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Look Inside a Tooth
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Look Inside a Tooth

Teeth are the most common fossils found. What can they tell us?

Neanderthal Bones
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Neanderthal Bones

Explore the process of extracting DNA from Neanderthal bones.

Hominid Timeline
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Hominid Timeline

Explore a timeline of homind fossils.

Geology for Fossil Hunters
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Geology for Fossil Hunters

Search a geological map of Ethiopia for fossils.

Mutant Fruit Flies
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Mutant Fruit Flies

The fruit flies in this exhibit show just a few of the mutations that occur in natural fruit fly populations.

Which Embryo Is Human?
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Which Embryo Is Human?

Can you tell the difference between human and nonhuman embryos?

The Temple Illusion
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The Temple Illusion

This ancient temple holds a secret...can you reveal the mystery?

Mona
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Mona

Leonardo's famous painting is used in an interesting perceptual experiment.

Trapezoidal Window
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Trapezoidal Window

Sometimes things are not as they appear.

Shimmer
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Shimmer

Your eye movements make this design seem to shimmer.

Postcard Exhibits
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Postcard Exhibits

Four exhibits small enough to fit on postcards.

Fading Dot
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Fading Dot

If you stare at this dot, for few moments it disappears.

Mix-n-Match
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Mix-n-Match

You can mix just three colors of light to make over 16 million different colors!

Ladle Rat Rotten Hut
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Ladle Rat Rotten Hut

Listen to the story of Ladle Rat Rotten Hut.

Better Hair through Chemistry
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Better Hair through Chemistry

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.

Dime Tic-Tac-Toe
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Dime Tic-Tac-Toe

This new version of an old game will bend your brain.

Jumping to Conclusions
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Jumping to Conclusions

Your brain is always looking for blank spaces and filling them in. Sometimes, your brain leaps to the wrong conclusion. Then you get a surprise!

Tic-Tac-Toe
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Tic-Tac-Toe

Playing games is a great way to exercise your brain. Even a simple game like Tic-Tac-Toe can teach you about strategy.

Sound Sensations
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Sound Sensations

Ever notice how noisy people are?

Special FX
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Special FX

Make yourself giant or tiny with a snip of the scissors.

It's Alive
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It's Alive

Bring movie, TV, and cartoon images to life.

TV Dots
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TV Dots

See how TV screens create images from many tiny colored dots of light.

Welcome to the Third Dimension
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Welcome to the Third Dimension

These tricky pictures shift and change as you look at them.

Make Your Own Telescope
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Make Your Own Telescope

Make your own refracting telescope from a pair of reading glasses.

The Sky Is Falling
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The Sky Is Falling

Sometimes we can learn about outer space when space objects come to us.

Which Languages Are Related?
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Which Languages Are Related?

Examine words from different languages and determine which two languages are the most closely related.

Become a Word Historian
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Become a Word Historian

Learn how to find the histories and origins of words.

Language Families
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Language Families

Where do all the different languages in the world come from?

Do Your Own Dissection
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Do Your Own Dissection

Download a PDF file with step-by-step instructions for doing your own cow's eye dissection.

Cow's Eye Dissection
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Cow's Eye Dissection

Find out how your eyes work and watch a real dissection of a cow's eye.

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