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BrainStuff Classics: What Makes Stars Twinkle?

BrainStuff

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Technology, Science, Natural Sciences

4.01.7K Ratings

🗓️ 30 January 2022

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

On a clear night, the stars seem to wink and twinkle in the sky. Learn why in this classic episode of BrainStuff, based on this article: https://science.howstuffworks.com/why-do-stars-twinkle.htm

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Dressing.

0:01.0

Dressing.

0:02.0

Oh, French dressing.

0:04.0

Exactly.

0:05.0

Yeah.

0:06.0

Yeah.

0:07.0

Oh, that's good.

0:08.0

I'm AJ Jacobs, and my current obsession is Puzzles.

0:11.9

And that has given birth to my new podcast, The Puzzler.

0:16.3

Something about Mary Poppins?

0:17.7

Exactly.

0:18.7

This is fun.

0:19.7

You can get your daily puzzle nuggets delivered straight to your ears.

0:24.4

Listen to The Puzzler every day on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts.

0:29.7

Or wherever you get your podcasts.

0:33.7

I'm Paul Muldoon, a poet who over the past several years has had the good fortune to record

0:41.1

ours of conversations with one of the world's greatest songwriters, Sir Paul McCartney.

0:47.1

The result is our new podcast, McCartney, A Life in lyrics.

0:53.9

Listen to McCartney, A Life in lyrics on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts.

1:00.7

Or wherever you get your podcasts.

1:03.5

Ready to be inspired?

1:04.8

I am Pauline Witt, the host of Eating Wall Broke Podcasts.

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