The first one was printed in the year 868… the first one just for kids not until the 1600s … and Bryce and I cannot agree on the best of all time. We’ll take you through WHEN the first ever books were published; WHO wrote the first book for kids; and WHAT are the best children’s books of all time.

Without them, we’d have no wifi… no antibiotics… and no Google Maps. we’ll take you through WHAT are some of the biggest Aussie inventions that changed the world; WHO are the inventors who’ve revolutionised medicine in particular; and WHY Australians are so good at inventing things.

Ever since ancient times, humans have been gazing up at the sky and dreaming about what might be up there. And in the last century, we’ve been competing against each other like crazy to get there. We’re going to take you through why it’s been called a “space race” for almost 100 years; where that race is going now; and who is involved.

They can be sniffed, swallowed, or jabbed in your arm…. the earliest attempts involved scabs … and they’ve saved millions of kids from sickness and death. We’ll take you through how vaccines work, when the first vaccines were developed, and what diseases vaccines have prevented and eradicated – which means gotten rid of – through history.

It got started with a death notice … women have had their own version since 1934 … and COVID is making this year’s series complicated. we’ll take you through why the Ashes are one of the most important fixtures on Australia’s sporting schedule; what to watch for this summer; who some of the heroes of Ashes past have been; and how the women’s series is different from the men’s.

In the last few weeks, more than 2,000 have arrived in Australia from Ukraine … there are millions all over the world… and some are pretty famous. We’ll take you through WHAT a refugee is; WHERE refugees in Australia have come from; and WHO are some refugees that have made a big contribution to life in Australia.

Some people faint at the sight of it, but we couldn’t live without it! With World Blood Donor Day coming up on June 14, we thought it was a good time to take you through WHAT exactly blood is; WHY doctors test your blood when you’re sick; and HOW you can have fun learning more about blood.

Massive marsupials taller than your teacher… lizards longer than your car… birds with the thighs of a rugby player. We take you through WHAT megafauna are; HOW mega we’re talking, exactly… and WHY they went extinct.

Iron Man. Spiderman. Black Widow. Black Panther. These Marvel characters are on your lunchboxes and pyjamas, as well as our TV and movie screens. We’ll take you through what exactly the Marvel Cinematic Universe is, who was behind the thousands of characters in it, how the movies are made, and why they’re so popular.

It was a place where men wore makeup, and women could be kings… where the rich were mummified in tombs, and the poor in the desert. We’ll take you through WHAT are some of the main myths about Ancient Egypt; WHY Egyptian men and women wore makeup; and HOW to make a mummy at home.