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

Take a peek at the colorful world of plant sex.

Sometimes we can learn about outer space when space objects come to us.

What is a gear ratio? And how do gears help make the bicycle so efficient?

Your brain is always looking for blank spaces and filling them in. Sometimes, your brain leaps to the wrong conclusion. Then you get a surprise!

Explore the science behind food and cooking with recipes, activities, and archived Webcasts.

A model for heart development

The only continent without any countries or government . . .

What happens to a cylinder when you scale it up?

Get up close and personal with a sucrose molecule.

Bring movie, TV, and cartoon images to life.

Can you cover your kitchen tracks?

In 2009, the ECHO (Education through Cultural and Historical Organizations) Partners hosted a national symposium held at the Exploratorium to discuss the effects of climate change on the planet. You can watch archived webcasts of the symposium.

Build a bridge out of newspaper and discover some important structural principles.

Meet a kinetic sculptor.

A collection of auditory illusions found in indigenous folk practices, popular music, and scientific research.

Follow scientists looking for life in the hot springs of the Russian Far East.

This stuff can't make up its mind -- is it a liquid or a solid?

Each webcast, the Exploratorium staff and teachers demonstrate their science projects and compete for the title of IRON SCIENCE TEACHER!

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

Explore the unknown world inside your brain with these fun activities.

Our collaboration with Public Radio International's The World. With Public Radio International, we're taking technology news beyond the headlines.

Make a fantastic toy that shimmers when you shake it.

Explore gluten, the substance that gives bread its structure.

What's in that cup of coffee anyway? Find out about the history and chemistry of coffee.

Far north in the night sky, a faint glow appears on the horizon. Green and red flames of light stretch across the sky.

Learn how sparkling wine is made, what makes it different from still wine, and where all those little bubbles come from!

Explore the surrounding sounds that everyday objects make. Build a noise contraption from these objects, then add a PicoCricket to automate your contraption. Finally, add a light sensor and program your sound automata to "play" when triggered by light.

Learn about the giants of the polar seas.

Learn how some vibrant seniors exercise their minds, and find out what you can do to help your own memory.

Listen to internationally recognized authorities on human thought and behavior, including Temple Grandin and Paul Ekman.