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

Return to Mars: Mars Update: March 2013 (webcast)

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00:30:00

In February 2013, Curiosity drilled into a rock called "John Klein" and then analyzed the sample material with its on-board scientific instruments. On March 12, NASA announced that the analyses show conditions on Mars were once favorable for life! Join us to learn more about this breakthrough discovery.

Project: Return to Mars | Browse All

Date: March 22, 2013
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): astronomy/Space Science, General Science

Miscellaneous: Impressions of Life Sciences at the Exploratorium (clip)

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00:02:48

Riotously colorful bacteria and mobile mosses meet carnivorous plants and rotting carcasses in this impressionistic journey through the Life Sciences area at the Exploratorium.

Project: Miscellaneous | Browse All

Date: October 18, 2012
Format: Exhibit
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): life sciences/biology

Return to Mars: Tardigrades-Waterbears (webcast)

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00:30:00

Tardigrades are amazing creatures that can withstand the most extreme conditions on Earth, as well as the vacuum of space! This unique and charismatic animal has the ability to survive in a variety of situations. In today's program, Exploratorium scientist Karen Kalumuck will continue our programming about life in extreme environments as it relates to the search for 'habitability' on Mars.

Project: Return to Mars | Browse All

Date: August 23, 2012
Format: Expedition
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science, General Science, Life Science/Biology

Return to Mars: What on Earth? Life in Extreme Environments (webcast)

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00:30:00

In today's program, Exploratorium scientists Paul Doherty and Karen Kalumuck will look at examples of life in extreme environments on Earth. As Mars is an extreme environment, the question remains-could it have supported any form of microbial life?

Project: Return to Mars | Browse All

Date: August 21, 2012
Format: Expedition
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science, General Science, Life Science/Biology

Return to Mars: Follow the Water (webcast)

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00:30:00

Why is water, or evidence of water, so important to the Mars missions? Join Exploratorium scientists Ron Hipschman and Karen Kalumuck as they examine water as one of the building blocks for life and what previous Mars missions have discovered about water on the red planet.

Project: Return to Mars | Browse All

Date: August 16, 2012
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science, General Science, Life Science/Biology

Fabricated Realities: Domino Fall (clip)

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00:03:51

Virtual worlds have physics. In this exhibit a visitor knocks over a small domino which knocks over a larger domino and so on down an exponentially growing line of dominoes which all the while obey the laws of physics.

Project: Fabricated Realities: Virtual Worlds, Mixed and Augmented Reality | Browse All

Date: May 14, 2012
Format: Exhibit
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Physics, Art

Fabricated Realities: Color Dance (clip)

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Virtual Worlds are social spaces, music and dancing are ubiquitous, and so we made an exhibit that mixes a unique color for every avatar into a blend of colors when they dance together. Dancers can observe the blending of colors and think about the blending of genes that happens when they make children.

Project: Fabricated Realities: Virtual Worlds, Mixed and Augmented Reality | Browse All

Date: May 12, 2012
Format: Exhibit
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology

Live Deep-Sea Exploration with the E/V Nautilus: Webcast Highlights (webcast)

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00:09:58

Watch highlights from our live webcasts with the E/V Nautilus as she explored the Mediterranean and Black Seas searching for shipwreck, deep sea vents and the communities of organisms that live in these extreme environments.

Project: Live Deep-Sea Exploration with the E/V Nautilus | Browse All

Date: January 6, 2012
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science, Life Science/Biology

Exploratorium Science at America's Cup: Green Sea Turtles (clip)

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04:55

There are green sea turtles in San Diego Bay? Where did they come from? Do they really live over 100 years? Why is it important for scientists to keep track of these giant creatures, and how on earth do they do it? In this interview with ecologist Tomoharu Eguchi (NOAA Marine Fisheries Service) and ecology graduate student Sheila Madrak, we meet the sea turtles and explore these 'big' questions.

Project: Exploratorium Science at America's Cup | Browse All

Date: November 25, 2011
Format: Expedition
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology

Live Deep-Sea Exploration with the E/V Nautilus: 2011 Mission Highlights (webcast)

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00:27:35

Join the Exploratorium for our final webcast with researchers on board the Nautilus. We discuss the highlights of their three month expedition to the Mediterranean and Black Seas, as well as to the eastern Atlantic Ocean. Learn about hydrothermal vents, organisms living in extreme environments and ancient shipwrecks.

Project: Live Deep-Sea Exploration with the E/V Nautilus | Browse All

Date: November 11, 2011
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science, Life Science/Biology