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

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

High energy prices got you down? Discover how pickles can ease your troubles.

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

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

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

Scratch Film, also known as Direct Animation, is the process of drawing and scratching designs directly onto film.

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

Cuatro exposiciones lo suficientemente pequeñas para caber en tarjetas postales.

Learn about common techniques for peering inside the body in order to diagnose disease and injury.

How are creative investigations sparked? What does a state of inspiration feel like? Can inspiration be transmitted from person to person? Join us for an audio slideshow series that explores the fascinating world of how we work creatively.

Professional development resources for teacher educators.

The untold stories behind scientific discovery.

These unique – and uniquely beautiful – seal species spend their lives amid the sea ice

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

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Find out what's inside a floppy disk.

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.

Learn about the body's vital defense force.

Get down and dirty with the surprising science of soil.

Humpbacks, minkes, and orcas are often sighted in the nutrient-rich Antarctic waters.

Watch tiny blue, green, and white molds grow on leftover food.

Why is your shadow longer in winter than in summer? Grab a basketball and some paperclips and find out!

A comprehensive tour through the weird and wonderful world of frogs.

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

The only continent without any countries or government . . .

There are about 500 dispatches from scientists working in the Arctic and Antarctica, along with original videos, photos, webcasts, and articles.

Si mira fijamente este punto por algunos momentos, éste desaparece.

The nearly ice-free Dry Valleys are an Antarctic anomaly, and Earth's closest equivalent to Mars.

Take an animated tour of Antarctica's variety of ice formations, which give it a beauty unrivaled anywhere on Earth.

Introduce students to unique life science activities that let them work with our research-quality microscopic images and videos.

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

Use live data to make your own wave predictions, wherever you are.

What's really going on when you bake? Find out.

Grow spikes of crystals in the sun.

Tinker with electricity using common objects: batteries, lights, buzzers, motors, switches, etc.

In Observance of the 50th Anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Why is baseball so popular in Japan?

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.

Watch Venus travel in front of the sun. 

Get a taste of how the earth's plates move.

What does it take to block gamma radiation?

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

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