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Sidewalk Astronomer John Dobson

Dobson travels the country with a collection of telescopes, setting them up in locations where people who have never looked at the heavens can get an opportunity to do so. He recently appeared on the PBS series, "The Astronomers."

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Other segments from the episode on May 1, 1991

Fresh Air with Terry Gross, May 1, 1991: Interview with Daisy Eagan and Richard Eagan; Interview with John Dobson; Review of the album "The Original All-American Sousa."
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A Young Actress Finds Broadway Fame

Actress Daisy Eagan and her father, actor Richard Eagan. Daisy is starring as the young heroine, Mary Lenox, in the Broadway production of "The Secret Garden." Richard is working on a performance piece about stories from Coney Island. Guest host Frank Browning talks to them about pretending, acting, and how a Broadway career affects their family life.

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A New CD of Sousa's Patriotic Marches

Classical music critic Lloyd Schwartz reviews "The Original All-American Sousa," a collection of marches by John Philip Sousa that includes both new recordings and rare clips of Sousa himself from 70 years ago.

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The Search for Extraterrestrials with Kent Cullers.

Physicist Kent Cullers is Project Manager with SETI, the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Institute. A character in the new film "Contact" is based on Cullers. Cullers has been blind since birth and was the first totally blind physicist in the United States.

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Painful Endometriosis Could Hold Clues To Tissue Regeneration, Scientist Says

It's estimated that one in 10 women experience endometriosis during their reproductive years, a condition where cells that line the uterus go rogue by moving to other organs, taking root and spreading there, leading to terrible pain. Many women who have the disorder struggle to be properly diagnosed. Bioengineer LINDA GRIFFITH talks about her groundbreaking research into endometriosis.

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