Ever Wonder? from the California Science Center
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Episodes: 105
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At the California Science Center, we love to wonder and be curious about the world around us. In each new episode, join host Perry Roth-Johnson as he chats with scientists, engineers, museum professionals, and others to find answers to questions you might have wondered. New episodes every other Wednesday.
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...why we like to be scared? (with Arash Javanbakht)
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Jun 30, 2025 |
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REBROADCAST...why it's important to study monarch butterflies? (with Isis Howard)
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Oct 30, 2024 |
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...what divers do at the California Science Center? (with Andrew Solomon)
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Oct 16, 2024 |
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REBROADCAST... why California has so many wildfires? (with Jared Dahl Aldern)
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Sep 11, 2024 |
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REBROADCAST ...how doctors keep people healthy during pregnancy and childbirth? (with Dr. Kimberly Gregory)
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Aug 28, 2024 |
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REBROADCAST...how keepers form relationships with animals? (with Josh Hestermann)
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Aug 14, 2024 |
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REBROADCAST...who drives a Mars rover? (with Hallie Abarca)
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Jul 31, 2024 |
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...what creatures live in the deep sea? (with Brittany Munson)
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Jul 17, 2024 |
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REBROADCAST...who writes the stuff you read in an exhibit? (with Jennifer Lawrence)
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Jun 19, 2024 |
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REBROADCAST:......if robots can be biased? (with Ayanna Howard)
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Jun 05, 2024 |
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REBROADCAST...why our galaxy is a spiral? (bonus episode with Devin Waller)
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May 22, 2024 |
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REBROADCAST......who takes care of animals when they get sick? (with Brittany Stevens)
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May 08, 2024 |
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REBROADCAST......how can robots work together? (with Kirstin Petersen)
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Apr 24, 2024 |
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...how some Monarch butterflies live longer than others? (with Isis Howard)
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Apr 10, 2024 |
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REBROADCAST...what goes on at the JPL Mars Yard? (with Hallie Abarca)
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Mar 27, 2024 |
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REBROADCAST ...how your favorite exhibit got made? (with Kathy Marsailes)
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Mar 13, 2024 |
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REBROADCAST...if our kelp tank fish eat... other fish? (with Erin Shusterman)
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Feb 28, 2024 |
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...how the fossilized past uncovers the dynamic present of Ecosystems? (with Lucy Chang)
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Feb 14, 2024 |
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REBROADCAST ...if YOU could go to space one day? (with Sian Proctor, PhD)
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Jan 31, 2024 |
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REBROADCAST... what it felt like to fly Endeavour? (with Chris Ferguson)
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Jan 17, 2024 |
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...why it's important to study monarch butterflies? (with Isis Howard)
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Dec 06, 2023 |
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REBROADCAST ...why we keep going back to the Moon? (with Kelsey Young)
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Nov 22, 2023 |
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REBROADCAST...what we can learn from poop? (with Ryan Rampersaud)
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Nov 08, 2023 |
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REBROADCAST...if our sharks go to the doctor? (with Brittany Stevens)
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Oct 25, 2023 |
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REBROADCAST ...if you can 3D print a rocket engine? (with Nate Perkins)
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Oct 11, 2023 |
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REBROADCAST ...if fire can be good? (with Chairman Ron Goode)
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Sep 27, 2023 |
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...how pikas can survive extreme conditions? (with Johanna Varner)
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Sep 13, 2023 |
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REBROADCAST...if engineers should study ethics? (with Ayanna Howard)
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Aug 30, 2023 |
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...what kind of science happens in Antarctica? (with Elaine Krebs)
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Aug 16, 2023 |
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REBROADCAST ...what lives in a drop of water? (with Chloé Savard)
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Aug 02, 2023 |
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REBROADCAST ...just how fast Mach 10 is? (with Aaron Cassebeer)
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Jul 19, 2023 |
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REBROADCAST...if dinosaurs had feathers? (with Jingmai O'Connor)
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Jul 05, 2023 |
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REBROADCAST...if your gut can really talk to your brain? (with Ryan Rampersaud)
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Jun 21, 2023 |
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...what it is like to study the world's cutest mammal? (with Johanna Varner)
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Jun 07, 2023 |
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REBROADCAST...what genes are? (with Carla Easter)
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May 24, 2023 |
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REBROADCAST:...if there's any truth to the movie Inception? (with Karen Konkoly)
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May 10, 2023 |
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REBROADCAST...how your immune system knows good microbes from bad? (with Joël Babdor)
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Apr 26, 2023 |
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REBROADCAST:...if robots can be squishy? (with Kirstin Petersen)
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Apr 12, 2023 |
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...what it felt like to fly Endeavour? (with Chris Ferguson)
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Mar 29, 2023 |
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REBROADCAST:...what it's like to do surgery on an eel? (with Brittany Stevens)
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Mar 15, 2023 |
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...how going to space can help us on Earth? (with Sian Proctor)
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Mar 01, 2023 |
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REBROADCAST:...if you can learn to control you dream (with Karen Konkoly)
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Feb 15, 2023 |
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...what we can learn from poop? (with Ryan Rampersaud)
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Dec 07, 2022 |
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...if engineers should study ethics? (with Ayanna Howard)
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Nov 23, 2022 |
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...if our sharks go to the doctor? (with Brittany Stevens)
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Nov 09, 2022 |
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REBROADCAST: ...if robots can have personalities? (with Maja Matarić)
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Oct 26, 2022 |
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...what lives in a drop of water? (with Chloé Savard)
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Oct 12, 2022 |
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...if you can 3D print a rocket engine? (with Nate Perkins)
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Sep 28, 2022 |
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REBROADCAST:...why California has so many wildfires? (with Jared Dahl Aldern)
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Sep 14, 2022 |
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...just how fast Mach 10 is? (with Aaron Cassebeer)
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Aug 31, 2022 |
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REBROADCAST: ...why your breath stinks? (with Batbileg Bor)
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Aug 17, 2022 |
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...if dinosaurs had feathers? (with Jingmai O'Connor)
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Aug 03, 2022 |
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REBROADCAST: ...how scientists will use the James Webb Space Telescope? (with Vivian U)
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Jul 20, 2022 |
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REBROADCAST: ...what we actually know about how COVID-19 spreads? (with Jose-Luis Jimenez)
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Jul 06, 2022 |
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...if your gut can really talk to your brain? (with Ryan Rampersaud)
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Jun 22, 2022 |
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...if humans can coexist with dinosaurs? (with Jingmai O'Connor)
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Jun 08, 2022 |
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REBROADCAST: ...what it was like to help build the James Webb Space Telescope? (with Stephanie Hernandez)
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May 25, 2022 |
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...if there's any truth to the movie Inception? (with Karen Konkoly)
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May 11, 2022 |
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...if you can learn to control your dreams? (with Karen Konkoly)
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Apr 27, 2022 |
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...who builds rocket engines? (with Nate Perkins and Doug Bradley)
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Apr 13, 2022 |
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...how your immune system knows good microbes from bad? (with Joël Babdor)
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Mar 30, 2022 |
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...if our kelp tank fish eat... other fish? (with Erin Shusterman)
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Mar 16, 2022 |
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...what goes on at the JPL Mars Yard? (with Hallie Abarca)
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Mar 02, 2022 |
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...why your breath stinks? (with Batbileg Bor)
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Feb 16, 2022 |
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...if fire can be good? (with Chairman Ron Goode)
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Feb 02, 2022 |
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...why California has so many wildfires? (with Jared Dahl Aldern)
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Jan 19, 2022 |
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...how scientists will use the James Webb Space Telescope? (with Vivian U)
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Dec 08, 2021 |
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...what it was like to help build the James Webb Space Telescope? (with Stephanie Hernandez)
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Nov 24, 2021 |
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...if COVID affects kids? (with Dr. Priya Soni)
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Nov 10, 2021 |
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REBROADCAST: ...how engineers protect their spacecraft from failing? (with Tracy Drain)
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Oct 27, 2021 |
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...if robots can be squishy? (with Kirstin Petersen)
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Oct 13, 2021 |
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…what it's like to do surgery on an eel? (with Brittany Stevens)
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Sep 29, 2021 |
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...if YOU could go to space one day? (with Sian Proctor)
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Sep 15, 2021 |
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...how engineers can benefit from diverse design teams? (with Maja Matarić & Ayanna Howard)
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Sep 01, 2021 |
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...what we actually know about how COVID-19 spreads? (with Jose-Luis Jimenez)
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Aug 18, 2021 |
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REBROADCAST: ...if COVID vaccines are safe and effective? (with Shira Shafir)
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Aug 04, 2021 |
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...what genes are? (with Carla Easter)
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Jul 21, 2021 |
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...how doctors keep people healthy during pregnancy and childbirth? (with Dr. Kimberly Gregory)
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Jul 07, 2021 |
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REBROADCAST: ...who decides what an exhibit is about? (with David Bibas)
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Jun 23, 2021 |
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...how to look out for vaccine misinformation? (with Tara Haelle)
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Jun 09, 2021 |
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...if COVID vaccines are safe and effective? (with Shira Shafir)
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May 26, 2021 |
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...how to make sense of all the COVID-19 vaccine news? (with Tara Haelle)
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May 12, 2021 |
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...what it's like to be a contact tracer? (with Kenneth Phillips)
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Apr 28, 2021 |
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...how we developed our COVID exhibit? (with Krista Ulman and Liz Roth-Johnson)
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Apr 14, 2021 |
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...what scientists did to stay connected during the pandemic? (with Sian Proctor)
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Mar 31, 2021 |
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...how engineers protect their spacecraft from failing? (with Tracy Drain)
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Mar 17, 2021 |
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...if you can be an astronaut right here on Earth? (with Sian Proctor)
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Mar 03, 2021 |
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...who drives a Mars rover? (with Hallie Abarca)
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Feb 17, 2021 |
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REBROADCAST: ...how to build robots that go to space? (with Matthew Frost)
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Feb 10, 2021 |
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...why we keep going back to the Moon? (with Kelsey Young)
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Feb 03, 2021 |
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...why our galaxy is a spiral? (bonus episode with Devin Waller)
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Dec 09, 2020 |
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...how to build robots that go to space? (with Matthew Frost)
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Nov 25, 2020 |
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...if robots can be biased? (with Ayanna Howard)
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Nov 11, 2020 |
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...if robots can have personalities? (with Maja Matarić)
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Oct 28, 2020 |
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...how can robots work together? (with Kirstin Petersen)
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Oct 14, 2020 |
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...how keepers form relationships with animals? (with Josh Hestermann)
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Sep 30, 2020 |
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...how science can help us build a better future? (bonus episode with Ann Druyan)
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Sep 22, 2020 |
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...who takes care of animals when they get sick? (with Brittany Stevens)
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Sep 16, 2020 |
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...what it's like to be a diver in the kelp tank? (with Erin Shusterman)
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Sep 02, 2020 |
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...why we have so many animals? (with Chuck Kopczak)
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Aug 19, 2020 |
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...how your favorite exhibit got made? (with Kathy Marsailes)
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Aug 05, 2020 |
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...why exhibit graphics look the way they do? (with Jeremy Stoller)
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Jul 22, 2020 |
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...who writes the stuff you read in an exhibit? (with Jennifer Lawrence)
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Jul 08, 2020 |
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...who decides what an exhibit is about? (with David Bibas)
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Jun 24, 2020 |
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...what this podcast is about?
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Jun 01, 2020 |