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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
Exploratorium at the Piers: Exploratorium at Pier 15: Green Machine (Clip)
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Catch a sneak peak of our new nine-acre campus at Piers 15/17 with Building Operations Manager Chuck Mignacco. Learn about features of the building that will help us achieve our goal of becoming the largest net-zero energy use museum in the United States.
Come see for yourself—doors open at Pier 15 on April 17, 2013.
Project: Exploratorium at the Piers | Browse All
Date: February 6, 2013
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science
Keywords: green technology, chuck mignacco, net-zero energy
Project: Exploratorium at the Piers | Browse All
Date: February 6, 2013
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science
Keywords: green technology, chuck mignacco, net-zero energy
Science in the City: Altamont Wind Farms (Clip)
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Southeast of San Francisco, on the way out to California's Central Valley, thousands of wind turbines dot the landscape of Altamont Pass. Mounted both in rows and individually, machines with large propellers catch the wind, turning round and round at different speeds. Learn how wind energy is generated and stored for use in this most peculiar area, and its impact on living things both near and far.
Project: Science in the City | Browse All
Date: September 12, 2012
Format: Expedition
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science
Keywords: science in the city, series, episode, wind, wind energy, turbines, propellers, alternative energy, fuel, storage, birds, wind farms, altamont pass
Project: Science in the City | Browse All
Date: September 12, 2012
Format: Expedition
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science
Keywords: science in the city, series, episode, wind, wind energy, turbines, propellers, alternative energy, fuel, storage, birds, wind farms, altamont pass
After Dark: Sol System (Clip)
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This After Dark event presented a collection of objects, organizations, and activities use various alternative energy sources, and also looked at sustainably raised food.
Project: After Dark | Browse All
Date: October 13, 2010
Format: Event
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): General Science
Keywords: solar panels, alternative energy, solar flowers, art, sustainable farming, oysters, after dark, exploratorium, night event
Project: After Dark | Browse All
Date: October 13, 2010
Format: Event
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): General Science
Keywords: solar panels, alternative energy, solar flowers, art, sustainable farming, oysters, after dark, exploratorium, night event
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Miscellaneous: Energy from Death-Front View (Clip)
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Watch the process of a deceased monitor lizard providing energy for other organisms to live in this time-lapse video. Look for this exhibit in the museum, upstairs in the Traits of Life area.
Project: Miscellaneous | Browse All
Date: March 14, 2010
Format: Exhibit
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology
Keywords: death, cycle, decay, recycle, energy, ecosystem, food
Project: Miscellaneous | Browse All
Date: March 14, 2010
Format: Exhibit
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology
Keywords: death, cycle, decay, recycle, energy, ecosystem, food
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Ice Stories: Live from the Wilkes Land Expedition (Webcast)
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On March 1st, we connected live with scientists aboard the scientific drilling vessel the JOIDES Resolution off the coast of Antarctica. Meet geologists Rob Dunbar, Carlota Escutia, and Christina Riesselman and learn about their historic expedition to Antarctica that is helping reveal the history of Earth's climate and teaching us about our climate future.
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: March 2, 2010
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: climate change, climate history, sediment cores, antarctica, southern ocean, drilling, ocean, geology
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: March 2, 2010
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: climate change, climate history, sediment cores, antarctica, southern ocean, drilling, ocean, geology
| Links: | Project Page: Wilkes Land Expedition |
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Ice Stories: Science at the South Pole (Clip)
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As a special event in conjunction with the 2009 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, we connected a live audience at the Exploratorium with scientists at the South Pole. Learn about atmospheric research at the South Pole from NOAA's Nick Morgan, the IceCube neutrino detector from Mark Krasberg and Laura Gladstone, and the South Pole Telescope from Bill Holzapfel.
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: December 17, 2009
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science, Physics
Keywords: icecube, neutrinos, telescope, atmosphere, south pole, dark matter, dark energy, antarctica
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: December 17, 2009
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science, Physics
Keywords: icecube, neutrinos, telescope, atmosphere, south pole, dark matter, dark energy, antarctica
Ice Stories: The Train from Pole to Troll (Clip)
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At the South Pole, the Ice Stories crew met up with correspondent Zoe Courville just before she and her team embarked on their 3,000 km traverse across the desolate and frigid East Antarctic Ice Sheet. In this video, Zoe gives us a tour of the vehicles they are taking on their cross-continent journey, including their living module, sleeping quarters, and science sled.
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: February 25, 2009
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: south pole, ice, traverse, expedition, east antarctic ice sheet, norwegian-u.s. scientific traverse of east antarctica, glaciology, troll station
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: February 25, 2009
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science
Keywords: south pole, ice, traverse, expedition, east antarctic ice sheet, norwegian-u.s. scientific traverse of east antarctica, glaciology, troll station
| Links: | Dispatch: The Train from Pole to Troll |
Ice Stories: Antarctica, McMurdo, Williams Field, Basler take-off (Clip)
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A Kenn Borek Basler (Turbo DC-3) taxis, takes-off, and flies low back over the field at Williams Airfield outside McMurdo Station, Antarctica
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: January 3, 2009
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science,
Keywords: antarctica, mcmurdo, transportation, aviation, airplane, kenn borek, basler, turbo dc-3, take-off, fly-over
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: January 3, 2009
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science,
Keywords: antarctica, mcmurdo, transportation, aviation, airplane, kenn borek, basler, turbo dc-3, take-off, fly-over
Ice Stories: POLENET (Polar Earth Observing Network) (Webcast)
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Our Exploratorium team talks to scientists from POLENET (Polar Earth Observing Network).
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: January 2, 2009
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science, Life Science/Biology
Keywords: glaciers, dry, desert, snow, mcmurdo, antarctica, ecology
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: January 2, 2009
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science, Life Science/Biology
Keywords: glaciers, dry, desert, snow, mcmurdo, antarctica, ecology
| Links: | Project: Pulse of the Poles |
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