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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

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Sweet Science: Candy!

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Dry Valleys
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Listening to Get Around
Listening to Get Around

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Can You Find the Highest Note?
Can You Find the Highest Note?

Three auditory illusions created by students from the Center for Electronic Art.

Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists
Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists

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Illusion Songs
Illusion Songs

A collection of auditory illusions found in indigenous folk practices, popular music, and scientific research.

Bread Worldwide
Bread Worldwide

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Antarctic Seals
Antarctic Seals

Crabeaters have extraordinary teeth, Weddells are downright cute, and leopards are as fierce as their namesake

What's New In the World
What's New In the World

Stories about science, art, and human perception—from 1998. 

Solar Eclipse
Solar Eclipse

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Bronx Cheer Bulb
Bronx Cheer Bulb

Your CRT screen may appear to wiggle when you give it the raspberry, but the only thing wiggling is you.

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The Tinkering Studio

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Up Periscope!
Up Periscope!

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The air-filled sculptures of Inflatable keep it light.

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Sound Automata (pdf)

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Thought Crimes
Thought Crimes

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Super Sparker
Super Sparker

Make very, very, very tiny lightning, anytime you want!

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Remote sensing allows geologists to peek under the ice – and find a big surprise.

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