Ever Wonder? from the California Science Center

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Ever Wonder? from the California Science Center

At the California Science Center, we love to wonder and be curious about the world around us. In each new episode, join host Perry Roth-Johnson as he chats with scientists, engineers, museum professionals, and others to find answers to questions you might have wondered. New episodes every other Wednesday.

  1. OCT 16

    ...what divers do at the California Science Center? (with Andrew Solomon)

    Here at the California Science Center in our Ecosystems gallery lies our kelp forest, holding 188,000-gallon tank with over 800 species! This kelp forest represents the type of ecosystem that you will find off the California coast and who better to help bring this kelp forest to life than our divers! Do you ever wonder what divers do at the California Science Center? In this episode we chat with the Marine Operations Manager, Andrew Solomon, who gives us an insight on how the dive t...

    23 min

  2. SEP 11

    REBROADCAST... why California has so many wildfires? (with Jared Dahl Aldern)

    Last fall, we opened a brand-new exhibit called Fire! Science & Safety, which invites our guests to explore Casa Del Fuego, Apartment 911 as a fire danger detective, seeking out fire and burn hazards to make their families, pets, and homes safer—both inside the home, as well as outside threats like wildfires.It’s been pretty rainy in California lately, so wildfires have largely faded from the headlines. But throughout 2020 and 2021, we heard about one giant catastrophic megafire after ano...

    35 min

  3. AUG 28

    REBROADCAST ...how doctors keep people healthy during pregnancy and childbirth? (with Dr. Kimberly Gregory)

    This summer, we opened a brand-new exhibit called Life! Beginnings in our World of Life gallery. Life! Beginnings invites our guests to discover how humans and all living creatures reproduce, develop, and pass on their genes in order to bring new life into the world.Through interactive and immersive experiences, guests can explore the human journey from conception to birth, see how a mother’s body changes throughout pregnancy, and learn about reproductive health.Do you ever wonder how doctors...

    19 min

  4. AUG 14

    REBROADCAST...how keepers form relationships with animals? (with Josh Hestermann)

    Folks often say that dogs are a human's best friend. The Science Center doesn't have any dogs on display (well at least not since our temporary Dogs! exhibit closed), but we sure do have lots of other terrestrial animals to take care of. And our keepers--the folks who do that work--really care about our animals. Do you ever wonder how keepers develop a relationship with the animals they take care of?Josh Hestermann leads the team who takes care of everything that lives on land at the Science ...

    13 min

  5. JUL 31

    REBROADCAST...who drives a Mars rover? (with Hallie Abarca)

    When this episode airs, NASA will be just one day away from landing another rover on Mars. On February 18, the Perseverance rover will reach the surface of the Red Planet, capping off a journey that started with a rocket launch last July.In an earlier episode, we talked with Matthew Frost about Perseverance’s robot arm, and how it works to collect samples from the Martian surface. But that robot arm becomes a lot more useful when you can drive it around Mars. And that takes a whole team of de...

    23 min

  6. JUL 17

    ...what creatures live in the deep sea? (with Brittany Munson)

    The deep sea is a mysterious place full of many different life forms! Some that may seem strange yet incredibly amazing to us. But how can we learn more about these creatures if the deep sea can be so hard to explore!?   Do you ever wonder what creatures live in the deep sea?   In today’s episode the Science Center interns; Nathan Arriaza, Gerardo Martinez, Jose Cornejo, and Jason Mejia have a conversation with Senior Educator here at the California Science Center, Brittan...

    20 min

  7. JUN 19

    REBROADCAST...who writes the stuff you read in an exhibit? (with Jennifer Lawrence)

    For the first few episodes of this podcast, we'll take you behind the scenes of the California Science Center to meet some of the people who design and develop exhibits.Imagine for a minute that you're visiting a science center or a museum. You're looking at an exhibit and… you probably have questions. Good thing there's some text posted nearby to help explain what's going on.These bits of interpretive text are called exhibit labels, and you can find them all over museums. If you've been to a...

    14 min

  8. JUN 5

    REBROADCAST:......if robots can be biased? (with Ayanna Howard)

    The field of robotics has advanced a LOT over the past couple of decades, and part of that has to do with advances in the fields of computer science and artificial intelligence. Algorithms that help robots function and interact with the world are all around us, from the search engines we use to the facial recognition function in our phones.But these algorithms can have problems. This past September, for example, Twitter users discovered that photo previews, which use machine learning to crop ...

    25 min
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At the California Science Center, we love to wonder and be curious about the world around us. In each new episode, join host Perry Roth-Johnson as he chats with scientists, engineers, museum professionals, and others to find answers to questions you might have wondered. New episodes every other Wednesday.

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