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An introduction to the concepts and theories that contribute to contemporary complexity research.

Learn how you too can enjoy our activities in your kitchen, garage, classroom, and community.

Get down and dirty with the surprising science of soil.

Demonstrations of electric Robo-Cars made by 22 Science Summer students.

Grow your own stalagmites in luscious colors.

The more astronomy changes, the more it stays the same. This series of images juxtaposes ancient and modern study of the celestial bodies.

With just mud, paper and an egg, you can grow colonies of multi-hued microbes!

About Anaglyphs. How do I make 3-D glasses?

What brings archeologists and astronomers alike to this ten-mile canyon in remote New Mexico?

Do hot water and cold water mix?

Why is the bicycle the most efficient way to travel? Explore bicycle science and culture.

Do hot water and cold water mix?

Using a simple trick of perspective, you can dress your friends in tiny cutout clothing.

The frozen worlds of the Arctic and Antarctica

This 2011 conference, hosted at the Exploratorium, explored the role aesthetic inquiry in public interdisciplinary environments.

The more astronomy changes, the more it stays the same. This series of images juxtaposes ancient and modern study of the celestial bodies.

Meet a kinetic sculptor.

See a map of recent earthquakes in the United States, and learn why earthquakes happen so frequently on the West Coast.

Dig into the succulent science of making things grow.

Learn about scale and structure with eight great activities designed for the elementary classroom.

Just how much fat is in ground beef? You may be surprised.

Wind tubes are a playful and inventive way to explore the effect that moving air has on objects.

Learn about the body's vital defense force.

Make your own refracting telescope from a pair of reading glasses.

Summertime in the Arctic is for the birds

The nearly ice-free Dry Valleys are an Antarctic anomaly, and Earth's closest equivalent to Mars.

Make your own refracting telescope from a pair of reading glasses.

Downloadable media about earthquake science.

Here are some activities that test your memory – and some things you can try to help you remember things better.

Take an animated tour of Antarctica's variety of ice formations, which give it a beauty unrivaled anywhere on Earth.

Teeth are the most common fossils found. What can they tell us?

How can a microscopic organism lift several pounds of dough? Find out with this activity.

Explore the surprising side of sound