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The Museum of Science, Boston

We hear amazing questions in the exhibit halls of the Museum of Science, Boston. Do woodpeckers get headaches? How many colors are in the rainbow? Who gets to drive the Mars rovers? Pulsar features short interviews with our education staff along with scientists, engineers, and experts from around the world in order to find the answers.

  1. 2024/07/08

    Who Imagines/Builds/Tests the Museum's Exhibits?

    Mike Horvath, the Director of Exhibits at the Museum of Science, details the process of imagining and creating an exhibit and how it can lead to wearing a wookiee costume on the mound at Fenway Park.

  2. 2024/05/13

    What Should I Do with My Extra Eclipse Glasses?

    We chat about all of the options that you have for keeping, donating, or recycling eclipse glasses after April's total solar eclipse.

  3. 2024/05/06

    When Is the Next Eclipse? 2024-2026 Edition

    With the Great American Eclipse of 2024 in the rear view mirror, we look ahead to the next three years of solar and lunar eclipses visible from Boston and around the globe.

  4. 2024/04/29

    How Do You Tag a Great White Shark? What Does The Tag Tell Us?

    Dr. Greg Skomal, a shark expert with the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries, discusses the incredible data that shark tags can give us as well as the process of finding and tagging great white sharks off of Cape Cod.

  5. 2024/04/16

    What Dinosaurs Lived in New England?

    Our triceratops fossil, Cliff, did not live in New England. So what kind of dinosaurs did? We ask two local experts, Mark Agostini and Dr. Mark McMenamin, to tell us what fossils have been recovered from our own backyard.

  6. 2024/02/29

    What Is It Like to Experience a Total Solar Eclipse?

    With a total solar eclipse coming up on April 8th, 2024, we ask planetarium educator Talia what it feels like to actually witness the moon totally blocking the sun.

  7. 2023/12/20

    How Was the Hubble Telescope Fixed?

    We celebrate the 30th anniversary of a daring Space Shuttle mission that fixed the Hubble Space Telescope by chatting about the experience with astronaut Jeff Hoffman.

  8. 2023/11/13

    What Kind of Space Research Happens Here in Massachusetts?

    Dr. Supriya Chakrabarti, the Director of UMass Lowell's Center for Space Science and Technology, explains some of the exciting space research and engineering that is happening right here in our backyard.

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番組について

We hear amazing questions in the exhibit halls of the Museum of Science, Boston. Do woodpeckers get headaches? How many colors are in the rainbow? Who gets to drive the Mars rovers? Pulsar features short interviews with our education staff along with scientists, engineers, and experts from around the world in order to find the answers.

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    The Museum of Science, Boston
  • 配信期間
    20年 - 24年
  • エピソード
    100
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    不適切な内容を含まない
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