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Explore, Play, Discover: Websites, Activities, and More

Dive into websites, activities, apps, and more.

Make Your Own Telescope
Make Your Own Telescope

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

Sweet Science: Candy!
Sweet Science: Candy!

Join us as we investigate the sweet world of sugar.

Bicycles and Drag
Bicycles and Drag

Find out why wind resistance is a big drag for bicyclists, and use our calculator to estimate drag for yourself.

Science activity that demonstrates a magnetic field created by electromagnet
Circles of Magnetism

Make a magnetic field that's stronger than Earth's.

Crazy for Love
Crazy for Love

An audio program about love, passion, and obsession.
An Artist Looks at Life on an Undersea Volcano
What's a painter doing on this scientific research ship?
Step Re-Mix
Step Re-Mix

Experiment with rhythm through stepping, a musical dance form that uses the body as a percussion instrument.

Psychologist and writer Hugh McDonald fills us in on exhibition-making, standing inside a human heart and “why do we do what we do.”
Why Do We Do What We Do: Exhibition Making in the Exploratorium’s West Gallery

by Jackie Clay • June 2, 2015

Exploratorium staff scientist fills us in on “why do we do what we do.”

Which Embryo is Human?
Which Embryo Is Human?

Can you tell the difference between human and nonhuman embryos?

Ancient Observatories
Ancient Observatories

Journey into Chaco Canyon, where ancient people built monuments to the cosmos. Journey to Chichén Itzá, where the Maya built monuments to the sun.
Artist Theo Jansen Prepares Strandbeests at the Exploratorium
Experience the thrill of Strandbeest: The Dream Machines of Theo Jansen.
Exploratorium in Second Life
See a film made entirely in Second Life.

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