
Meta Cookie: Olfactory and Gustatory Augmented Reality
by Rob Rothfarb • February 11, 2011
Visitors experienced the sights and smells of "Meta Cookie', an augmented reality installation at After Dark: Get Surreal.
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Dive into websites, activities, apps, and more.
Is it just a glorified plank with roller skate wheels on it? Or is it a highly engineered device through which kids have reclaimed the urban landscape, bringing creativity and style back to the sterile asphalt spaces of sprawl?
These unique – and uniquely beautiful – seal species spend their lives amid the sea ice
There's more to polar ice than just frozen water. Learn about the many varieties of ice found at the poles and how and where they form.
Listen to bird songs and try to figure out which are songs, which are companion calls, and which are alarms.
There are about 500 dispatches from scientists working in the Arctic and Antarctica, along with original videos, photos, webcasts, and articles.
by Rob Rothfarb • February 11, 2011
Visitors experienced the sights and smells of "Meta Cookie', an augmented reality installation at After Dark: Get Surreal.
Crabeaters have extraordinary teeth, Weddells are downright cute, and leopards are as fierce as their namesake
Rube Goldberg-inspired cause and effect contraptions using everyday materials and found objects.
Explore the ideas behind Science of Sharing with these Activities.
Tinker with electricity using common objects: batteries, lights, buzzers, motors, switches, etc.
Examine words from different languages and determine which two languages are the most closely related.
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.
Listen in on conversations with Laurie Anderson, Brian Eno, and others in Speaking of Music Rewind.
From 1977 until 2003, the Exploratorium published a quarterly magazine. The Exploratorium Magazine Online is a companion to selected issues of the print magazine, providing key articles and activities and including multimedia features.
Our collaboration with Public Radio International's The World. With Public Radio International, we're taking technology news beyond the headlines.
Visit Las Cuevas Research Station in Belize and the Natural History Museum in London to learn about the study of biodiversity.
The nearly ice-free Dry Valleys are an Antarctic anomaly, and Earth's closest equivalent to Mars.
by Paul Dancstep • August 25, 2015
Do prime numbers "feel" different than the other numbers?
Imagine yourself in the middle of the vast Pacific Ocean. You've been sailing for weeks, and there's no land in sight. Do you know where you are? Do you know which way to go?
For most of us, science arrives in our lives packaged neatly as fact. But how did it get that way?
See how well various materials conduct electricity and use Science Journal to explore your data.
Listen to bird songs and try to figure out which are songs, which are companion calls, and which are alarms.
by Mary Miller • April 19, 2017
Launch our new web app to explore environmental data.
What do stem cells, fruit flies, and zebrafish look like under a microscope?
It's easy to fold a sheet of paper in half. But can you fold a sheet of paper in half ten times?
Learn how some vibrant seniors exercise their minds, and find out what you can do to help your own memory.