Note: Prior to doing this activity, we recommend you try Soap Film on a Can to observe the colors on a soap film. Together, these two Snacks will help you move from observing soap-film phenomena to ...

Find out where to be and what to do for the eclipse experience of a lifetime. Be ready. On August 12, 2026, the first total solar eclipse for mainland Europe since 1999 will be visible from parts of ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

-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 ...

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 have been prototyping a new automata activity called “Cranky Contraptions” using simple materials such as wooden blocks, wire, and foamies. Now that it’s been about a month that we have been ...

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 ...

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 ...