100 episodes

The Museum of Science brings you a podcast dedicated to answering your science questions.

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    • 4.9 • 39 Ratings

The Museum of Science brings you a podcast dedicated to answering your science questions.

    What Should I Do with My Extra Eclipse Glasses?

    What Should I Do with My Extra Eclipse Glasses?

    We chat about all of the options that you have for keeping, donating, or recycling eclipse glasses after April's total solar eclipse.

    • 8 min
    When Is the Next Eclipse? 2024-2026 Edition

    When Is the Next Eclipse? 2024-2026 Edition

    With the Great American Eclipse of 2024 in the rear view mirror, we look ahead to the next three years of solar and lunar eclipses visible from Boston and around the globe.

    • 22 min
    How Do You Tag a Great White Shark? What Does The Tag Tell Us?

    How Do You Tag a Great White Shark? What Does The Tag Tell Us?

    Dr. Greg Skomal, a shark expert with the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries, discusses the incredible data that shark tags can give us as well as the process of finding and tagging great white sharks off of Cape Cod.

    • 16 min
    What Dinosaurs Lived in New England?

    What Dinosaurs Lived in New England?

    Our triceratops fossil, Cliff, did not live in New England. So what kind of dinosaurs did? We ask two local experts, Mark Agostini and Dr. Mark McMenamin, to tell us what fossils have been recovered from our own backyard.

    • 13 min
    What Is It Like to Experience a Total Solar Eclipse?

    What Is It Like to Experience a Total Solar Eclipse?

    With a total solar eclipse coming up on April 8th, 2024, we ask planetarium educator Talia what it feels like to actually witness the moon totally blocking the sun.

    • 8 min
    How Was the Hubble Telescope Fixed?

    How Was the Hubble Telescope Fixed?

    We celebrate the 30th anniversary of a daring Space Shuttle mission that fixed the Hubble Space Telescope by chatting about the experience with astronaut Jeff Hoffman.

    • 9 min

Customer Reviews

4.9 out of 5
39 Ratings

39 Ratings

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Great content

Great interviews with a variety of science.

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Great Short Science Podcast

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