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The weather: it's the ultimate ice-breaker. That's probably because it impacts us all, all the time. But what about the people who have to not only divine…
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This week on Blue Dot, we celebrate the upcoming Major League Baseball season by speaking with a few true experts on the science of the game. First, Alan…
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This week on Blue Dot, we talk to Dr. Jennifer Heldmann about the surface, water, and rocket fuel on the moon, and how it might become a staging area to…
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Engineers figure out how to implement cool science — things like shooting a rocket to the moon, deploying the sky crane maneuver, sending probes all over…
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Today on Blue Dot, we talk with three scientists who play an integral role in the exploration of the Red Planet. Adam Steltzner, a rock star of a NASA…
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MIT grad, former astronomy researcher and Hawaii native Dianna Cowern also carries another mantle: Physics Girl. Her YouTube channel answers science…
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What exactly is El Niño and what does it have to do with the warming planet? How can the Jason satellites help us understand all that? What is Josh…
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Scientists have detected what may be remembered as the biggest discovery in our lifetimes: gravitational waves. The minute but unequivocal readings are…
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Phil Plait pens Bad Astronomy for Slate and is an all-around science guy. He hosted the astronomy season of Crash Course on YouTube and regularly takes on…
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Amy Mainzer knows a lot about infrared. She was deputy project scientist for the Wide-filed Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE), which used infrared to study…