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Kate Downey: I Love Buzz Aldrin

December 27, 2019

After watching a documentary about the moon landing, Kate Downey comes away with a love of all things Buzz Aldrin.

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In Astronomy Tags Kate Downey, Buzz Aldrin, NASA, astronomy, science communication, hero, space, Season 9

Ed Yong: Questioning A Hero

December 15, 2014

Ed Yong is ecstatic to get an interview with his hero, Sir David Attenborough, but he's not prepared for a lesson in what having a science hero really means.

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Tags Ed Yong, season 4, hero, journalism

Stephon Alexander: Physics Dreams

August 15, 2014

Physicist Stephon Alexander feels overwhelmed until the father of quantum gravity himself helps him find inspiration in his subconscious.

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Tags Stephon Alexander, physics, season 4, scientist origin story, hero

Margaret Geller: Mapping The Universe

May 21, 2014

As a grad student, Margaret Geller is invited to a private island off the coast of Maine by legendary physicist John Wheeler and his wife, for a trip she'll never forget.

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Tags Margaret Geller, graduate school, grad school, hero, John Wheeler, physics

Nicole Ferraro: A fight with(out) the inventor of the internet

July 31, 2011

Technology writer Nicole Ferraro finds the one person who can’t be contacted on the world wide web: its inventor.

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Tags Nicole Ferraro, Season 1, technology, internet, hero, journalism

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