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Stop sign with highway signs indicating directions to different locations.

Scouting Oregon for the 2017 Solar Eclipse

September 7, 2016

Road trip! Scouting Oregon locations for filming the 2017 solar eclipse.

A night sky with the Earth, moon, and sun visible.

5 Things You Probably Didn't Know About Solar Eclipses

August 31, 2016

Get ready for the upcoming total solar eclipse with five facts about this amazing astronomical phenomena.

Total Solar Eclipse of August 21, 2017

Where You Want to Be for the 2017 Total Solar Eclipse

August 19, 2016

On August 21, 2017, a total solar eclipse will cross the continental USA. You want to be there to see it!

Construction workers on site

UN Plaza in process

We're building Sound Commons.

A man and a woman standing outside a building and talking to each other.

UN Plaza LIZ Takes Shape

Sound Commons, a new SPS installation, is taking shape in UN Plaza.

Man standing in front of display board reviewing documents.

Countdown 3 (at the museum)

The home team prepares for hosting the solar eclipse broadcast and event.

"A group of people using various cameras and equipment, likely photographers, capturing images outdoors with a cloudy sky in the background."

Beaming It Home

February 22, 2016

What does it take to broadcast a live eclipse from remote locations?

Woleai atoll

January 28, 2016

Why are we going to Micronesia to broadcast a solar eclipse?

saffron crocus

A Flowering Cuisine

When botany meets cuisine, a new understanding flowers.

Innovative parks, vibrant cities - Greater & Greener 2015

Greater & Greener 2015

A report on Greater & Greener, a conference on urban parks.

Scent and Sense

Scent and Sense

That scent is so familiar…so why can't you name it?

Listening Dishes on the Radio

Listening at the Dishes with KALW’s Audiograph

February 27, 2015

Whispering Dishes are profiled on local radio project Audiograph.