When you watch a continuously rotating spiral, the motion detectors in your eyes become adapted to that motion. Then, when you look away, the world seems to move toward or away from you. Click on the ...

Discover why your favorite cat videos don't leak out of optical fibers. A transparent material, such as glass or water, can actually reflect light better than any mirror. All you have to do is look at ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Exploratorium is a professional home and hub for PreK–12 teachers and leaders and a local laboratory for global science learning. Teachers matter to student achievement more than anything else in ...