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Curious Contraptions

Explore small, surreal worlds through Curious Contraptions automata.

Hyperbolic Slot
How do you put a straight rod through a curved slot?
1998 Live from Aruba

Open a celestial and technological time capsule—watch this eclipse webcast.

Science activity that demonstrates an image produced by a parabolic mirror
Parabolas
It’s all done with mirrors.
Harmonics

Explore sound waves in this resonant presentation.

Super Sparker
Super Sparker

Make very, very, very tiny lightning, anytime you want!

Science activity that demonstrates light polarization
Rotating Light
Polarized light passing through sugar water reveals beautiful colors.
Steve Reich Part 1
Hear from Grammy- and Pulitzer-winning composer and musical pioneer Steve Reich.
The Scientific Capabilities of the Mars Rover Curiosity

See what's on the Curiosity rover's tool belt.
Anti-Gravity Mirror

Learn to "fly" on one of the Exploratorium's oldest exhibits. 

Live Eye on the Earth
Live Eye on the Earth

Want to see where the biggest quakes have been this week? Follow a few of the links below to see what's shaking in your neighborhood and around the world.

Plate Tectonics
Plate Tectonics

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

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