EXPLO.TV - Webcasts, Video Clips, and Podcasts from the Exploratorium

Mathematica: Steve Cabella and Joseph Rosa: Reflections on Eames Design (webcast)

Running Time:
1:12:03

In a broad-ranging look at the impact of Eames design on contemporary culture, Steve Cabella hosts a discussion with Joseph Rosa, Curator of Architecture and Design at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.

Project: Mathematica | Browse All

Date: February 27, 2002
Format: Interview
Category: Popular Culture
Subject(s): Arts

Origins: Antarctica: Science Fiction Writer Kim Stanley Robinson (author of Antarctica) (webcast)

Running Time:
0:37:50

Join the Origins team as they travel to Antarctica. We sent Mary, Noel, Paul, and Julie to explore scientific wonders from McMurdo to the Pole. Learn all about the extreme science being conducted at the South Pole in a daily dispatch from Terra Australis Incognita!

Project: Origins: Antarctica - Scientific Journeys from McMurdo to the Pole | Browse All

Date: December 29, 2001
Format: Interview
Category: Popular Culture
Subject(s): Arts, General Science

Origins: Antarctica: Live Christmas Greetings (webcast)

Running Time:
0:18:45

Join the Origins team as they travel to Antarctica. We sent Mary, Noel, Paul, and Julie to explore scientific wonders from McMurdo to the Pole. Learn all about the extreme science being conducted at the South Pole in a daily dispatch from Terra Australis Incognita!

Project: Origins: Antarctica - Scientific Journeys from McMurdo to the Pole | Browse All

Date: December 23, 2001
Format: Expedition
Category: Popular Culture
Subject(s): General Science

Explainer Perspectives: The Gamer's Club (webcast)

Running Time:
0:29:49

Learn all about video games: genres, history, and current news. This live Webcast was conceived, written, directed, and produced entirely by High School Explainers at the Exploratorium.

Project: Explainer Perspectives | Browse All

Date: August 18, 2001
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Popular Culture
Subject(s): General Science

Explainer Perspectives: Explanime: Anime (webcast)

Running Time:
0:25:23

What is anime? Anime is Japanese for animation. You've probably seen anime before, but didn't realize it. Cartoons from the '80s such as Thundercats, Voltron, and even Starblazers were all anime. On Saturday, August 18th, 2001 the Exploratorium hosted its first anime Webcast. We featured an Anime Trivia Show that tested the skills of three brave souls. Got anime?

Project: Explainer Perspectives | Browse All

Date: August 18, 2001
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Popular Culture
Subject(s): General Science

Women's Health: Explainer Perspectives:Teen Pregnancy (webcast)

Running Time:
0:50:36

This informative programming includes dispatches from the Young Women's Health Conference, a Webcast on breast cancer, and teen perspectives on pregnancy and gay issues.

Project: The Changing Face of Women's Health Exhibition | Browse All

Date: January 27, 2001
Format: Interview
Category: Popular Culture
Subject(s): Sociology

Women's Health: Explainer Perspectives: Gay Issues (webcast)

Running Time:
0:37:21

Memory: Dr. Jonathan Schooler -- Words Get in the Way: A Tasteful Exploration (webcast)

Running Time:
1:42:45

Can a question influence its answer? Discover the power of verbal overshadowing--ways in which words enhance or distract from different sensory memories. Dr. Schooler, Associate Professor of Cognitive Psychology at the University of Pittsburgh and research scientist at the Learning Research and Development Center, will arrange a variety of sense-memory experiments, including wine-tasting and jellybean-tasting!

Project: Memory | Browse All

Date: December 6, 1998
Format: Interview
Category: Popular Culture
Subject(s): Cognitive Science/Psychology

Memory: Dr. Elizabeth Loftus and Dr. Jonathan Schooler on Recovered Memory (webcast)

Running Time:
2:02:21

What do you really remember? Dr. Jonathan Schooler and Dr. Elizabeth Loftus will discuss the highly controversial area of recovered memories. Dr. Schooler is Associate Professor of Cognitive Psychology at the University of Pittsburgh and a research scientist at the Learning Research and Development Center. Dr. Loftus is Professor Psychology and Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of Washington, Seattle.

Project: Memory | Browse All

Date: December 2, 1998
Format: Interview
Category: Popular Culture
Subject(s): Cognitive Science/Psychology

Memory: Dr. Robert Sapolsky on Stress and Memory: Forget It! (webcast)

Running Time:
1:38:48

Can stress make you forget? Dr. Robert Sapolsky presents an overview of the disruptive effects of stress on memory and brain aging. Dr. Sapolsky, Professor of Neuroscience at Stanford University, is a MacArthur Fellow and author of numerous articles and books.

Project: Memory | Browse All

Date: November 18, 1998
Format: Interview
Category: Popular Culture
Subject(s): Cognitive Science/Psychology