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When you ride a bike in a straight line, you must make many minor corrections in order to stay upright.
An introduction to the concepts and theories that contribute to contemporary complexity research.
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.
Learn about common techniques for peering inside the body in order to diagnose disease and injury.
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.
Go behind the scenes of Self, Made with its curators and advisors.
Follow our crew as they visit the Dry Valleys and hike the slopes of volcanic Mt. Erebus.
How do you stop and steer a bicycle? What forces keep the bicycle from falling over?
Rube Goldberg-inspired cause and effect contraptions using everyday materials and found objects.
Explore the science behind food and cooking with recipes, activities, and archived Webcasts.
Explore the scientific, historical, and cultural context behind a new opera about the first atomic bomb test.
The Antarctic food web is the simplest on the planet, and krill are at its hub.
Design and build a musical instrument that responds to changing light.
Find out how a cochlear implant helped one man regain the ability to listen.
Build a stripped-down motor, a simple, easy-to-make version of the electric motors found in toys, tools, and appliances.
See a map of recent earthquakes in the United States, and learn why earthquakes happen so frequently on the West Coast.
See a map of recent earthquakes in the United States, and learn why earthquakes happen so frequently on the West Coast.
Listen to internationally recognized authorities on human thought and behavior, including Temple Grandin and Paul Ekman.
An introduction to the concepts and theories that contribute to contemporary complexity research.
Discover how researchers study climate change and examine the latest scientific data.
You can make a light painting with a light source, a darkened room, and a digital camera.
Explore mechanical elements such as cams, levers, and linkages to create your own moving sculpture.
We can't predict when an earthquake will occur, but we can avoid some potential disasters.