Exploratorium Blogs

Maker Faire 2017

by luigi • May 26, 2017

Writer Mary Roach Reveals How to Read a Cardboard Box

by Mary Roach • May 24, 2017

Box tattoos and bees? Writer Mary Roach spent time with our Welcome to WildCard exhibition team then made some surprising discoveries about cardboard boxes. 

Tinkering at the LEGO Foundation’s Partner’s Meeting

by luigi • May 24, 2017

This Thursday: Scratch Day at the Tinkering Studio

by luigi • May 23, 2017

Exhibits In Extreme Close Up: Dance Of Opposites

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.

Lighthouse Mini Maker Faire

by Deanna • May 1, 2017

Making Stained Glass Window Hangings with Tinkering ASP

by lianna • April 26, 2017

Dig Deeper into the Discovery of DNA

by Exploratorium Staff • April 25, 2017

Read between the lines of the scientific paper that started a revolution. Explore the personalities, politics, competition, and collaboration that fueled it in our annotated version of Watson and Crick’s seminal description of the double helix.

Exhibits In Extreme Close Up: Spinning Blackboard

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.

Introducing the Wired Pier Data Explorer Web App to Investigate the Bay Environment

by Mary Miller • April 19, 2017

The Data Explorer web app lets you access and explore environmental data gathered at the Exploratorium’s waterfront location. The app lets you quickly and easily compare different datasets using familiar interactions like pan, pinch, click, and zoom.

Exhibits In Extreme Close Up: Black Sand

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.

Tin Art at Lighthouse

by Deanna • April 3, 2017