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Paul Dancstep grew up in San Diego but has never been on a surfboard. He studied physics in college but is still baffled by things like zippers. He's been at the Exploratorium for the last decade, building boxes, changing lightbulbs and talking about math to anyone who will listen.
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by Paul Dancstep • April 1, 2020
In this time of social distancing, what kinds of greetings should we use? What makes one kind of greeting more infectious than another? What actions can we take to feel close, even when we must keep our distance?
by Paul Dancstep • October 10, 2018
In this series of stories, an Exploratorium exhibit developer shares her experience recovering from a Traumatic Brain Injury.
by Paul Dancstep • May 9, 2017
We've been looking at some of our exhibits using a scanning electron microscope. In this installment of the series we take a closer look at some styrofoam from the exhibit Dance Of Opposites.
by Paul Dancstep • April 21, 2017
We've been looking at some of our exhibits using a scanning electron microscope. In this installment of the series we take a closer look at some garnet sand from the exhibit Spinning Blackboard.
by Paul Dancstep • April 7, 2017
We've been looking at some of our exhibits using a scanning electron microscope. In this installment of the series we take a closer look at some iron filings from the exhibit Black Sand.
by Paul Dancstep • March 28, 2017
We've been looking at some of our exhibits using a scanning electron microscope. In this installment of the series we take a closer look at some chalk from the exhibit Through the Looking Glass.
by Paul Dancstep • February 8, 2017
In an extraordinary mission to rescue 16 kidnapped soldiers, the Colombian army turned to pop music to send the hostages a secret message.
by Paul Dancstep • February 1, 2017
This talk explores some of the ways we use mathematics to make sense of the world around us. It also looks at some ideas for how the subject could be taught. This was the keynote presentation from the Next Generation Science Standards STEM conference at the Exploratorium.
by Paul Dancstep • January 20, 2017
Jeremiah Denton was a prisoner of war in Vietnam. While still in captivity, Denton appeared in a televised interview during which he managed to communicate with U.S. forces using an ingenious and cleverly disguised code.
by Paul Dancstep • January 4, 2017
Consider the stadium wave: a spontaneous group behavior in which people seated in sporting arenas rise and cheer in a pattern that resembles a traveling wave. In this post we explore what it takes to get a wave started.
