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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

Jul 21, 2020
Jul 21, 2020
10 min
We asked Fallon Durant, an axolotl researcher, all your questions about these amazing animals and their superpowers.

Jul 14, 2020
Jul 14, 2020
7 min
We chat with Food Technologist Michelle Richardson about engineering healthy and appetizing meals for astronauts bound for Mars.

Jul 10, 2020
Jul 10, 2020
8 min
Museum educator Meghan tells us all about excrement, from the biggest to the most frequent to the strangest poop in the animal kingdom.

Jul 7, 2020
Jul 7, 2020
10 min
Exotopography is the study of mountain ranges on worlds beyond our solar system. We talked to the field's creator, Moiya McTier, to find out more.

Jul 3, 2020
Jul 3, 2020
10 min
We talked to a veteran spacewalker, astronaut Jeff Hoffman, and asked him your questions about extra-vehicular activity.

Jun 30, 2020
Jun 30, 2020
11 min
Hear a canine authority, museum educator Mayra, tackle some of the amazing questions we've received about dogs.

Jun 26, 2020
Jun 26, 2020
11 min
Museum educator Zoe answers audience questions having to do with chemistry in the kitchen, from how to make the best fluffy and chewy cookie, to which homemade breads are superior (chemically speaking).

Jun 23, 2020
Jun 23, 2020
7 min
We talk to Ranch Kimball, a high school senior, who is applying the engineering design process to help his community through the COVID-19 pandemic.

Jun 19, 2020
Jun 19, 2020
10 min
Lava comes in all shapes, sizes and forms. Becca, our geology specialist, answers some of the question that our listeners have asked about lava.

Jun 16, 2020
Jun 16, 2020
11 min
Listen in on a conversation with Heather and her mother Kathy, who was just 8 years old during the polio epidemic in the 1950s. Kathy became part of the ground-breaking study to find a polio vaccine, a first step in leading to the near-eradication in the US of this terrible disease.
