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Return to Mars:  Living on Mars with Paul Doherty (Clip)
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What would it be like on Mars? Get a sense of Martian living with Exploratorium scientist Paul Doherty. He'll introduce the capabilities of the new rover and demonstrate what the planet would look, smell, and feel like to someone on the ground. Learn how things would fall, how they'd burn, and the shape a Martian snowflake should take in a snowstorm.

Project: Return to Mars | Browse All

Date: August 8, 2012
Format: Lecture
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science

Keywords: mars, rover, nasa, curiosity, mission, exploratorium, landing, paul doherty


Science in the City:  Reel Movies (Clip)
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The end of an era is near: In movie theaters across the country, film projectors are rapidly being replaced by digital projectors. Paul Clipson, projectionist at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, gives us what may be a last-chance look at the tools and techniques—including lightning reflexes—at work in 35 mm film projection.

Project: Science in the City | Browse All

Date: March 15, 2012
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): art, general science, physics

Keywords: 35mm, projection, film, paul clipson, film projection


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Exploratorium Science at America's Cup:  Science of Sailing 101 (Clip)
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How can a wind-powered sailboat move faster than the wind? Why do the America's Cup sails look like airplane wings? With the beginner in mind, Exploratorium senior scientist Paul Doherty introduces the basic physics of sailing and sail design.

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

Date: November 18, 2011
Format: Expedition
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science

Keywords: exploratorium, america's cup, sailing, science, wind, waves, boats, ships, paul doherty, physics


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Miscellaneous:  Compound Eyes Trailer (Clip)
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00:01:25
In this new series of short works, local Super-8 filmmaker and Exploratorium Artist-in-Residence Paul Clipson gets up close and personal with a dynamic cast of dragonflies, spiders, ants, butterflies, and slugs. These lyrical and concentrated studies reveal the world as more complicated, ugly, and beautiful than we had ever imagined. Accompanied by a newly-commissioned soundtrack by Berlin-based musician Jefre Cantu-Ledesma. To view this film join us at the Exploratorium! Show is ongoing through Sunday, Oct 2, 2011

Project: Miscellaneous | Browse All

Date: September 22, 2011
Format: Event
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): art

Keywords: film, artist in residency, paul clipson, super-8


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Science in the City:  Microclimates in Fogtown (Clip)
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San Francisco's meteorological landscape is as unique as its social landscape. Tune in as we investigate why our city has many microclimates.

Project: Science in the City | Browse All

Date: December 8, 2010
Format: Expedition
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science

Keywords: weather, fog, microclimates, san francisco, paul doherty, marine layer, topography, hills


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Science at Burning Man:  Investigating Alkali (Clip)
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Senior Exploratorium scientist, Paul Doherty, unlocks the mystery behind the corrosive dust that coats the Black Rock Desert.

Project: Science at Burning Man | Browse All

Date: September 29, 2010
Format: Expedition
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science, Geology/Earth Science

Keywords: paul doherty, burning man, alkali, alkaline, mountains, basin, playa, desert, investigate, ph level, acidity


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Science at Burning Man:  Vortices (Clip)
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00:01:56
Exploratorium Senior Scientist Paul Doherty discusses the science of dust devils and describes how vortices are created in the Black Rock Desert.

Project: Science at Burning Man | Browse All

Date: September 20, 2010
Format: Expedition
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science

Keywords: vortices, dust devils, desert, tornado, paul doherty


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Exploratorium Audio Salon:  Dr. Paul Coleman-Goddesses and Telescopes (Podcast)
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Astrophysicist and native Hawaiian Dr. Paul Coleman is used to operating in the worlds of both science and spiritual tradition. But in this short podcast, he tells a story of one time when those two worlds clashed, and he was reminded of the importance of remembering his native roots.

Project: Exploratorium Audio Salon | Browse All

Date: August 11, 2009
Format: Interview
Category: Popular Culture
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science

Keywords: paul coleman, pele, mauna kea, telescopes, hawai'i, hawaii, polynesian navigation, audio salon


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Mind:  In Search Of Universals In Human Emotion with Dr. Paul Ekman (Podcast)
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Join us as UC Berkeley's Dr. Robert Levenson interviews acclaimed psychologist Dr. Paul Ekman about his 40 years of research into the universality of human facial expressions. The talk includes photographs and never-before-seen footage from Dr. Ekman's fieldwork among the Fore, an isolated New Guinea tribe he first visited in the early 1960s.

Project: Mind | Browse All

Date: December 19, 2008
Format: Lecture
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Cognitive Science/Psychology

Keywords: paul ekman, robert levenson, new guinea, fore, emotion, mind, psychology, facial expressions, biology, darwin, margaret mead, anthropology


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Mind:  In Search Of Universals In Human Emotion with Dr. Paul Ekman (Clip)
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Join us as UC Berkeley's Dr. Robert Levenson interviews acclaimed psychologist Dr. Paul Ekman about his 40 years of research into the universality of human facial expressions. The talk includes photographs and never-before-seen footage from Dr. Ekman's fieldwork among the Fore, an isolated New Guinea tribe he first visited in the early 1960s.

Project: Mind | Browse All

Date: January 26, 2008
Format: Lecture
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Cognitive Science/Psychology

Keywords: paul ekman, robert levenson, new guinea, fore, emotion, mind, psychology, facial expressions, biology, darwin, margaret mead, anthropology


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