
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.
See a map of recent earthquakes in the United States, and learn why earthquakes happen so frequently on the West Coast.
In February 2009, the Exploratorium hosted Darwin Days, a series of presentations, debates, and discussions exploring the ways scientists continue to learn from and apply their knowledge of evolutionary biology to a broad range of pursuits.
The majority of Barrow residents are indigenous people who live both traditional and modern lives
Build a stripped-down motor, a simple, easy-to-make version of the electric motors found in toys, tools, and appliances.
The nearly ice-free Dry Valleys are an Antarctic anomaly, and Earth's closest equivalent to Mars.
A multifaceted exhibition that explored genetics and the Human Genome Project from a variety of perspectives from April 8 to September 4, 1995.
Bubbles are round when they float free through air. But what happens when you pack bubbles together?
See links relevant to the themes presented in the Traits of Life exhibition.
Meet the competitors and their humongous pumpkins at Half Moon Bay's Great Pumpkin Festival.
Technological developments have changed how we view Earth. See LandSat images and learn more about our home planet.
by Rob Rothfarb • February 11, 2011
Visitors experienced the sights and smells of "Meta Cookie', an augmented reality installation at After Dark: Get Surreal.
Make a spinning disc called a stroboscope, which lets you create your own animated cartoon.
The Exploratorium wasn't built in a day—watch it go up in a minute.
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
You can make a light painting with a light source, a darkened room, and a digital camera.
See for yourself how the tilt of the earth's axis results in what we experience as the seasons.
Can a gum wrapper have a story? Discover just how important and meaningful an object can be.
See living stem cells and find out why they are the "stem" from which all other cells develop.
Four downloadable workshop guides for teaching introductory genetics in a museum or other informal education setting.
Scratch Film, also known as Direct Animation, is the process of drawing and scratching designs directly onto film.
Discover how researchers study climate change and examine the latest scientific data.