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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 sh... more
FAQs about Pulsar:How many episodes does Pulsar have?The podcast currently has 130 episodes available.
July 25, 2022What’s Next for the Museum of Science?For our hundredth episode, we're joined by the Museum of Science's president, Tim Ritchie, to answer one of the most common questions we are asked: what exciting things are coming up in the museum's future?...more15minPlay
July 11, 2022What’s Your Favorite Unsolved Space Mystery?Sometimes the most exciting thing to talk about is what scientists don't know...yet. Georgia from our programs team tells us about the mystery of fast radio bursts, and how scientists are getting closer to explaining their origin....more17minPlay
July 05, 2022How Do We Know What Extinct Animals Ate?We can learn a lot about animals that lived millions of years ago from studying their fossils. Morgan from our education team explains how we can analyze fossil teeth to tell us amazing things about ancient diets....more14minPlay
June 27, 2022Will Any Stars In Our Sky Explode Soon?We chat with astronomy graduate student Daisuke Taniguchi about his clever method of looking back in time at the peculiar behavior of the star Betelgeuse, which will explode and disappear from our skies (relatively) soon....more11minPlay
June 13, 2022Do You Get To Choose Which Animals to Work With?We have over one hundred species of animals living at the museum. Visitors often ask our educators: are you assigned an animal for a live show, or do you get to pick your partner? Lauren from our programs team tells us more about the process of selecting and getting to know our live animal co-stars....more15minPlay
May 30, 2022What’s The Most Powerful Rocket Ever, as of 2022? We ask NASA's Jay Hollenbeck about the Space Launch System, a towering new rocket that will soon launch humans on a path back to the moon while claiming the title of most powerful rocket ever built....more13minPlay
May 09, 2022Do Snakes Have Tails?Are snakes all tail? Or do they not even have tails? We ask museum educator and snake superfan Becca about snake anatomy as well as some of our most frequently received snake questions, such as: Why is that snake sticking its tongue out? And: Is that snake venomous?...more10minPlay
April 05, 2022Can Ancient Sea Level Rise Prepare Us for the Future?We talk with geologist and climate scientist Dr. Patrick Nunn, who has studied the history of sea level rise and its effect on human civilizations....more12minPlay
March 21, 2022What Happens When the Sun Runs Out of Fuel?We talk with astronomer Dr. Joshua Blackman about the fate of the Earth at the very end of our solar system, when the sun will render our planet quite uninhabitable....more13minPlay
January 17, 2022Where Do the Museum‘s Animals Come From?With over 100 species of animals living here at the museum, visitors are always asking how they got here. We chat with Stacy, the Curator of our Live Animal Care Center, to get the whole story....more12minPlay
FAQs about Pulsar:How many episodes does Pulsar have?The podcast currently has 130 episodes available.