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Urban environments like San Francisco are full of mysterious natural and human-made phenomena. Why are there so many one-footed pigeons? Where does the sewage go? Why is our “summer” in May and September? The Exploratorium is “taking it outside" to explore these and other questions in engineering, ecology, optics, waves, geology, architecture, weather, and more. 

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Restoring Sight

Published:   October 13, 2015
Total Running Time:   00:06:25
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Big and Tall Bikes

Published:   September 16, 2015
Total Running Time:   00:06:09
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Hetch Hetchy Regional Water System

Published:   September 9, 2015
Total Running Time:   00:13:59
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Whales Washed Ashore on Northern California Beaches

Published:   September 1, 2015
Total Running Time:   00:05:11
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Big and Tall Bikes

Published:   July 8, 2015
Total Running Time:   00:06:09
Science in the City

Camera Obscura

Published:   July 1, 2015
Total Running Time:   00:04:05
Science in the City

Sound Restoration

Published:   June 10, 2015
Total Running Time:   00:05:31
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Science in the City: Tofu

Published:   May 27, 2015
Total Running Time:   00:04:59
Science in the City

Living With Wildlife in the Bay Area

Published:   May 13, 2015
Total Running Time:   00:10:45
Science in the City

Tofu

Published:   April 8, 2015
Total Running Time:   00:05:00
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Guide Dogs

Published:   March 11, 2015
Total Running Time:   00:06:00
Science in the City

Buried Treasure: Recovering the Charles Hare Lighter

Published:   February 11, 2015
Total Running Time:   00:09:00
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Restoring the Salt Ponds

Published:   October 7, 2014
Total Running Time:   00:06:30
Science in the City

The Science of Firefighting: Cisterns

Published:   September 10, 2014
Total Running Time:   00:05:16
Science in the City

Altamont Wind Farms

Published:   August 25, 2014
Total Running Time:   00:07:03
Science in the City

Sutro Tower: From Eyesore to Icon

Published:   August 13, 2014
Total Running Time:   00:10:06
Science in the City

Sending Humans to Mars

Published:   July 8, 2014
Total Running Time:   00:15:45
Science in the City

What is Community Radio?

Published:   June 11, 2014
Total Running Time:   00:12:46
Science in the City

Preserving our Wild Fish

Published:   May 14, 2014
Total Running Time:   00:06:00
Science in the City

Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence

Published:   April 8, 2014
Total Running Time:   00:05:26
Science in the City

Urban Astronomy

Published:   March 12, 2014
Total Running Time:   00:10:47
Science in the City

The Art of 3D Printing

Published:   February 12, 2014
Total Running Time:   00:08:00
Science in the City

King Tides and Climate Change

Published:   October 11, 2013
Total Running Time:   00:07:10
Exhibits, Science in the City

Plankton Drag

Published:   September 11, 2013
Total Running Time:   00:06:00
Science in the City

How to Make a Hat

Published:   August 14, 2013
Total Running Time:   00:08:15
Science in the City

Flight Simulation

Published:   July 10, 2013
Total Running Time:   00:04:45
Science in the City

True Color

Published:   June 12, 2013
Total Running Time:   00:06:46
Science in the City

Electric Guitar

Published:   May 8, 2013
Total Running Time:   00:09:30
Science in the City

The Making of a Bell

Published:   April 10, 2013
Total Running Time:   00:12:40
Science in the City

The Brew Lab

Published:   October 10, 2012
Total Running Time:   00:04:45
Science in the City

Altamont Wind Farms

Published:   September 12, 2012
Total Running Time:   00:07:03
Science in the City

Airships

Published:   August 8, 2012
Total Running Time:   00:06:20
Science in the City

Pneumatic Tubes

Published:   June 6, 2012
Total Running Time:   00:03:27
Science in the City

Golden Gate Bridge Dynamics

Published:   May 9, 2012
Total Running Time:   00:06:27
Science in the City

Owls

Published:   April 12, 2012
Total Running Time:   00:05:00
Science in the City

Reel Movies

Published:   March 15, 2012
Total Running Time:   00:04:47
Science in the City

A Record of the Moment

Published:   February 23, 2012
Total Running Time:   00:05:09
Science in the City

Underworld

Published:   February 13, 2012
Total Running Time:   00:06:39
Science in the City

Grease-cycle

Published:   January 25, 2012
Total Running Time:   00:04:10
Science in the City

Homemade Fog with Liquid Nitrogen

Published:   January 11, 2012
Total Running Time:   00:11:47
Science in the City

Rebuilding Doyle Drive

Published:   November 23, 2011
Total Running Time:   00:03:50
Science in the City

Plastic Recycling

Published:   November 9, 2011
Total Running Time:   00:04:35
Science in the City

City Grazing

Published:   October 25, 2011
Total Running Time:   00:04:39
Science in the City

Inner Voice

Published:   October 12, 2011
Total Running Time:   00:03:33
Science in the City

The Art and Science of Tattoos

Published:   September 28, 2011
Total Running Time:   00:04:58
Science in the City

Cars, Corrosion, and Coke

Published:   August 24, 2011
Total Running Time:   00:06:00
Science in the City

Science in the City: Black Sand

Published:   August 9, 2011
Total Running Time:   00:03:53
Science in the City

Lost and Found

Published:   July 28, 2011
Total Running Time:   00:04:58
Science in the City

Architecture and Music

Published:   July 13, 2011
Total Running Time:   00:05:30
Science in the City

Cable Cars

Published:   June 20, 2011
Total Running Time:   00:03:49
Science in the City

Pigeon Science

Published:   June 7, 2011
Total Running Time:   00:04:15
Science in the City

Traffic Signal Science

Published:   May 25, 2011
Total Running Time:   00:04:12
Science in the City

Sea Debris

Published:   May 11, 2011
Total Running Time:   00:03:50
Science in the City

Busy Bees

Published:   April 27, 2011
Total Running Time:   00:04:16
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Science in the City: Slide Rules

Published:   April 13, 2011
Total Running Time:   00:05:46
Science in the City

Asphalt Acrobats

Published:   March 23, 2011
Science in the City

World on a String

Published:   March 9, 2011
Total Running Time:   00:03:14
Science in the City

Bat Speak

Published:   February 23, 2011
Total Running Time:   00:05:20
Science in the City

Urban Treasure

Published:   February 9, 2011
Total Running Time:   00:05:00
Science in the City

Journey to the Farallones

Published:   January 26, 2011
Total Running Time:   00:04:07
Science in the City

Seismic San Francisco

Published:   January 12, 2011
Total Running Time:   00:05:26
Science in the City

The Gong Show: Exploring Metal

Published:   December 22, 2010
Total Running Time:   00:05:00
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Underwater World

Published:   December 8, 2010
Total Running Time:   00:06:18
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Microclimates in Fogtown

Published:   December 8, 2010

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