
Mobile AR at After Dark
by Rob Rothfarb • February 15, 2011
Take a peek at a set of mobile augmented reality installations that were exhibited at an early After Dark program.
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It's easy to fold a sheet of paper in half. But can you fold a sheet of paper in half ten times?
Get mesmerized by choreographer Alonzo King and soundscape artist Bernie Krause.
Turn your phone into a pocket science laboratory with tools to measure light, motion, sound, and more.
Did you know the Maya used two calendars? How did they know when to plan their big New Year's parties?
Journey into Chaco Canyon, where ancient people built monuments to the cosmos. Journey to Chichén Itzá, where the Maya built monuments to the sun.
In the 1870s, an American woman could not vote. She could not own property in her own name after marriage. But she could play ball. . .
See links relevant to the themes presented in the Traits of Life exhibition.
by Rob Rothfarb • February 15, 2011
Take a peek at a set of mobile augmented reality installations that were exhibited at an early After Dark program.
Oren Ambarchi shares his sound-world of deep guitar abstraction and light-as-air textures.
A collection of auditory illusions found in indigenous folk practices, popular music, and scientific research.
For most of us, science arrives in our lives packaged neatly as fact. But how did it get that way?
See how well various materials conduct electricity and use Science Journal to explore your data.
Try your hand at explaining symbols both modern and ancient, and then make your own.
Staff member Vivian Altmann presents the "Snack" Water-Bottle Membranophone." Make some noise with simple materials.
Here's how you can model the use of X rays for medical examinations with some sand and a piece of screen.
This clay building activity shows that when you make things bigger, weight increases faster than strength.
Rube Goldberg-inspired cause and effect contraptions using everyday materials and found objects.
Join us for this performance by UK-based artist Jem Finer.
“No way! I lost a lot of cows last year!” is not something you’d expect to hear on the floor of a science museum.
Learn how sparkling wine is made, what makes it different from still wine, and where all those little bubbles come from!
by Eileen Campbell • July 29, 2017
Watch the moon pass through its phases as we count down to the total solar eclipse. Today: a quarter moon (waxing).
Learn the science behind bad hair days, and learn how hair increases its length when humidity increases, making curly hair frizz and straight hair go limp.
Make a simple rocket and a rocket launcher, and watch a demonstration of how the finished rocket will fly.
Got questions about electrolysis in the classroom? We've got answers.
Each webcast, the Exploratorium staff and teachers demonstrate their science projects and compete for the title of IRON SCIENCE TEACHER!
Artist Bob Miller's Light Walk at the Exploratorium will change the way you look at light, shadow, and images.
Scratch Film, also known as Direct Animation, is the process of drawing and scratching designs directly onto film.
The lure of Terra Australis Incognita begins with the Ancient Greeks and ends with modern cruise ships.
Imagine yourself in the middle of the vast Pacific Ocean. You've been sailing for weeks, and there's no land in sight. Do you know where you are? Do you know which way to go?
You can measure your reaction time with just a yardstick and some help from a friend.
See living stem cells and find out why they are the "stem" from which all other cells develop.