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

Not all bubbles are made with soap!

Not all bubbles are made with soap!

In 2009, the ECHO (Education through Cultural and Historical Organizations) Partners hosted a national symposium held at the Exploratorium to discuss the effects of climate change on the planet. You can watch archived webcasts of the symposium.

the Fudge House on Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco!

See why these beautiful flowers have attracted generations of admirers.

Journey into Chaco Canyon, where ancient people built monuments to the cosmos. Journey to Chichén Itzá, where the Maya built monuments to the sun.

What makes Antarctica inhospitable to life also makes it ideal for astronomy.

A multifaceted exhibition that explored genetics and the Human Genome Project from a variety of perspectives from April 8 to September 4, 1995.

Darkening polar skies often bring beautiful light displays.

See for yourself how the tilt of the earth's axis results in what we experience as the seasons.

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

Try your hand at explaining symbols both modern and ancient, and then make your own.

Explore the surrounding sounds that everyday objects make. Build a noise contraption from these objects, then add a PicoCricket to automate your contraption. Finally, add a light sensor and program your sound automata to "play" when triggered by light.

Specialized cells have a common origin. What sets them on separate paths?

Explore the scientific, historical, and cultural context behind a new opera about the first atomic bomb test.