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

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00:05:46

Come out to play on the concrete slides at Seward Street Mini Park in the Castro. A series of speed tests guided by physicist Paul Doherty takes on the question asked by sliders everywhere: How can I go faster?

Project: Science in the City | Browse All

Date: April 13, 2011
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Physics

After Dark: Time (clip)

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00:02:15

This After Dark event examined time's many faces through activities and presentations featuring honeybees, jump-shot photography, antique timepieces, and a performance by Gamelan Sari Raras.

Project: After Dark | Browse All

Date: June 10, 2010
Format: Event
Category: Popular Culture
Subject(s): Art, General Science

After Dark: Resolution:Media Artist Ken Murphy (clip)

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00:04:23

Ken Murphy, creator of A History of the Sky— a time-lapse visualization that will span an entire year—talks about his project during the After Dark event, Resolution.

Project: After Dark | Browse All

Date: January 7, 2010
Format: Interview
Category: Popular Culture
Subject(s): Art, Astronomy/Space Science

Science Teaching Tips: That Sounds Good (podcast)

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00:09:39

Exploratorium staff physicist Thomas Humphrey divulges a clever way to measure the speed of sound, and he explains how he’s used that information to measure things in the world.

Project: Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips | Browse All

Date: December 2, 2009
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Physics

Ice Stories: Interview with Glaciologist Mark Fahnestock, Part 2 (clip)

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00:02:02

In this interview from Greenland, glaciologist Mark Fahnestock describes the roar of a 1000-foot iceberg dropping off the Jakobshavn Isbræ into the Ilulissat Icefjord. Includes time-lapse photography of this massive calving event.

Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All

Date: August 21, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science

Ice Stories: Shedding Light on Dark Energy (clip)

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00:03:24

What is dark energy? Cosmologist Rocky Kolb explains how the South Pole Telescope will help us understand the properties and nature of this mysterious force.

Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All

Date: December 7, 2007
Format: Interview
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science, Physics

The Nobel Prize: 100 Years of Creativity: From Special Relativity to String Theory: How Einstein Turned Physics into (webcast)

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00:48:31

A century after publication of Einstein's famous papers on light and relativity, this most celebrated of Nobel Laureates will be the subject of a talk by award-winning science writer K.C. Cole. She'll discuss the ways in which Einstein continues to influence physics today, from detecting gravity waves to understanding string theory.

Project: The Nobel Prize: 100 Years of Creativity | Browse All

Date: June 28, 2006
Format: Interview
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Physics

The Nobel Prize: 100 Years of Creativity: Creating Space-Time (webcast)

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12:47:56

The concept of space-time--perhaps Einstein's most fundamental contribution to our understanding of the universe--will be explored using special red lasers.

Project: The Nobel Prize: 100 Years of Creativity | Browse All

Date: August 19, 2005
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science, Physics

Iron Science Teacher: Halloween Edition: Plastic Bags (webcast)

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00:55:27

Watch as Exploratorium staff and local teachers compete for the title of Iron Science Teacher. Each contestant has 10 minutes to make a science lesson out of a secret ingredient. In this special Halloween edition, today's secret ingredient is: Plastic Bags!

Project: Iron Science Teacher | Browse All

Date: October 31, 2003
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science, Physics

Light and Landscape: Charles Ross and Star Axis (webcast)

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00:10:19

Join the Exploratorium's Dr. Paul Doherty as he visits a "sculpture to observe the stars" in northern New Mexico, where the Sangre de Cristo Mountains meet the eastern plains. There artist Charles Ross is creating an art installation that is also a star observatory. This major earthwork has two main elements: the Star Tunnel, which allows you to walk through the entire history of the earth's changing alignment to our North Star, Polaris; and the Solar Pyramid, where one can visually experience an hour of the earth's rotation.

Project: Light and Landscape | Browse All

Date: September 16, 2003
Format: Interview
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Arts, Astronomy/Space Science