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by Exploratorium Staff • June 11, 2015
PBS Digitial Studios' latest episode of The Art Assignment profiles Oakland-based artist Zarouhie Abdalian, an Exploratorium Artist-in-Residence and one of the most talented young artists in the Bay Area.
by Pamela Winfrey • June 10, 2015
Hear from Exploratorium Senior Artist and Curator Pamela Winfrey about the new "TRBQ" exhibition, which opens June 19. She asks The Really Big Questions about some of the things that make us human: love, music and storytelling.
by Eileen Campbell • June 9, 2015
Flowers may seem like only sort-of foods: you might nibble on sugared rose petals, or eat nasturtiums sprinkled on a salad. But flowers play a larger role in our food than you might imagine.
by Kevin Boyd • June 8, 2015
The Exploratorium’s Dave Johnson talks about what it was like to get the Koaceli Science Center ready for its April 2015 opening. Johnson was part of the Exploratorium team that spent four months working onsite in Turkey.
by Exploratorium Staff • June 5, 2015
Here are a few articles that are circulating the screens of a few brilliant staff members. Perhaps you’ll find them interesting, too!
by Exploratorium Staff • June 4, 2015
The vague and fluid world of memory isn’t so nebulous after all. Researchers led by MIT cognitive scientist and Exploratorium Osher Fellow Aude Oliva are working to quantify what makes a photo memorable.
by Exploratorium Staff • June 3, 2015
French multi-instrumentalist Colleen’s music ranges from mysterious and contemplative to kinetic and playful. Her June 11 performance at the Exploratorium will include songs from her April 2015 album, Caption of None.
by Jackie Clay • June 2, 2015
Psychologist and writer Hugh McDonald fills us in on exhibition-making, standing inside a human heart and “why do we do what we do.”
by Exploratorium Staff • June 1, 2015
As you drink, wander, and mingle on June 4 at After Dark: Time, be sure to slow down and play with these exhibits before the closing bell rings.
by Adam Esposito • April 17, 2015
Cure your text-neck with some healthy, upwards sky watching this Friday night, April 17, 2015. At sunset, and even a little before, Venus and Jupiter will the brightest, and second brightest objects in the sky respectively.
