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Explore the scientific, historical, and cultural context behind a new opera about the first atomic bomb test.
The Antarctic food web is the simplest on the planet, and krill are at its hub.
The more astronomy changes, the more it stays the same. This series of images juxtaposes ancient and modern study of the celestial bodies.
Meet the robotic explorers that landed on Mars in 2004, and check out their tools and instruments.
Explore the ideas behind Science of Sharing with these Activities.
Oren Ambarchi shares his sound-world of visceral guitar abstraction and fragile textures.
Each webcast, the Exploratorium staff and teachers demonstrate their science projects and compete for the title of IRON SCIENCE TEACHER!
Technological developments have changed how we view Earth. See LandSat images and learn more about our home planet.
Activities and workshops for playful invention, investigation, and collaboration
Explore the science behind food and cooking with recipes, activities, and archived Webcasts.
Watch ancient text revealed and read for the first time in a thousand years!
A downloadable series of graphics from our Faultline website gives a snapshot of seismic science.
Each webcast, the Exploratorium staff and teachers demonstrate their science projects and compete for the title of IRON SCIENCE TEACHER!
Learn how to use physics to distinguish between raw eggs and hard-cooked eggs.
We can't predict when an earthquake will occur, but we can avoid some potential disasters.
Learn about origami, make your own paper, and find out the best way to fold a paper airplane.
Build a stripped-down motor, a simple, easy-to-make version of the electric motors found in toys, tools, and appliances.
Go into the studio with some of the automata artists from our Curious Contraptions exhibition.
Each webcast, the Exploratorium staff and teachers demonstrate their science projects and compete for the title of IRON SCIENCE TEACHER!
How does solitary confinement affect the human brain?
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.