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Learn the science behind bad hair days, and learn how hair increases its length when humidity increases, making curly hair frizz and straight hair go limp.

Do hot water and cold water mix?

Cuatro exposiciones lo suficientemente pequeñas para caber en tarjetas postales.

With polarized light, you can make a stained glass window without gla

In celebration of Albert Einstein's work in 1905, science laboratories and museum around the world (including the Exploratorium) participated in a twelve-hour webcast that explored Einstein's influence on current physics research.

Learn how to use physics to distinguish between raw eggs and hard-cooked eggs.

Enjoy the early memories of some of the visitors to this website.

If you're a patient gardener, you can grow your own hybrid flowers.

You can make a light painting with a light source, a darkened room, and a digital camera.

Touch supercooled water drops with an ice crystal and trigger them to freeze instantly.

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

Make a fantastic toy that shimmers when you shake it.

Explore the places, people, tools, and ideas behind the origins of matter, the universe, and life itself.

Learn how eyes work, and watch a cow's eye dissection. Then follow step-by-step instructions to do a cow's eye dissection yourself.

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We Moved! Follow Us to San Francisco’s Historic Waterfront

Follow along with expedition leader Bob Ballard and his crew on the exploration vessel Nautilus as they search for hydrothermal vents, underwater volcanoes, and ancient shipwrecks.

Learn about the most important piece of equipment-- your feet!

Scientific knowledge and a few chemical concoctions can get you through a Bad Hair Day.

How do you stop and steer a bicycle? What forces keep the bicycle from falling over?

"Mac Town," the first stop for many scientists in Antarctica, is the same as any town–only different.

Saving seeds helps preserve the culture of Native American farmers in the American Southwest and northern Mexico.

A Marble Machine is a creative ball-run contraption, made from familiar materials, designed to send a rolling marble through tubes and funnels, across tracks and bumpers, and into a catch at the end.

Meet Bart Hopkin, who listens closely to the subtle sonic qualities of wood, water, and pipes as he creates new instruments.

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

Imaginative Designs in Digital and Analog Clothing

Most people abhor the sound of their own recorded voice. So what are these recording devices doing to our voices to make them sound so awful?

Summertime in the Arctic is for the birds

Specialized cells have a common origin. What sets them on separate paths?

Three auditory illusions created by students from the Center for Electronic Art.

Scientists dig under the surface for clues to past climate

Recycle a potato chip can into a simple camera.

Lisa Miller is a mechanic and teacher who shows her auto shop students how to use their listening skills to fix cars.

Crabeaters have extraordinary teeth, Weddells are downright cute, and leopards are as fierce as their namesake

Share some secret sounds with a friend.

Stand outside on a sunny day with a watch in your hand, and you can tell which way is north.

On Saturday, May 6th, 2000 we hosted a live panel discussion and webcast to explore the amazing phenomena of Star Trek.

Explore the ideas behind Science of Sharing with these Activities.

What does it take to block gamma radiation?

Uncover the everyday origins of some extraordinary instruments.

A little physics can go a long way on that shortboard.

Download desktop wallpaper for your computer.

Build a mirrored tube that lets you see around corners and over walls.

Why do teens take risks, and what do our notions of risk tell us about the dangers of growing up?