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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.

Lorenz Butterfly
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Lorenz Butterfly

Explore the strangest of strange attractors, the Lorenz butterfly.

The Great Shake: San Francisco 1906
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The Great Shake: San Francisco 1906

San Francisco was born in gold dust, and nearly died in rubble and ashes.

L'illusione del muro del caffé
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L'illusione del muro del caffé

Sperimenta interattivamente l'illusione del muro del caffé.

Luccichío
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Luccichío

I movimenti dei tuoi occhi faranno brillare questo disegno.

Remembering Loma Prieta
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Remembering Loma Prieta

Read stories and see footage from the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake.

Since 1906
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Since 1906

The 1906 earthquake jolted geologists into focusing on how and why faults break loose.

Plate Tectonics
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Plate Tectonics

See a map of recent earthquakes in the United States, and learn why earthquakes happen so frequently on the West Coast.

Liquefaction
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Liquefaction

What happens to sandy or fine-grained soils when an earthquake shakes them up? Try this simple activity to find out.

Building for the Big One
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Building for the Big One

The three most densely populated cities on the planet where seismologists expect major earthquakes are San Francisco, Tokyo, and Istanbul. Find out why the effects in each city will be very different.

Profile of a Frog Researcher
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Profile of a Frog Researcher

A profile of frog researcher Dr. Tyrone Hayes.

The Amazing Adaptable Frog
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The Amazing Adaptable Frog

A comprehensive tour through the weird and wonderful world of frogs.

Highway Seismograph
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Highway Seismograph

How good is your friend's driving? You be the seismometer, and find out whether your pal is a smooth sailor or a mover and shaker.

Quake Basics: Measurements
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Quake Basics: Measurements

Richter and beyond

Seismic Science: Damage Control
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Seismic Science: Damage Control

We can't predict when an earthquake will occur, but we can avoid some potential disasters.

Seismic Slinky
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Seismic Slinky

What goes on under the ground during an earthquake? Use a Slinky to model the various seismic waves that make the earth tremble.

Cookie Subduction
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Cookie Subduction

Get a taste of how the earth's plates move.

Quake Basics: Waves
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Quake Basics: Waves

The earth moves in mysterious ways

Quake Basics: Faults
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Quake Basics: Faults

What's at fault?

Retrofitting
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Retrofitting

In an earthquake, some older structures collapse and others stand tall. The difference is usually retrofitting.

Vocal Vowels
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Vocal Vowels

Hear vocal tract models transform the squawk of a duck call into vowel sounds.

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

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

Bronx Cheer Bulb
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Bronx Cheer Bulb

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

Common Cents
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Common Cents

Can you recognize an ordinary penny? It may be tougher than you think!

If You Rob a Bank, Wear a Wig
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If You Rob a Bank, Wear a Wig

Just how do we remember a face?

Mona
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Mona

La famosa modelo de Leonardo es usada en un interesante experimento de percepci�_n.

Exposición de tarjetas postales
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Exposición de tarjetas postales

Cuatro exposiciones lo suficientemente pequeñas para caber en tarjetas postales.

Desvanecimiento del punto
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Desvanecimiento del punto

Si mira fijamente este punto por algunos momentos, éste desaparece.

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