Science's Not Boring

Have you ever watched a bird swoop through the sky and wondered, how do they stay up there? Gravity wants to pull everything straight down, but birds have amazing natural superpowers to conquer the sky! Join Mira and Finn on Science is Not Boring as they uncover the fantastic physics and wild anatomy of our feathered friends! You will discover how a bird’s special curved wing, called an airfoil, tricks the wind into lifting them up like invisible magic. But that is just the beginning of the secret! Did you know birds have hollow bones built like super-strong honeycomb, an...

Have you ever looked up at the dark night sky and seen a streak of light flash by? You probably made a wish on a shooting star! But did you know that a shooting star isn't actually a star at all? It's usually a tiny piece of space rock or dust no bigger than a single grain of sand! Join Mira and Finn as they zoom into the amazing science of meteors and meteorites. Discover how these little space crumbs travel at an unbelievable 30,000 miles per hour, squishing the air until they heat up to a glowing 3,000 degrees Fahrenheit! You'll...

Have you ever wondered how animals play the ultimate game of hide and seek? Welcome to the mind-blowing science of camouflage! In this episode of Science is Not Boring, Mira and Finn explore how creatures use color, pattern, and shape to completely vanish in plain sight. Get ready to meet Chan's Megastick, a massive bug over two feet long that looks exactly like a bamboo shoot and literally dances in the wind to fool hungry birds! Then, dive deep into the ocean to find the Gloomy Octopus, a squishy master of disguise that can change its skin color and texture...

Have you ever wondered what it's like inside the wildest weather on Earth? Imagine winds howling faster than a race car and skies turning a spooky green color before a massive twister drops from the clouds! In this thrilling episode of Science is Not Boring, Mira and Finn dive right into the eye of the storm to uncover how Earth's biggest weather monsters are made! Discover the mind-blowing true story of Typhoon Tip, the largest storm ever recorded in history! It was so gigantic that it could have covered almost half of the entire United States! You'll learn how...

Did you know that right now, even while you are sitting perfectly still, you are zooming through space at 67,000 miles per hour?! How is that even possible? Welcome to the incredible world of physics! In this episode of Science is Not Boring, Mira and Finn uncover the giant, invisible rulebook that controls how everything in the entire universe moves. Travel back to the year 1665 to meet a young scientist named Isaac Newton, who watched an apple fall and asked one brilliant question that changed history forever! Discover the amazing laws of motion, from the "laziness" of inertia that keeps the...

Have you ever looked up after a rainstorm and spotted a brilliant, glowing rainbow in the sky? It might look like a magical bridge, but it is actually mind-blowing science! Join Mira and Finn on Science is Not Boring as they uncover the incredible secrets hiding inside plain white sunlight. Did you know that rainbows aren't actually arches at all? They are giant, perfect circles! Or that no two people on Earth have EVER seen the exact same rainbow? That's right—you are always standing at the dead-center of your very own personal rainbow! Learn how millions of tiny, squished ra...

Have you ever looked up on a clear, sunny day and wondered where all that brilliant color comes from? The air right in front of your face is completely invisible, so why is the sky so wonderfully blue? Get ready to blast off on a mind-blowing scientific adventure! We are traveling 93 million miles to the Sun to uncover the secret hidden inside white sunlight. It turns out, sunlight is actually a sneaky mixture of every single color in the rainbow! When that light hits Earth’s atmosphere, it crashes right into 25 sextillion tiny, invisible air molecules. Discover how the sh...

Did you know you're currently flying through space at 67,000 miles per hour on a giant spaceship called Earth?! Hold on tight as Mira and Finn bust the biggest myth about summer and winter! Most people think we get hot in July because Earth flies closer to the Sun. But guess what? That is completely backwards! In the middle of summer, we are actually 3 million miles FARTHER away! So, why do we sweat in July and freeze in January? It's all thanks to a clever 23.5-degree lean called axial tilt! When your half of the planet leans toward the sun...

Have you ever wondered what happened to the giant T-Rex and the towering Brachiosaurus? For over one hundred and sixty million years, dinosaurs completely ruled the Earth! But sixty-six million years ago, almost all of them suddenly vanished. Grab your magnifying glass and join Mira and Finn as they solve the ultimate ancient cold case! Discover the mind-blowing story of a giant space rock—an asteroid the size of Mount Everest—that crashed into our planet at forty-five thousand miles per hour! You will learn how scientists found a secret underwater crater and a super rare space metal called iridium hidd...

Did you know that the biggest animal on Earth, the giant blue whale, used to walk on four legs like a wolf? Or that you share sixty percent of your DNA with a banana?! Get ready for a mind-bending adventure as Mira and Finn explore the amazing science of evolution! Discover how living things slowly shape-shift over millions and millions of years to survive in their changing environments. We'll travel to a tiny volcanic island to watch bird beaks magically change shape in real-time, dive deep into the past with a twelve-year-old fossil hunter named Mary Anning who uncovered a...

Have you ever wondered how your voice travels to a friend on the exact opposite side of the world in less than a single second? Join Mira and Finn on an unbelievable scientific journey to find out! Discover the hidden magic inside your telephone. You'll learn how your vocal cords create invisible wiggling waves in the air, and how a tiny microphone translates those wiggles into zooming electricity! Travel back in time to 1876 to witness Alexander Graham Bell accidentally spilling battery acid on his pants during the very first phone call! Then, dive two miles deep into the freezing...

Imagine living on the International Space Station, zooming around the Earth at a mind-blowing 17,500 miles per hour! But what actually happens to your human body when there is absolutely no gravity holding you down? Hosts Mira and Finn are blasting off to explore the wild, weird, and wonderful effects of microgravity! Did you know that if you went to space right now, you would instantly grow up to two whole inches taller? Without gravity to squish your spine, you stretch right out! But that is just the beginning. You'll also learn about "puffy-face, bird-leg syndrome," why astronauts have to cover...

Have you ever wondered why the ocean creeps up the beach and then slides back out every single day? It is not magic—it is gravity! Join Mira and Finn as they uncover the wild secrets of the sea. You will discover how a giant rock floating in space—the Moon—actually pulls the Earth's water to create high and low tides! We'll even learn what happens when the massive Sun joins in for a giant game of tug-of-war. But the adventure doesn't stop at the sunny beach! We are taking a high-tech submarine dive straight down into the freezing, pitch...

Have you ever looked up at a booming thunderstorm and wondered what lightning actually is? Did you know a single bolt of lightning is five times hotter than the surface of the sun?! In this electrifying episode, Mira and Finn uncover the shocking true story of how humans tamed the wildest force in nature: electricity! Join us as we travel back in time to 1752 to watch Benjamin Franklin fly his famous kite into a dark, brewing storm. Then, zoom all the way down to a microscopic level to meet the tiny, hyperactive, invisible bits of energy called electrons! We will...