Squiz Kids

Eight-year-old Ethan from Casula in Sydney wants to know how 3D printers work. Christie discovers how computer designs are sliced into thousands of incredibly thin layers, then built into real objects using everything from melted plastic and powdered metal to concrete and chocolate.

Along the way, we find out how 3D printing could help astronauts, hospitals and people living in remote communities.

Do you have a science question you'd like Christie to answer? Send it in to squizkids@thesquiz.com.au, and you might hear your answer in an upcoming episode.

A fun kids vs adults news quiz to test who’s been paying the most attention to the week in news.

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Your daily kids news podcast.

The algorithm robot in the spotlight; Canada’s mysterious moving island; Footy finals fever is here; and where have all the dugongs gone?

The algorithm knows what you watch, click and like, and keeps serving up more to keep you scrolling. Now Australian politicians are debating whether we should get to choose if it tracks us at all.

Is it an island or an enormous raft? A football-field-sized chunk of trees and plants has been spotted floating across a Canadian lake.

Grab the snacks and claim the couch... Australian footy is entering crunch time!

Scientists are trying to solve a worrying mystery in northern Australia, where dugong numbers may have fallen dramatically.

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Researched and hosted by Bryce Corbett.

Your daily kids news podcast.

Big ticks for bush schooling; a backyard Viking Treasure find; gamers get a glimpse of the future; and a phone survives a fall from space!

Could climbing trees help your times tables? Sydney students swapped the classroom for the bush and returned more confident, engaged and connected to nature.

Forget finding worms while gardening — one Danish homeowner uncovered a Viking fortune!

Hundreds of thousands of gamers descended on Germany for Gamescom, getting an early look at the games heading our way.

Talk about a drop test! A phone was carried more than 30 kilometres above Earth before being released without a parachute.

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LEGO Skylines Trailer

Minecraft Dungeons II Trailer

Researched and hosted by Christie Kijurina

Some dads brave the Antarctic winter to protect a single egg… others give birth to hundreds of babies… and almost all of them believe their jokes are hilarious.

In this Squiz Kids Shortcut for Father’s Day, Christie and Bryce meet some of the animal kingdom’s most extraordinary fathers. From egg-balancing emperor penguins and pregnant seahorses to fish dads that occasionally eat their own offspring.

They also discover how dadding has changed throughout human history, explore the origins of Father’s Day, and celebrate the dads, grandads, stepdads and other special people who do the dadding in our lives.

There’s also a S’Quiz at the end… so listen carefully!

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