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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.
September 17, 2021What‘s the Fastest Thing in the Universe? Part TwoAward-winning science fiction author Jack McDevitt discusses how we can imagine a universe where human space travel is not limited to the speed of light, and our civilization can explore the galaxy and beyond....more9minPlay
September 06, 2021What‘s the Fastest Thing in the Universe? Part OneWe ask Caity from our Charles Hayden Planetarium what the universe's speed limit is, and how that limits our ability to explore the beyond the solar system....more9minPlay
August 30, 2021Which Mars Rocks Are Best?Did life ever exist on Mars? The Perseverance rover is working hard to find out by studying rocks on Mars, and we ask NASA geologist Katie Stack Morgan which rocks could tell us definitively that Earth is not the only living planet in the universe....more13minPlay
August 23, 2021What Do You Do When Your Space Station Careens Out of Control?What happened when inadvertent thruster firing caused the International Space Station to spin completely around in July 2021? And what is the future of this decades-old orbiting laboratory?...more11minPlay
August 16, 2021What's the Difference Between a Turtle and a Tortoise?It turns out that all tortoises are turtles, but not all turtles are tortoises - we go to museum educator Karen to tell us how to spot the difference as well as learn about the amazing adaptations of both....more16minPlay
July 26, 2021What Can Light Tell Us About the Mona Lisa?We ask Pascal Cotte, an engineer who specializes in light, how his multi-spectral camera has unveiled Leonardo's methods when painting the famous Mona Lisa....more10minPlay
June 28, 2021Why Did Dinosaurs Have Feathers?We ask leading paleontologist Dr. Jingmai O'Connor to tell us everything she knows about feathered dinosaurs....more11minPlay
May 31, 2021How Do Scientists Choose Their Field of Study?We talk with graduate student Markia Smith about her research in cancer and genetics, understanding health disparities in historically marginalized populations, and why she chose these areas of study....more12minPlay
April 05, 2021How Is An Ear Like a Fingerprint?We ask Lauren Etter from Boston University about how efforts to build trust and ensure equitable access to healthcare led to the development of an artificial intelligence system that uses images of ears to identify patients in remote communities....more12minPlay
March 25, 2021What Happened to Megalodon, The Biggest Shark Ever?Part Two of our conversation with shark researcher Dr. Catalina Pimiento, where we find out why this fifty foot long super-predator disappeared from the oceans....more10minPlay
FAQs about Pulsar:How many episodes does Pulsar have?The podcast currently has 130 episodes available.