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Return to Mars: Mars Update: March 2013 (Webcast)
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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
Keywords: mars, space, habitable environment, chemical ingredients for life, chemical energy for microbes
Project: Return to Mars | Browse All
Date: March 22, 2013
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): astronomy/Space Science, General Science
Keywords: mars, space, habitable environment, chemical ingredients for life, chemical energy for microbes
Fabricated Realities: Exploratorium in Second Life (Clip)
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Made by the Exploratorium's Teacher Institute, this "machinima"--a film made entirely in a virtual world, highlights the exhibits and recent events in Second Life on the Exploratorium Island and 'Sploland sims.
Project: Fabricated Realities: Virtual Worlds, Mixed and Augmented Reality | Browse All
Date: March 17, 2011
Format: Exhibit
Category: Popular Culture
Subject(s): Art, Astronomy/Space Science, Chemistry, Physics
Keywords: second life, machinima virtual worlds
Project: Fabricated Realities: Virtual Worlds, Mixed and Augmented Reality | Browse All
Date: March 17, 2011
Format: Exhibit
Category: Popular Culture
Subject(s): Art, Astronomy/Space Science, Chemistry, Physics
Keywords: second life, machinima virtual worlds
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Reflections: Framing the Real Thing (Clip)
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At the Giant Mirror, Senior Staff Scientist Paul Doherty demonstrates a simple way of locating a real image—an image that floats in space in front of the mirror.
Project: Reflections | Browse All
Date: September 9, 2009
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science, Physics
Keywords: mirror, reflection, focus, curvature, exhibit, real, virtual
Project: Reflections | Browse All
Date: September 9, 2009
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science, Physics
Keywords: mirror, reflection, focus, curvature, exhibit, real, virtual
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Fabricated Realities: Douglas Gayeton Talks About His Film Made in Second Life (Clip)
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Filmmaker Douglas Gayeton talks about the making of his film, "Molotov Alva and His Search for the Creator: A Second Life Odyssey" following a "mixed-reality" screening at the Exploratorium and on Exploratorium Island in the virtual world, Second Life, part of Cinema Arts event Fabricated Realities.
Project: Fabricated Realities: Virtual Worlds, Mixed and Augmented Reality | Browse All
Date: February 7, 2009
Format: Event
Category: Popular Culture
Subject(s): Art
Keywords: douglas gayeton, machinima, second life, virtual worlds, mixed-reality
Project: Fabricated Realities: Virtual Worlds, Mixed and Augmented Reality | Browse All
Date: February 7, 2009
Format: Event
Category: Popular Culture
Subject(s): Art
Keywords: douglas gayeton, machinima, second life, virtual worlds, mixed-reality
| Links: | Douglas Gayeton's Website |
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Ice Stories: Interview with McMurdo Station's Waste Management Supervisor (Clip)
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Ice Stories correspondent Howie Koss interviews James Van Matre, Waste Management Supervisor at McMurdo Station. We talk about Antarctica's waste management practices of the past and present, and why it's important to recycle.
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: October 27, 2008
Format: Interview
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s):
Keywords: trash, recycling, waste, antarctica, mcmurdo station, environment
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: October 27, 2008
Format: Interview
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s):
Keywords: trash, recycling, waste, antarctica, mcmurdo station, environment
| Links: | Dispatch: Antarctic Waste Management |
Seeing Gallery: Virtual Unreality: Scalable Cities (Clip)
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Artist Sheldon Brown creates an urban/suburban/rural environment in which the visitor literally "paints" the flying landscape with highways, buildings, and automobiles. This exhibit was part of the Virtual Unreality exhibition.
Project: Seeing Gallery | Browse All
Date: January 1, 2008
Format: Exhibit
Category: Popular Culture
Subject(s): Art, General Science
Keywords: exhibit, virtual, virtual environment, interactive, virtual unrealtity
Project: Seeing Gallery | Browse All
Date: January 1, 2008
Format: Exhibit
Category: Popular Culture
Subject(s): Art, General Science
Keywords: exhibit, virtual, virtual environment, interactive, virtual unrealtity
| Links: | Press Release: Virtual Unreality Interactive Digital Artworks |
Science from the Poles: How Climate Change Impacts Penguins (Webcast)
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Join Pamela Schaller from the California Academy of Sciences as she discuss penguins and how climate change impacts them.
Project: Science from the Poles | Browse All
Date: November 29, 2006
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Life Sciences/Biology
Keywords: penguins, climate change, environment, oceans, adelies, emperors, gentoos, chinstraps and macaronis.
Project: Science from the Poles | Browse All
Date: November 29, 2006
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Life Sciences/Biology
Keywords: penguins, climate change, environment, oceans, adelies, emperors, gentoos, chinstraps and macaronis.
Origins: Antarctica: Dive Under the Ice with Mary (Webcast)
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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: January 11, 2002
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Biology/Life Science
Keywords: freezing avoidance in antarctic fish, antarctic teleost, ocular freezing, freezing avoidance polar fish, cold adaptation, antarctic marine environment, freezing point depression, thermal hysteresis, antifreeze proteins, ice growth inhibition, ice crystal gro
Project: Origins: Antarctica - Scientific Journeys from McMurdo to the Pole | Browse All
Date: January 11, 2002
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Biology/Life Science
Keywords: freezing avoidance in antarctic fish, antarctic teleost, ocular freezing, freezing avoidance polar fish, cold adaptation, antarctic marine environment, freezing point depression, thermal hysteresis, antifreeze proteins, ice growth inhibition, ice crystal gro
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Origins: Antarctica: Antarctic Fish with Noel (Webcast)
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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: January 8, 2002
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Biology/Life Science
Keywords: art devries, freezing avoidance in antarctic fish, antarctic teleost, ocular freezing, freezing avoidance polar fish, cold adaptation, antarctic marine environment, freezing point depression, thermal hysteresis, antifreeze proteins, ice growth inhibition, ice
Project: Origins: Antarctica - Scientific Journeys from McMurdo to the Pole | Browse All
Date: January 8, 2002
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Biology/Life Science
Keywords: art devries, freezing avoidance in antarctic fish, antarctic teleost, ocular freezing, freezing avoidance polar fish, cold adaptation, antarctic marine environment, freezing point depression, thermal hysteresis, antifreeze proteins, ice growth inhibition, ice
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