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

We answer all of your questions about how far away things are from Earth, from the Moon to the very edge of existence, and also discover how we know the distance to objects in space.

We chat with Akshita Rao, an undergraduate at Tufts University, about her biomedical engineering research on the human heart.

We chat with Becca, one of our museum educators, about the driving factors behind the disappearance of the dinosaurs.

Harvard's Dr. Pia Sorensen tells us about her new book, Science and Cooking, and answers your questions about chemistry, physics, and biology in the kitchen.

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

Talia from our planetarium answers some of the most common questions that museum visitors ask about the Earth-Moon-Sun system, covering everything from Moon phases to eclipses.

Bats! Owls! Creepy-crawlies! For Halloween, we asked Liz from our Live Animal Care Center some of the best questions we've heard at the museum about spooky species.

We asked two MIT graduate students in chemistry, Jessica Beard and Angela Lee, how they got into science and what they are looking forward to in the future.

We chat with Dr. Bassam Shakhashiri from the University of Wisconsin-Madison about his decades of experience creating safe, fun, and illuminating chemical experiments.

Social and psychiatric epidemiologist Dr. Erin Dunn explains how stressful events leave a permanent record on our teeth and how we can potentially use our molars and canines to predict future mental health.

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

How do you drive a rover from 40 million miles away? In part two of our conversation, we asked NASA engineer Rich Rieber about how the newest robot to explore Mars will get around.

Part two of our look at Perseverance, the next Mars rover. We asked NASA engineer Rich Rieber what the mission hopes to accomplish on the red planet - searching for signs of ancient life, analyzing the geology of Mars, and even testing out a small helicopter.

NASA's newest rover is on its way to Mars. We asked engineer David Way, who designed the landing system, how it will touch down safely on the red planet.

You had lots of questions about our perception of color, and so we asked Zoe to tell us about rainbows, matching shades of black, and more.

We ask Dan Distel, a marine biologist at Northeastern, about an amazing discovery off the coast of Alabama: an ancient underwater forest.

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

One of the museum's resident birding enthusiasts returns to answer more questions all about our feathered friends.

We talked with Elizabeth Smith, a meteorologist from the National Severe Storms Laboratory, to find out more about tornadoes.

Biologist Hanna Mounce describes her team's efforts to conserve the native forest ecosystems of Hawai'i.

You can see bronze animal sculptures by artist Michael Alfano in the museum's exhibit halls. We asked him your questions about the intersection between science and art.

Sara Bleich, Professor of Public Health Policy at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health discusses the impact COVID has had on food insecure populations around the country, and our best steps forward to ensure an equitable recovery.

Dr. Christine Reich, the museum's Senior Vice President of Exhibits and Research, sits down with Universal Design pioneer Dr. Richard Jackson to discuss inclusive education in the museum world.

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