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Wednesday, April 9 | 7:00 pm

What’s Revolutionary Today? How the American Revolution Inspired Boston’s Innovation Economy

Participate in an enlightening evening of community, conversation, and more as we explore the influence the American revolution has on current-day Boston.
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Apr 1, 2025

NASA Careers with a Disability: Engineering a More Inclusive Future

What if your greatest perceived limitation became your biggest strength? Dana Bolles, a trailblazing engineer at NASA, shares how she turned what many saw as a disadvantage into a driving force.
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Maynard Okereke with a red circle showing homemade bioplastic shapes.
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Mar 28, 2025

Turn Milk Into Plastic?! Try This Fun Eco Experiment

Maynard Okereke walks you through a fun, science-based DIY to create bioplastic using simple ingredients like milk, vinegar, and baking soda. This eco-friendly hack shows how bioplastics could help reduce plastic waste and dependence on petroleum.
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Talia with an image of SpaceX's Super Heave booster landing its chopsticks catch
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Jan 16, 2025

SpaceX’s Chopstick Catch Lands Perfectly!

What a catch! SpaceX successfully performed the incredible “chopstick” catch of its Super Heavy booster for the second time ever!
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Talia in front of an image of Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket launch
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Jan 16, 2025

Blue Origin's New Glenn Takes Orbit

What’s the newest rocket in the sky? On January 12, Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket launched successfully.
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Maynard Okereke in front of a rare earth metals recycling machine from Phoenix Tailings
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Jan 3, 2025

Recycling Rare Earth Metals

Rare earth metals are essential for manufacturing our electronics, but is there a way to mine them without harming the environment? In this video, Maynard Okereke explains how Phoenix Tailings works to reduce waste from rare earth metal mining.
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Maynard Okereke in front of an image of cement
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Dec 13, 2024

Concrete: The Climate Culprit You Didn't Know About

Did you know that cement produces 8% of global carbon dioxide emissions? Maynard Okereke explains how Sublime Systems is working to change the way we build with green cement!
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Monday, October 21 - Friday, October 25

Mass STEM Week

The Museum of Science, Boston and Youth Engineering Solutions are proud to support Massachusetts STEM Week 2024 by providing the Engineering Plastic Filters challenge.
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Sep 26, 2024

Climate Science Experiment: How Reflective Walls Keep Buildings Cool

What design elements help keep buildings cool? In this video, Alex Dainis explores how reflective zigzag walls can help make buildings more eco friendly.
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Sep 16, 2024

200 MPH Electric Motorcycle

How fast can an electric motorcycle go? In this episode of Sophie’s Electric Road Trip, Sophie Shrand of @sciencewithsophie visits Ohio State University’s Center for Automotive Research, where Laura is working on an electric motorcycle that could go over...
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Sep 13, 2024

Impacts of Plastic Pollution

Plastic can have a massive impact on our environments and even the world! So what is a plastic and how does it pollute our waterways? Discover more about this issue and think of ways you can help solve the problem!
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Saturday, August 24 | 11:00 am – 3:00 pm

Pedal Power: Celebrating Community Through Biking

In partnership with HUBLUV, the Museum of Science is excited to celebrate the bicycling community around Greater Boston!
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Jul 21, 2024

Mom Advocates for her Deaf Son

Inclusion and accessibility advocate Beth Leipholtz describes the tools she uses to support her son Cooper.
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Jul 7, 2024

Mom Uses Microphone to Communicate with Deaf Son

Beth Leipholtz of Beth & Coop, uses technology to communicate with her Deaf son Cooper. Beth’s microphone connects directly to Cooper’s cochlear implant via Bluetooth, allowing her to talk directly to him.
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Jul 4, 2024

Sustainable AC with Geothermal Energy

Looking for a sustainable way to cool your home ahead of the next heat wave? In this video, Sara Wylie, an Energy Justice, Technology, and Policy Fellow at the US Department of Energy Office of Energy Justice & Equity, explains how heat pumps can use...

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