exploratorium
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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
Interactive
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
Activity
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
Activity
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.

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