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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!

For the full episode transcript, click here.

Your daily kids news podcast.

Nepal’s glacier landslide explained; Roger the working seagull; Media literacy in the spotlight; and Fat Marmot Week crowns a winner.

Rescuers are working around the clock after catastrophic flooding devastated communities in Nepal and Tibet.

All hail Dawn, the newly crowned champion of Fat Marmot Week!

More Aussie kids are turning to AI for their news, but research shows plenty are also accidentally sharing fake stories.

Meet Roger, possibly Britain’s first seagull security guard.

For the full episode transcript, click here.

Donate to help victims of Nepal-Tibet tragedy: https://emergencyaction.org.au/nepal-flood-appeal/

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To celebrate World Lake Day, we went searching through the Squiz Kids Vault for an episode all about water. Which was lucky, really, because we’d sprung a leak and were well on the way to creating an underground lake of our own.

Thankfully, we found this Shortcut sitting safe and dry on a high shelf.

Join us as we discover where Earth’s water came from, why it’s essential to life and how the same water has been travelling around our planet for billions of years.

Look up on a clear night and you might see hundreds, or even thousands, of stars. But where did they all come from, and what makes a new star begin to shine?

This week, Isabella from Cammeray asks: How are stars formed? Christie travels into a stellar nursery to discover how gravity
gathers enormous clouds of gas and dust, why a growing protostar becomes incredibly hot, and how nuclear fusion turns it into a shining star.

Plus, if stars aren’t really on fire, what produces all that heat and light?

If you have an excellent science question you’d like Christie to investigate, send it to squizkids@thesquiz.com.au. You might hear your answer in a future Squiz Kids Science Short!

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

For the full episode transcript, click here.