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After Dark: Fire and Ice: The Cauldron in Slow Motion (Clip)
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Slow motion footage of The Cauldron by Kiki at the Fire and Ice After Dark event.
Project: After Dark | Browse All
Date: December 3, 2009
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Popular Culture
Subject(s): Art
Keywords: cauldron, fire, after dark, kiki, flames, fountain
Project: After Dark | Browse All
Date: December 3, 2009
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Popular Culture
Subject(s): Art
Keywords: cauldron, fire, after dark, kiki, flames, fountain
| Links: | The Cauldron Website |
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After Dark: Fire and Ice: Pyrograph in Slow Motion (Clip)
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Slow motion footage of Pyrograph, a work by Earl "Dodger" Stirling that has been described as a cross between Dante's Inferno and the Foucault Pendulum. Like a fiery version of the Exploratorium's classic Drawing Board exhibit, Pyrograph swings a pendulum across a sandy, flaming cauldron and traces out oscillating patterns in colorful fire.
Project: After Dark | Browse All
Date: December 3, 2009
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Art, Chemistry
Keywords: pyrograph, fire, sand, earl sterling, after dark, pendulum, patterns, salts
Project: After Dark | Browse All
Date: December 3, 2009
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Art, Chemistry
Keywords: pyrograph, fire, sand, earl sterling, after dark, pendulum, patterns, salts
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After Dark: Dr. Megavolt under the Palace of Fine Arts Rotunda (Clip)
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In November 2009, Exploratorium After Dark welcomed particle physicist Dr. Austin Richards—aka Dr. MegaVolt. Under the Palace of Fine Arts rotunda, he jousted with a high-voltage Tesla coil, which generated 200,000 volts of electricity and shot 14-foot-long arcs of lightning through the air.
Project: After Dark | Browse All
Date: November 18, 2009
Format: Event
Category: Popular Culture
Subject(s): Physics, Art
Keywords: electricity, electric, tesla, tesla coil, conductivity, arc, palace of fine arts, pfa, after dark, event, danger
Project: After Dark | Browse All
Date: November 18, 2009
Format: Event
Category: Popular Culture
Subject(s): Physics, Art
Keywords: electricity, electric, tesla, tesla coil, conductivity, arc, palace of fine arts, pfa, after dark, event, danger
| Links: | Dr. Megavolt |
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After Dark: Electrifying Science with Dr. Megavolt® (Clip)
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This electrifying After Dark event featured Austin Richards, Ph.D.—aka, Dr. MegaVolt®—jousting with 14-foot electrical arcs from his high-voltage Tesla coil on the evening of Thursday, November 5, 2009. This wonderful performance contributed to the celebration of the Exploratorium’s 40th Anniversary.
Project: After Dark | Browse All
Date: October 14, 2009
Format: Event
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Art, Physics, General Science
Keywords: electricity, tesla, static, dr.megavolt® , lightening, after dark
Project: After Dark | Browse All
Date: October 14, 2009
Format: Event
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Art, Physics, General Science
Keywords: electricity, tesla, static, dr.megavolt® , lightening, after dark
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Ice Stories: Ice-Sheet Dynamics (Webcast)
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We speak with glaciologists Slawek Tulaczyk and Jake Walter, who study ice-sheet dynamics.
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: December 19, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Physics, Astronomy/Space Science
Keywords: ice, south, pole, neutrino, telescope, physics, dark, matter, energy, galaxy
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: December 19, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Physics, Astronomy/Space Science
Keywords: ice, south, pole, neutrino, telescope, physics, dark, matter, energy, galaxy
| Links: | Project: Under the Glaciers |
Ice Stories: IceCube Neutrino Telescope (Webcast)
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00:39:52
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Join us as we talk to scientists working with IceCube, a neutrino telescope buried in the ice under the South Pole.
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: December 18, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science, Physics
Keywords: icecube, ice, south, pole, neutrino, telescope, physics, dark, matter, energy, galaxy
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: December 18, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science, Physics
Keywords: icecube, ice, south, pole, neutrino, telescope, physics, dark, matter, energy, galaxy
| Links: | Project: IceCube |
Ice Stories: Ice Cube Telescope, Part II (Webcast)
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00:31:28
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Hear more from scientists working on the Ice Cube telescope at the South Pole.
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: January 12, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science, Astronomy/Space Science
Keywords: antarctica, neutrinos, dark matter, dark energy, astronomy, space, nasa, scientists, mcmurdo station, cosmic rays
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: January 12, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science, Astronomy/Space Science
Keywords: antarctica, neutrinos, dark matter, dark energy, astronomy, space, nasa, scientists, mcmurdo station, cosmic rays
| Links: | ICE CUBE Homepage |
Ice Stories: Shedding Light on Dark Energy (Clip)
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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
Keywords: dark energy, astronomy, astrophysics, cosmology, universe, space, time, expanding, south pole telescope, galaxy clusters, gravity
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
Keywords: dark energy, astronomy, astrophysics, cosmology, universe, space, time, expanding, south pole telescope, galaxy clusters, gravity
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SmallTalk: Nanotechnology’s Role in Making Cheap Solar Power (Podcast)
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Want to get off the grid but think it’s just too expensive? UCB's Dr. Jeff Grossman explains how nanotechnology may be used to make solar panels cheaper. We’ll also hear from philosopher Patrick Lin of the Nanoethics Group about ethical dilemmas that crop up when we try to improve our lives through nanotechnology.
Project: NISE: SmallTalk | Browse All
Date: April 16, 2007
Format: Interview
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Physics, Chemistry
Keywords: nano, nanotechnology, physics, chemistry, solar, energy, ethics, nanoethics, philosophy, patrick lin, jeff grossman
Project: NISE: SmallTalk | Browse All
Date: April 16, 2007
Format: Interview
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Physics, Chemistry
Keywords: nano, nanotechnology, physics, chemistry, solar, energy, ethics, nanoethics, philosophy, patrick lin, jeff grossman
| Links: | Dr. Jeff Grossman: Computational Nanoscience Group | The Nanoethics Group |
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Science from the Poles: First Light from the New South Pole Telescope (Webcast)
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The South Pole Telescope captured its first light on Feb. 16, 2007! Join Exploratorium host Mary Miller as she talks with scientists at the South Pole and finds out more about life at the Pole.
Project: Science from the Poles | Browse All
Date: March 30, 2007
Format: Expedition
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science, General Science
Keywords: south pole, telescope, antarctica, space, dark energy, weather, ice, cold, climate, neutrinos, icecube
Project: Science from the Poles | Browse All
Date: March 30, 2007
Format: Expedition
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science, General Science
Keywords: south pole, telescope, antarctica, space, dark energy, weather, ice, cold, climate, neutrinos, icecube
| Links: | South Pole Telescope Homepage |
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