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Listen to the Softest Sound

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El Niño: Early Warning

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Fermentation and Food

The common ground between pickles, cheese, bread, wine, and many other foods.

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Listening to Process Sound

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Make a paper model that helps explain the changing tides.

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Mars Rovers

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Young in Mind

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Welcome to the Third Dimension

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Go With The Flow
Go With The Flow

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Why Save Seeds?

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Can You Find the Highest Note?
Can You Find the Highest Note?

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Auroras: Paintings in the Sky
Auroras: Paintings in the Sky

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

The DNA Files: Hands-on Workshops
The DNA Files: Hands-on Workshops

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Evidence: How Do We Know What We Know?
Evidence: How Do We Know What We Know?

For most of us, science arrives in our lives packaged neatly as fact. But how did it get that way?

Bird Call Quiz
Bird Call Quiz

Listen to bird songs and try to figure out which are songs, which are companion calls, and which are alarms.

Center of the Universe
Center of the Universe

Where is the Center of the Universe? Here, there, and everywhere.

Listening Memory Game
Listening Memory Game

Play a memory concentration game: Listen closely then match pairs of sounds.

Susie Ibarra: Performance

Stand in the intersection of the traditional and the avant-garde.

Voting Paradoxes

Explore some ways in which the democratic process can go wrong.

Infinity Room: A Temporary Immersive Environment Experiment by Refik Anadol

Where are you in infinity? Try the Infinity Room.

Greenhouse Gases
Greenhouse Gases

Heat-trapping gases play a major role in polar climate change.

Jumping to Conclusions

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!

A Record of the Moment
Groove with the history and technology of vinyl records.
Human Power
Human Power

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

Martian Snowflakes
Martian Snowflakes

What do snowflakes look like on Mars?

Circuit Boards
Circuit Boards

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Film Canister Farming
Film Canister Farming

Experiment with water, temperature, and light to see what makes a seed come out of its shell.

Frog City USA
Frog City USA

Take a virtual journey to the frog capital of the world, Rayne, Louisiana.

Illusion Songs
Illusion Songs

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

Complexity / Turbulent Landscapes
Complexity / Turbulent Landscapes

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

Vocal Visualizer: Have fun

Two Vocal Visualizers are better than one.

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.

The Sun-Eating Dragon: Eclipse Stories, Myths, and Legends
The Sun-Eating Dragon: Eclipse Stories, Myths, and Legends
Candy-o-Matic
Candy-o-Matic

Find out how different kinds of candy are made in the Candy-o-matic!

Child’s Play, by Jason Bolte

Explore the rhythm of "Child's Play" with composer Jason Bolte.

Susie Ibarra: Performance

Stand in the intersection of the traditional and the avant-garde.

How Old Is It?
How Old Is It?

How do scientists establish the age of artifacts, rocks, and settlements?

A. J. Racy: Performance

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Traits of Life: Related Links
Traits of Life: Related Links

See links relevant to the themes presented in the Traits of Life exhibition.

Stem Cells
Stem Cells

See living stem cells and find out why they are the "stem" from which all other cells develop.

Chain Drive
Chain Drive

Learn about bike gears using thread spools and a rubber band.

Kronos Quartet: Interview

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Ponti di Carta di Giornale
Getting Started with Science Journal
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Turning Light into Sound with Wayne Grim and the Kronos Quartet

by Liz Ball • July 13, 2017

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