
Fireworks in a Bottle
by • July 3, 2015
Make your own liquid “fireworks” with this simple and safe activity.
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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.
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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.
Explore the places, people, tools, and ideas behind the origins of matter, the universe, and life itself.
by • July 3, 2015
Make your own liquid “fireworks” with this simple and safe activity.
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.
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.
Catch a wave—then measure it, reflect it, and see what happens.
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Saving seeds helps preserve the culture of Native American farmers in the American Southwest and northern Mexico.
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.
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Three auditory illusions created by students from the Center for Electronic Art.
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