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Why do road bikes have thin tires, while mountain bikes have fat tires?

Transit of Venus: June 5-6, 2012; June 8, 2004
Transit of Venus: June 5-6, 2012; June 8, 2004
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Welcome to the Third Dimension

These tricky pictures shift and change as you look at them.

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Headlands Experiments

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Transit of Venus: The Rarest Eclipse
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Watch Venus travel in front of the Sun. 

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Join the Kronos Quartet for a performance like no other.

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One of the niftiest tricks up the pitcher's sleeve is the ability to make a ball curve.
Light Instruments:  Designing and Building
Light Instruments: Designing and Building

Design and build a musical instrument that responds to changing light.

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Visitors experienced the sights and smells of "Meta Cookie', an augmented reality installation at After Dark: Get Surreal.

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Origins
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Explore the places, people, tools, and ideas behind the origins of matter, the universe, and life itself.

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Hubble: A View to the Edge of Space
Hubble: A View to the Edge of Space

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Bee Hummer

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Find the Fat

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Graphing Stratospheric Ozone
Graphing Stratospheric Ozone

Learn valuable graphing skills and learn about ozone chemistry.

Strandbeest: Animaris Ordis

Observe Theo Jansen and a strandbeest strolling on a sunny beach.

Since 1906
Since 1906

The 1906 earthquake jolted geologists into focusing on how and why faults break loose.

The thrill of natural phenomena

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From Jungle to Lab: The Study of Life's Complexity
From Jungle to Lab: The Study of Life's Complexity

Visit Las Cuevas Research Station in Belize and the Natural History Museum in London to learn about the study of biodiversity.

The DNA Files: Hands-on Workshops
The DNA Files: Hands-on Workshops

Four downloadable workshop guides for teaching introductory genetics in a museum or other informal education setting.

Fruitful DNA Extraction
Fruitful DNA Extraction (pdf)

Think you have a lot in common with a kiwi fruit? Genetically speaking, you do.

Baseketball
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Robo-Car Derby
Robo-Car Derby

Demonstrations of electric Robo-Cars made by 22 Science Summer students.

L'illusione del muro del caffé
L'illusione del muro del caffé

Sperimenta interattivamente l'illusione del muro del caffé.

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Bird in a Cage: Do the experiment

Do you have a staring problem?

Transit of Venus: The Rarest Eclipse
Transit of Venus 2012 & 2004

Watch Venus travel in front of the Sun. 

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Exploratorium Magazine

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.

Journey to Mars
Journey to Mars

Learn about the rovers that have been exploring Mars since 2004, and view the amazing images they've taken.

The Residents | Live Performance

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Plate Tectonics
Plate Tectonics

See a map of recent earthquakes in the United States, and learn why earthquakes happen so frequently on the West Coast.

A crescent moon, Venus, and Jupiter
Venus and Jupiter: The Brightest Become the Closest

by Adam Esposito • June 29, 2015

Jupiter and Venus pass each other in sky this week.

San Diego Race Weather Report
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This year marks 50 years since the first human set foot on the moon. Relive the memories with NASA scientist Brian H....
NASA Moon Tour with Brian H. Day

This year marks 50 years since the first human set foot on the moon. Relive the memories with NASA scientist Brian H. Day—take a look back at each of the Apollo landing sites, examine why NASA chose each one, and reflect on what they learned at each site.

McMurdo Station
McMurdo Station

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

Clothespin Workout
Clothespin Workout

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Clay Beams
Clay Beams

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Reflecting Rainbows
Reflecting Rainbows

Decorate your white walls with rainbow colors!

ColorFest Demonstration: Oaxacan Dyes And Textiles
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Besuboru
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Why is baseball so popular in Japan?

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Iron Science Teacher

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

Cookie Subduction
Cookie Subduction

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

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