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Past Events
BioFutures: Exploring Human Microbes Through Big Data
Thursday, March 5, 2020 • 8:00 p.m.
How do microbes and their DNA help keep you alive and healthy, and what's their role in disease? Computational biologist Katherine Pollard will discuss what DNA data from these microbes are revealing about human biology.
After Dark: Imprints
Thursday, March 5, 2020 • 6:00–10:00 p.m.
What stories do our imprints—both physical and digital—tell? Hear from archivists using traces of DNA to reconstruct characteristics of lost societies, and the evidence digital footprints can reveal.
After Dark: Wired World
Thursday, February 27, 2020 • 6:00–10:00 p.m.
Big Data has the potential to transform our understanding of ourselves and the world around us—but how valuable, really, is that information? And does its value outweigh the risks of sharing it?
After Dark: It's Elemental!
Thursday, February 20, 2020 • 6:00–10:00 p.m.
Come be in your elements with Exploratorium host and scientific raconteur Ron Hipschman. Learn about Earth’s rarest nonradioactive metal, rhodium, which keeps auto emissions in check.
After Dark: Sexplorations
Thursday, February 13, 2020 • 6:00–10:00 p.m.
Sex involves the transfer of genetic information that has resulted in evolution and specialization—and one of the hottest evenings in town, scientifically speaking.
After Dark: Science of Light
Thursday, February 6, 2020 • 6:00–10:00 p.m.
Watch science come to light at After Dark—learn about LASER and fiber optics as well as the manipulation of single photons and visual spectacles designed to delight the eyes.
After Dark: Radioactivity
Thursday, January 30, 2020 • 6:00–10:00 p.m.
What's going on inside the nucleus of an atom, and why does it spit out radiation? Get the facts about this somewhat controversial topic with scientific raconteur Ron Hipschman.
After Dark: Flights of Fancy
Thursday, January 23, 2020 • 6:00–10:00 p.m.
From bewitching bicycles to astounding aviation to crazy cars, take a look at the art, science, and storytelling behind bewildering and transcendent modes of transport.
After Dark: Tactile
Thursday, January 16, 2020 • 6:00–10:00 p.m.
In celebration of the anniversary of the opening of the Tactile Dome, feel your way through the darkened labyrinth, sharpen your tactile perception, and learn about the system that connects the outer world to your inner reality.
After Dark: The Water We Eat
Thursday, January 9, 2020 • 6:00–10:00 p.m.
You are what you eat—and that includes the 60% of your body that’s made of water. Find out how your success in the kitchen often boils down to simply understanding how water works.
After Dark: Happy Place
Thursday, January 2, 2020 • 6:00–10:00 p.m.
Where’s your happy place? Bring it a little closer with the science and practice of unlocking joy and finding euphoria.
After Dark: Full-Spectrum
Thursday, December 26, 2019 • 6:00–10:00 p.m.
Come see our winter exhibitions before the year is over! Explore Glow and Curious Contraptions and close out the year with our staff scientist Ron Hipschman and Full-Spectrum Science.
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