
Science and the Federal Shutdown
by Mary Miller • January 18, 2019
Science lost in a government shutdown.
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Explore the ancient knowledge of the Maya, who built sophisticated monuments to the sun.
Far north in the night sky, a faint glow appears on the horizon. Green and red flames of light stretch across the sky.
Want to understand how to predict when the good waves are coming to your shore? It helps to start with the basics behind the formation of ocean waves.
by Mary Miller • January 18, 2019
Science lost in a government shutdown.
The three most densely populated cities on the planet where seismologists expect major earthquakes are San Francisco, Tokyo, and Istanbul. Find out why the effects in each city will be very different.
Explore mechanical elements such as cams, levers, and linkages to create your own moving sculpture.
Baltimore-based musician Dan Deacon connects the audience to the player-piano.
Can a gum wrapper have a story? Discover just how important and meaningful an object can be.
Prepare to experiment with soap film by getting the necessary materials.
The Exploratorium is taking it outside to explore natural and human-made phenomena in and around San Francisco. Look for new episodes twice each month.
Discover how researchers study climate change and examine the latest scientific data.
Experience Guillermo Galindo's thoughts on his boundary-breaking musical works.
For most of us, science arrives in our lives packaged neatly as fact. But how did it get that way?
Follow along with expedition leader Bob Ballard and his crew on the exploration vessel Nautilus as they search for hydrothermal vents, underwater volcanoes, and ancient shipwrecks.
Get mesmerized by choreographer Alonzo King and soundscape artist Bernie Krause.
Explore the mysterious interactions between light and geography through the eyes and works of artists Charles Ross and James Turrell.
How do you stop and steer a bicycle? What forces keep the bicycle from falling over?
The untold stories behind scientific discovery.
The more astronomy changes, the more it stays the same. This series of images juxtaposes ancient and modern study of the celestial bodies.
by Rob Rothfarb • January 22, 2009
A screening of a machinima--a film made entirely in a virtual world, shown both in the real world and in Second Life.
Take an impressionistic journey through the Exploratorium's Life Sciences area.