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In this age of iPods and MP3s, the vinyl record (still) stands as an object of curiosity and ongoing admiration. What’s the real difference between a 78 and a 45? Why do they call it “cutting a record” when an album is recorded? Music enthusiast Wade Wright of San Francisco takes us back in time to explain the history and technology of vinyl records.
Project: Science in the City | Browse All
Date: February 23, 2012
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science Senior Exploratorium Scientist, Paul Doherty demonstrates how you can make your own sun viewer. You can safely view sunspots, eclipses and transits with this equipment that you may have laying around the house!
To learn more about the upcoming Transit of Venus visit: http://www.exploratorium.edu/venus/question3.html
Project: Miscellaneous | Browse All
Date: February 16, 2012
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science Every winter, the Exploratorium’s Science of Cocktails event presents the artistry of master mixologists shaken with the science behind the craft. Guest mixologists will join us from popular San Francisco bars to mix delicious cocktails, while guests participate in interactive science experiments about alcohol, inebriation, hangovers, cocktail creation, and more.
Music by Wayne Grim
Project: Miscellaneous | Browse All
Date: February 8, 2012
Format: Event
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science San Francisco has more restaurants per capita than any other U.S. city, producing tasty meals—and thousands of gallons of used cooking oil. See how the SFGreasecycle program is turning this grease glut into fuel for the city's bus fleet.
Project: Science in the City | Browse All
Date: January 25, 2012
Format: Expedition
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science Open Make is a monthly program at the Exploratorium, in collaboration with Make Magazine and Pixar Animation Studios, to highlight the tools, techniques, and ingenuity of local makers. As part of this program, makers from the Bay Area will be highlighted to share their work with the public, and Dale Dougherty, founder and editor of Make Magazine will interview Featured Makers in the McBean theater. Join us for live webcasts of the interviews to see what these makers are up to!
Project: MAKE at the Exploratorium | Browse All
Date: January 21, 2012
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Art, General Science
