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The Museum of Science, Boston
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The Museum of Science brings you a podcast dedicated to answering your science questions.

  1. 07/08/2024

    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.

    12 min

  2. 05/13/2024

    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.

    8 min

  3. 05/06/2024

    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.

    23 min

  4. 04/29/2024

    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.

    17 min

  5. 04/16/2024

    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.

    14 min

  6. 02/29/2024

    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.

    8 min

  7. 12/20/2023

    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.

    10 min

  8. 11/13/2023

    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.

    13 min
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The Museum of Science brings you a podcast dedicated to answering your science questions.

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  • Creator
    The Museum of Science, Boston
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2024
  • Episodes
    100
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Copyright 2020 All rights reserved.
  • Show Website
    Pulsar

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