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by • June 19, 2015
Start your weekend with some of the top science news of the week.
Learn with us online while the Exploratorium is temporarily closed. You can help us reopen—donate today.
Dive into websites, activities, apps, and more.
Your thumb and index finger can help you test a steak's degree of doneness.
Explore the important engineering concepts of yield strength, ultimate strength, and elasticity as they relate to building a better bicycle.
by • June 19, 2015
Start your weekend with some of the top science news of the week.
Take an animated tour of Antarctica's variety of ice formations, which give it a beauty unrivaled anywhere on Earth.
Immerse yourself in visual storytelling that extends beyond theater walls.
Everyone seems to love the sound of their own voice in the shower. That's because a simple shower stall produces some complex sound-altering effects.
by Exploratorium Staff • June 11, 2015
PBS Digitial Studios' latest episode of The Art Assignment profiles Zarouhie Abdalian, an Exploratorium Artist-in-Residence.
Far north in the night sky, a faint glow appears on the horizon. Green and red flames of light stretch across the sky.
Join us as we visit the Hubble Space Telescope, and see what's happening at Mission Control.
The legendary Joshua Light Show returns to the Exploratorium.
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 places, people, tools, and ideas behind the origins of matter, the universe, and life itself.
by Mary Miller • April 19, 2017
Launch our new web app to explore environmental data.
On March 29, 2006, a total solar eclipse occurred when the new moon moved directly between the sun and the earth. The moon’s shadow fell on the eastern tip of Brazil, sped eastward across the Atlantic, through northern Africa, across the Mediterranean, an
Listen to internationally recognized authorities on human thought and behavior, including Temple Grandin and Paul Ekman.
Professional development resources for teacher educators.
Seasoned gardeners depend on a community of bacteria, worms, and insects to get the most out of their plantings. Find out why.
Find out why wind resistance is a big drag for bicyclists, and use our calculator to estimate drag for yourself.
Get a glimpse of artist and physicist Theo Jansen's strandbeests.
Learn how sparkling wine is made, what makes it different from still wine, and where all those little bubbles come from!
Experience Guillermo Galindo's thoughts on his boundary-breaking musical works.
Wind tubes are a playful and inventive way to explore the effect that moving air has on objects.
Learn how some vibrant seniors exercise their minds, and find out what you can do to help your own memory.
by Jackie Clay • August 13, 2015
What is love? The Really Big Questions explores that question.
What goes on under the ground during an earthquake? Use a Slinky to model the various seismic waves that make the earth tremble.
Use this desktop widget to view current science news feeds on your computer.
by Eileen Campbell • September 7, 2016
Road trip! Scouting Oregon locations for filming the 2017 solar eclipse.
Explore systems over extremes of time and space with Jem Finer.