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 ...

Happy National DNA Day, which commemorates the successful completion of the Human Genome Project in 2003 and the discovery of DNA's double helix in 1953. Published sixty-four years ago in the journal ...

Our social lives are filled with ritualistic touching: from hugs to high fives to pinky-swears. These acts of interpersonal contact create feelings of connection between people—both literally and ...

This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 2313979. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those ...

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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 ...

Bring a drawing to life in just two pages! Animated videos are usually created by showing thousands of images very rapidly — which means they take a LONG time to make. But you can make a scene or ...

You don’t have to be a climate scientist to teach climate change, and you don’t have to be an experienced storyteller to infuse climate content with stories. Explore these educator resources for using ...

Over the past several years of doing automata, we've developed some "classic" motion examples for participants to check out as they are starting to design their creations. On the old PIE pdf for ...

What is the difference between a total, annular, partial and lunar eclipse?

On February 16 the Exploratorium will be hosting "In My Solitude:The Detrimental Effects of Solitary Confinement on the Brain," a panel discussion about the legal and neurological issues surrounding ...