There are so many amazing writers of science fiction. When they were young, did they dream of bring famous authors or amazing scientists?

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Hear about the detective work it took to realize the world's largest telescopes were seeing a cataclysmic event unfold!

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Many animals get included under the dinosaur umbrella when they are actually from different groups. Let's set the fossil record straight!

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With 62 new moons announced last week, Saturn is once again the grand champion of the solar system in terms of natural satellites.

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Talia from the Planetarium discusses the physics involved in leaving Earth and traveling to destinations from Mercury to Pluto and beyond.

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Volcanoes are incredibly powerful, but what causes one to form? Learn about the origins of these explosive entities.

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With so many stories in the news about AI, Emily from the museum's programs team explains what that term means and how AI works.

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Dr. Michael Meyer discusses what exciting things are coming up in our quest to understand the Red Planet.

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We ask Dr. Ben Weiss, an expert on meteorites, how to spot the difference between rocks that formed on Earth and ones that fell from space.

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We chat with Tim Cole and Lieutenant Christopher Licitra from NOAA Fisheries about efforts to identify, track, and conserve right whales.

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In part two of our bat series, we discuss the astonishing diversity of bats and how they came to dominate Earth's nighttime skies.

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Evolutionary biologist Dr. Nancy Simmons sheds light on how and why bats gained their incredible power of flight.

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Kim Steadman, a systems engineer for the Perseverance Mars rover, details the how, when, what, and why behind our discoveries on Mars.

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Joe Bagley, of the Boston's City Archaeologist department, shares some of the historic science his department has uncovered.

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The metal gold has been highly valued by humans throughout our history, but what makes it so unique? Find out in this episode of Pulsar!

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We ask meteorologist Nikki Hathaway how flights through tropical storms can give us insight into their origins, mechanics, and trajectories.

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We talk to Nick Underwood, who flies on missions through hurricanes to collect data to study their behavior and predict their movement.

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We ask Lieutenant Commander Kevin Doremus what it's like to pilot an airplane through the eyewall of a massive storm.

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For our hundredth episode, we're joined by the Museum of Science's president, Tim Ritchie, to talk about what's next for the Museum.

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Georgia from our programs team tells us about the mystery of fast radio bursts, and how scientists are getting closer to explaining them.

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We can learn a lot about animals that lived millions of years ago from studying their fossils. Morgan from our education team explains how.

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We chat with astronomy graduate student Daisuke Taniguchi about his clever method of looking back in time at the star Betelgeuse.

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Visitors often ask our educators: are you assigned an animal for a live show, or do you get to pick your partner? Listen to find out!

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We ask NASA's Jay Hollenbeck about the Space Launch System, a new rocket that will launch this summer and break many records.

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We chat with educator and snake enthusiast Becca to answer some of our visitors' most frequent questions about these slithery creatures.

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Geologist and climate scientist Dr. Patrick Nunn shares his studies on the history of sea level rise and its effect on human civilizations.

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Astronomer Dr. Joshua Blackman discusses Earth's fate at the end of our solar system, when the Sun will render our planet uninhabitable.

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With over 100 species of animals living at the Museum, our visitors are always asking us how they got here. Listen in and find out!

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Museum educator Sara Benson discusses climate research and citizen science focused on learning about Boston’s urban heat island effect.

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Carnivorous plants exist all over the world. People sometimes ask why they need to eat bugs. And, what happens if I stick my finger in one?

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Food allergies are becoming more common and more severe. Guests from the Food Allergy Science Initiative explain why, and more.

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Marcus from our education team gives us the scoop on all of the speed records in the animal kingdom — land, sea, air, and more!

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If a black hole wandered into the solar system, would we notice? The Bad Astronomer, Dr. Phil Plait, chats with us about the possibilities.

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Sue from our education team digs up the answers to the many questions we receive about plants, from their range of sizes to their colors.

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Dr. Sidney D'Mello, a cognitive and computer scientist, shares his AI-assisted research on the connection between emotions and how we learn.

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Taking care of a 65 million-year-old Triceratops fossil is a delicate task. Collections expert Katie tells us how it's done!

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The conversation continues. We speak live with Dr. Jha and pose our most asked coronavirus question: when will the pandemic be over?

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An 'interview' with our virtual exhibit, COVID Conversations with Dr. Jha, details the origins of the coronavirus pandemic.

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Visitors often ask why the indoor sparks created in our Theater of Electricity are purple, so we're shedding some light on the reasons why.

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Science fiction author Jack McDevitt discusses how we can imagine a universe where human space travel is not limited to the speed of light.

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Caity from the Planetarium reveals the universe's speed limit, and how that restricts our ability to explore beyond the solar system.

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NASA's Dr. Katie Stack Morgan, Deputy Project Scientist for the Mars 2020 mission, discusses what the Perseverance rover hopes to discover!

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Talia from our Planetarium explains what recently occurred on the ISS, and what it means for the future of this floating laboratory.

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Did you know that all tortoises are turtles, but not all turtles are tortoises? Museum educator Karen tells us how to spot the difference!

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Pascal Cotte, an engineer who specializes in light, shares how his multi-spectral camera has unveiled Leonardo da Vinci's painting methods.

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Leading paleontologist Dr. Jingmai O'Connor tells us everything she knows about feathered dinosaurs!

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Grad student Markia Smith shares what inspired her to research cancer and genetics as well as understand health disparities.

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BU's Lauren Etter discusses the creation of an artificial intelligence system that uses images of ears to identify patients in remote areas.

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Find out what caused this fifty-foot-long super predator to vanish from the oceans in part two of our conversation with Catalina Pimiento.

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Ancient shark researcher Catalina Pimiento answers the best questions we've received about Megalodon, a prehistoric fifty-foot-long shark.

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Apollo engineer Don Eyles joins us to discuss the challenge of landing humans on the Moon using minimal computing power.

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Spaceflight whiz Kellie Gerardi, author of Not Necessarily Rocket Science, tells us about her adventures in the aerospace industry.

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Graduate student Katie Burns tells us about her adventures in field research and the importance of pollinators in our environment.

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Discover our top two picks for the most remarkable science stories of 2020 in our final countdown!

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Our picks for the top ten science stories of 2020 continues. We're getting close to the top of the list!

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Author Janice Nimura details the lives of Emily and Elizabeth Blackwell, who paved the way for women to practice medicine in 1800s America.

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Our annual countdown of the 10 most exciting, important, and fun stories from the science world continues!

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We discuss our picks for the first part of our annual countdown of the 10 most exciting, important, fun stories from the world of science!

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As the first vaccines roll out to frontline healthcare workers, physician assistant Amanda Stearns tells us about getting her first dose.

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We ask Caity from our own Charles Hayden Planetarium everything we could think of about a supernova – when a star literally explodes!

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Dr. Brigitte Schoenemann, University of Cologne, shares her research on the eyes of trilobites living nearly half a billion years ago.

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Biomedical engineer Dr. Parag Gad discusses a noninvasive technique that can help paralyzed patients regain the use of their extremities.

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We ask one of our animal keepers, Christa, questions that visitors most often have about our cotton-top tamarin monkeys.

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Physicist Dr. Billy Hubbard tells us how the world's smallest 'refrigerator' may lead to ways to build smaller electronics.

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We ask Shilpa Lawande, a data engineer at Facebook Boston, all about data and its impact on our lives.

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We ask Museum educator Janine all your questions about how far away things are, from the Moon to the end of the universe.

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We chat with Becca, one of our Museum educators, about the driving factors behind the disappearance of these prehistoric creatures!

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Akshita Rao, an undergraduate at Tufts University, tells us all about her biomedical engineering research on the human heart.

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Harvard University's Dr. Pia Sorensen, author of Science and Cooking, answers questions about chemistry and physics in the kitchen.

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Shelley Smith, the Brewing Innovation Engineer at Sam Adams, talks about the science that goes into crafting a flawless pint.

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Bats! Owls! Creepy-crawlies! Liz from our Live Animal Care Center answers some of the best questions we get about spooky species.

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Bassam Shakhashiri, University of Wisconsin-Madison, discusses his decades of creating safe, fun, and illuminating chemical experiments.

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Two MIT chemistry grad students, Jessica and Angela, tell us how they got into science and what they are looking forward to in the future.

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Social and psychiatric epidemiologist Dr. Erin Dunn explains how how we can potentially use our teeth to predict future mental health.

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The Perseverance rover is on its way to Mars. We ask NASA engineer Rich Rieber what the mission hopes to accomplish on the Red Planet.

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Talia from our Planetarium answers some of the most common questions that Museum visitors ask about the Earth-Moon-Sun system.

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Benjamin Clark and Saikat Basu from Facebook tell us about their initiative to help identify roads in satellite images using deep learning.

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How do you drive a rover from 40 million miles away? NASA engineer Rich Rieber shares how the newest robot to explore Mars will get around.

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NASA's newest rover, Perseverance, is on its way to Mars. Engineer David Way discusses how it will touch down safely on the Red Planet.

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How do humans perceive color? Our education fellow, Zoe, tells us all about rainbows, matching shades of black, and more!

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Dr. Rob Zellem of NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab answers questions about using citizen science to discover exoplanets.

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One of the Museum's resident birding enthusiasts, Sue, returns to answer more questions all about the awesome world of avians.

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Northeastern University marine biologist Dan Distel tells us about an amazing discovery off the Alabama coast: an ancient underwater forest!

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We talked with Elizabeth Smith, a meteorologist from the National Severe Storms Laboratory, to learn about forecasting these severe storms.

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We asked Fallon Durant, an axolotl researcher, all your questions about these amazing animals and their superpowers!

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Listen in as we talk with artist Michael Alfano about the bronze sculptures he has created for the Museum's Exhibit Halls.

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Join us as biologist Hanna Mounce describes her team's efforts to conserve the native forest ecosystems of Hawaii.

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Sara Bleich of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health discusses the impact COVID has had on food insecure populations around the US.

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The Museum's Christine Reich, PhD, discusses inclusive education in the world of museums with Universal Design pioneer Dr. Richard Jackson.

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

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We chat with food technologist Michelle about engineering healthy and appetizing meals for astronauts bound for Mars.

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Museum educator Meghan tells us all about poop, from the biggest to the most frequent to the strangest, in the animal kingdom!

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Exotopography is the study of mountain ranges on worlds beyond our solar system. Meet the field's creator, Moiya, to find out more!

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We talk with a veteran spacewalker, astronaut Jeff Hoffman, and ask him all your questions about extra-vehicular activity.

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Hear a canine authority, Museum educator Mayra, tackle some of the amazing questions we've received about dogs and dog behavior.

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Educator Zoe answers questions having to do with chemistry in the kitchen, such as which homemade breads are superior (chemically speaking).

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Ranch, a high school senior, shares how he's applying the engineering design process to help his community through the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Lava comes in all shapes, sizes, and forms. Becca, our geology specialist, answers some of the question our listeners have asked about it!

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Hear from a participant of the groundbreaking study to create a polio vaccine, resulting in the near-eradication of the disease in the US.

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Katie, our own paleontology whiz, answers dinosaur questions we've received, from feathered fossils to the swimming Spinosaurus.

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Planetarium media producer Chuck answers questions about meteor showers, what causes them, and offers useful tips for catching the next one.

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Museum educator Karen has been making lightning in our Theater of Electricity for many years and knows a thing or two about storm safety!

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Museum educator Marcus talks about the largest animals in many different categories, from the longest reptile to the heaviest mammal.

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Harvey Leonard has been predicting New England weather for over forty years. Hear him discuss the technology involved in making a forecast.

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Sue, a longtime Museum educator, answers questions about the wonderful world of birds, from the color of eggs to the habits of hawks.

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Dr. Natalie Kuldell, director of BioBuilder and affiliate of MIT, answers questions about biological engineering and its applications.

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A Museum educator answers all your questions about our iconic Theater of Electricity.

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We tend to think of glaciers as changing very slowly, but geophysicist Brent Minchew studies how they can change by the hour.

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Paleontologist Alex Hastings gives an account of a recent dig in Wyoming to uncover a long-necked dinosaur.

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Diveena Becker, a biologist from Ginkgo Bioworks, tells us how her team is using genetics to help track the spread of COVID-19.

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Our very own invertebrate animal keeper Cori Brant tells us more about the reasons behind recent declines in insect populations.

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Bastien Varoutsikos, Iconem archaeologist, discusses creating 3-D digital replicas of the world’s endangered historical sites.

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Peyton Siler-Jones from Climate Ready Boston details our city's plan to tackle the effects of climate change head-on.

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Colleen Hitchcock, Brandeis University biologist, answers citizen science questions. Learn how to participate in the City Nature Challenge!

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The current news cycle is dominated by the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, and the disease it causes, COVID-19.

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The Planetarium’s Talia Sepersky explores the story behind these amazingly powerful deep space objects.

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Kaylan Petrie, education programs, describes the first time she came face-to-face with our three-horned mascot, and more!

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The Planetarium’s Caity Sullivan shows how to spot the International Space Station and shares the coolest parts of living in space.

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