
- First episode
- 23 Mar 2021
- Latest episode
- 10 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
9 of 102 episodes have a transcript.
10 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
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How did humans take over the world?
Published 10 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] In the population in Tibet, the modern human population, the piece of DNA in the genome that is linked to that adaptation actually is one that has been inherited from Denisovans, which are like Neanderthals. They are ancient, archaic humans. that that would have been around and so there was also the the amazing um with denisovans there are ancestors and this piece of dna seems to have been a denisovan adaptation to high altitude that was then maintained in this population in in tibet so it's both showing the the local adaptations and um this Ancient history and this constant migration and mixing. […]
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See plansWho has been a guest on Mysteries of Science
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- Yuval Noah Harari
- Aoife McLysaght
- Maggie Lieu
- Ethan Siegel
Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 4,417,274
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.5 / 5
- 135 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.6 / 5
- 202 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 71 / 100
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- Quality
- 66
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 98
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Who hosts Mysteries of Science?
Dan and Michael and Ciaran and Stevie host the show. Published by Fun Kids.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes daily, based on its RSS feed.
Does Mysteries of Science take guests?
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