"Behind Every Love Match There’s A Lot Of Code"
by Jackie Clay • August 13, 2015
What is romantic love? Our new exhibition The Really Big Questions explores that question.
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Igniting curiosity and inspiring conversation, Spectrum brings you the latest news and perspectives from across the Exploratorium.
What We're Reading
by Exploratorium Staff • August 7, 2015
This week, we're reading about water striders, a Mars mission simulation, and the scientific legacy of the atomic bomb.
Do Giraffes Throw Up? #ReallyBigQuestions
by Exploratorium Staff • August 4, 2015
As part of The Really Big Questions exhibition, visitors are prompted to write their really big questions on a whiteboard, snap a photo, and share it on Instagram with #ReallyBigQuestions.
The Paintings of Alexa Meade
by Jackie Clay • July 27, 2015
Artist Alexa Meade paints live three-dimensional subjects and renders them -- for a moment or through the camera’s lens -- as two-dimensional expressionist works.
Play That Funky Music, X rays
by Ellyn Hament • July 23, 2015
Back in the USSR in the ’50s and ’60s, people who wanted to hear Western music were either out of luck or in big trouble—until someone starting pressing music on to medical x rays.
Vast Views and Small Stones
by Kirstin Bach • July 21, 2015
Kirstin Bach of the Exploratorium's Center for Art & Inquiry discusses her recent visit to Mono Lake and the Eastern Sierras with Artist-in-Residence Ilana Halperin.
Old Dog, New Pics: Pluto Flyby
by Pearl Tesler • July 14, 2015
The New Horizons probe has zipped by Pluto and done what all good fast-moving tourists do--take pics.
Warm Water and Poisoned Clams: What’s Happening off our Coast?
by Shannon Eliot • July 13, 2015
Have you been wondering why we've been seeing sharks in Santa Cruz? Heard about the massive toxic algal bloom off the West Coast? Well it turns out they are related and probably triggered by warm water off the coast.
Warm Water and Poisoned Clams, What’s Happening off our Coast?
by Mary Miller • July 8, 2015
What do Great White shark sightings near Santa Cruz, a toxic algae bloom from Santa Barbara to Seattle and the collapse of the salmon fishery have in common? They might all trace to a persistent blob of warm water that has been clinging to the west coast since last year.
Fireworks in a Bottle
by • July 3, 2015
Make your own liquid “fireworks” with this simple and safe activity.
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