I know that people will feel better about learning science if they can connect to it personally. People might grow up hearing stories and legends and myths from their grandparents, from their elders. And so I try to bring that into my psych home too. There's been some movement within planetariums to do that. Especially in planetariums that have access to indigenous communities. In the Southwest, in Australia. If you go to Australian planetariums, there's an Aboriginal storytelling that's often folded in to the show. So that's a gap that needs filling.
Is it time to update the constellations? On this episode, Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-host Matt Kirshen dive into astrophysics, folklore, and our ancient connection to the stars with astrophysicist Moiya McTier, Ph.D.
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