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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 short interviews with our education staff along with scientists, engineers, and experts from around the world in order to find the answers.
Episodes

Sep 19, 2020
Sep 19, 2020
10 min
You had lots of questions about our perception of color, and so we asked Zoe to tell us about rainbows, matching shades of black, and more.

Sep 8, 2020
Sep 8, 2020
13 min
We ask Dan Distel, a marine biologist at Northeastern, about an amazing discovery off the coast of Alabama: an ancient underwater forest.

Sep 1, 2020
Sep 1, 2020
13 min
Dr. Rob Zellem of NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab answers questions about using citizen science to discover exoplanets.

Aug 25, 2020
Aug 25, 2020
9 min
One of the museum's resident birding enthusiasts returns to answer more questions all about our feathered friends.

Aug 18, 2020
Aug 18, 2020
10 min
We talked with Elizabeth Smith, a meteorologist from the National Severe Storms Laboratory, to find out more about tornadoes.

Aug 14, 2020
Aug 14, 2020
10 min
Biologist Hanna Mounce describes her team's efforts to conserve the native forest ecosystems of Hawai'i.

Aug 11, 2020
Aug 11, 2020
9 min
You can see bronze animal sculptures by artist Michael Alfano in the museum's exhibit halls. We asked him your questions about the intersection between science and art.

Aug 4, 2020
Aug 4, 2020
12 min
Sara Bleich, Professor of Public Health Policy at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health discusses the impact COVID has had on food insecure populations around the country, and our best steps forward to ensure an equitable recovery.

Jul 31, 2020
Jul 31, 2020
15 min
Dr. Christine Reich, the museum's Senior Vice President of Exhibits and Research, sits down with Universal Design pioneer Dr. Richard Jackson to discuss inclusive education in the museum world.

Jul 28, 2020
Jul 28, 2020
10 min
We ask Dr. Fiona Garner, a scientist working on testing treatments for COVID-19, to explain the important steps of that process.
