Chosen from over 500 applicants, Sprang joins the museum’s storied AIR program, whose alumni include Ruth Asawa, Ned Kahn, ...

Dr. Elizabeth Rasekoala is the President of African Gong: The Pan-African Network for the Popularization of Science & Technology and Science Communication. She is a veteran science communication ...

Sunday (Daytime Members/Donors Only 10:00 am to Noon): 12:00 pm—5:00 pm ...

Make a truth teller for light. Turn an old CD into a spectroscope to analyze light—you may be surprised by what you see. Try pointing your CD spectroscope at the fluorescent light in your room, sunlit ...

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Can you smell time? Your dog can. On a very basic level, so can you: When you crack the lid on that old quart of milk, tentatively sniff and—peeyouu!—promptly dump that foul stuff down the sink, you ...

Join us for Storytime Science—a storybook read aloud followed by a simple related science activity geared toward very young children. This month, Exploratorium staffer and children's literature ...

-Sportscaster Joe Garagiola describing the first documented appearance of a "stadium wave" at the Oakland Alameda Coliseum on October 15, 1981. Consider the stadium wave: a spontaneous group behavior ...

We've been laser engraving on wood and plastics and they have been great when we make signs/signage in the Tinkering Studio. Lately I've been experimenting with filling some paint in engraving so that ...

Before you take the next photo, make sure that you slide down the dot on the slider bar on the left. This gives you an onion skin (a faint ghost of the previous image that you captured) to help you ...

Screaming headlines abound in our media-saturated world. “Killer Moths Invade Homes.” “New Drug Promises Alzheimer’s Cure.” “Experts Confirm: Sky Is Falling.” Some are obvious click bait, but others ...