
58.2K
Downloads
130
Episodes
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

Jun 12, 2020
Jun 12, 2020
10 min
Karen is one of our educators that presents in our Theater of Electricity. Hear her answer your questions about lightning safety.

Jun 9, 2020
Jun 9, 2020
8 min
Chuck from our planetarium answers questions about meteor showers, what causes them, and useful tips for catching the next one.

Jun 5, 2020
Jun 5, 2020
9 min
Our own paleontology whiz, Katie, answers some of the many dinosaur questions we've received. Hear about feathered fossils, the swimming spinosaurus, and more.

Jun 3, 2020
Jun 3, 2020
9 min
We chat with Marcus from our education team about the largest animals in many different categories, from the longest reptile to the heaviest mammal.

May 29, 2020
May 29, 2020
10 min
Harvey Leonard has over 40 years of experience predicting New England weather. He tells us about the technology involved in making a forecast.

May 26, 2020
May 26, 2020
9 min
We tend to think of glaciers as changing extremely slowly, but geophysicist Brent Minchew tells us how they can change by the hour.

May 22, 2020
May 22, 2020
9 min
Sue, a longtime Museum educator who also helped develop our popular A Bird's World exhibit, answers questions about birds, from the color of eggs to the habits of hawks.

May 19, 2020
May 19, 2020
9 min
Our very own invertebrate animal keeper, Cori of the Butterfly Garden, tells us more about the reasons — including climate change — behind recent declines in insect populations.

May 15, 2020
May 15, 2020
12 min
Dr. Natalie Kuldell, director of BioBuilder and affiliate of MIT's Department of Biological Engineering, answers questions about biological engineering and its applications. Learn about manipulating DNA to produce new drugs, inserting genes into bacteria to produce biofuels, and much more.

May 12, 2020
May 12, 2020
11 min
Paleontologist Alex Hastings gives an account of a recent dig in Wyoming to uncover a long-necked dinosaur.
