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

Exploratorium at the Piers: NBC News: Exploratorium Move (Clip)

Running Time:
00:02:30

A news clip by NBC on the Exploratorium's move to Pier 15

Project: Exploratorium at the Piers | Browse All

Date: September 20, 2011
Format: Interview
Category: Popular Culture
Subject(s):

Keywords: exploratorium, pier 15, piers, nbc news, press clip, press, kntv

QuickTime: 850K

Driven: Death And Life Combined (Slideshow)

Running Time:
04:00

Emmitt Watson is a fixture at the Neptune Society Columbarium, where he has worked for over 25 years. In this show, we trace his journey from handyman to pacifier-of-hearts to the many people who inurn their loved ones in this unusual and magnificent place.

Project: Driven: True Stories of Inspiration | Browse All

Date: September 16, 2011
Format: Interview
Category: Popular Culture
Subject(s):

Keywords: columbarium, emmit, cemetary

Science in the City: Synesthesia: The Smell of a Sound, The Taste of a Color (Clip)

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00:05:30

Monday is spiky. The number nine is orange. The letter F smells like smoke. Roughly one percent of people experience such blending of the senses, known as synesthesia. In this episode we meet Bryan Alvarez, a doctoral candidate at the University of California at Berkeley, who is researching the neural mechanisms of synesthesia in an effort to explain why only some of us experience this cognitive crosstalk.

Project: Science in the City | Browse All

Date: September 14, 2011
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): cognitive psychology, brain science

Keywords: synesthesia

Driven: As Warm As It Gets (Slideshow)

Running Time:
4:20

Some may spend their golden years in the La-Z-Boy, but 86-year-old Walt Schneebeli and his pals, the "old goats" of the Dolphin Club of San Francisco, find peace of mind by swimming in the salty, chilly San Francisco bay.

Project: Driven: True Stories of Inspiration | Browse All

Date: August 19, 2011
Format: Interview
Category: Popular Culture
Subject(s):

Keywords: dolphin club

Science in the City: Lost and Found (Clip)

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00:04:58

Obsidian points, Spanish terra-cotta tiles, Prohibition-era liquor bottles—history lies buried underfoot in the Presidio, one of the earliest settlements in San Francisco, occupied in turn by the Ohlone Indians, Spanish, Mexicans, and the U.S. Army. Archaeologist Kari Jones shares tales of recent digs and discoveries in this national park, and explains why most artifacts are dug up only to be reburied.

Project: Science in the City | Browse All

Date: July 28, 2011
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): archeology, history, general science

Keywords: archeology, presidio, san francisco, el presidio, el polin springs, excavation, artifacts

QuickTime: 39.9K

Driven: I Remember As I Write (Slideshow)

Running Time:
04:20

Tsering Wangmo Dhompa is a poet who collects inspiration from the everyday--walking in the city, looking at people, listening to language--as well as from her imagination and memory. In this show we explore her process and product.

Project: Driven: True Stories of Inspiration | Browse All

Date: July 15, 2011
Format: Interview
Category: Popular Culture
Subject(s): art

Keywords: inspiration, poetry, art, language. tsering wangmo dhompa, tibet, poem

Driven: The Body Free (Slideshow)

Running Time:
04:10

Butoh masters Hiroko and Koichi Tamano discuss their rich practice of performing, teaching, and living Butoh that has spanned more than 40 years.

Project: Driven: True Stories of Inspiration | Browse All

Date: June 16, 2011
Format: Interview
Category: Popular Culture
Subject(s): Art

Keywords: butoh, buto, tamano, harupin-ha

Science in the City: Pigeon Science (Clip)

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00:04:15

In this program we meet Elizabeth Young, pigeon rescue expert and head of the pigeon rescue organization MickCoo (http://www.mickacoo.org), for a personal introduction to pigeons-their history, their accomplishments, their contributions to research in animal behavior/memory/learning/and how they navigate long distances-as well as their plight in the city. For more information visit: www.RescueReport.org

Project: Science in the City | Browse All

Date: June 7, 2011
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology

Keywords: pigeons, san franciso, science, city, behavior, biology, navigation, memory

QuickTime: 700K

Driven: Away (Slideshow)

Running Time:
04:00

In this show we'll explore the EcoCenter at Heron's Head Park, San Francisco's only off-grid building and an inspiring model of sustainable living in an area that has historically been a dumping ground for industrial waste. We are guided through the place and its principles of environmental justice by recent college graduate and EcoCenter worker Jasmine Dow.

Project: Driven: True Stories of Inspiration | Browse All

Date: May 20, 2011
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Art, General Science

Keywords: ecocenter, heron's head, driven, green, environmental justice

Science in the City: Busy Bees (Clip)

Running Time:
00:04:16

Just outside the hum and buzz of San Francisco, there's a hum and buzz of a different sort. It's the sound of thousands of acres of almond crops being pollinated by bees—bees in such demand that they must be trucked in from as far as Texas. Almond grower Dave Phippen explains why. keeping this winged labor force happy and healthy is a vital but tricky business.

Project: Science in the City | Browse All

Date: April 27, 2011
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science, Life Science/Biology

Keywords: bees, pollination, farming, almonds, california, exploratorium, hives, agriculture, central valley

QuickTime: 919K


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