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Jennifer Ouelette and Julianne Dalcanton chat about space, physics and science education:

Science Saturday: Our Humongous Sky:

Julianne lays claim to a comet (14:18)

The scientific sensibility infiltrates television (05:03)

Woes and wonders of the Hubble Space Telescope (08:38)

How astronauts prepare to go into space (09:00)

Jennifer defends corpse museums (04:15)

The right way to teach science to kids (04:12)

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