Gordon brings more than two decades of experience in building development programs and campaigns for mission-driven ...

The hovering ball of light you see seemingly projected from the sculpture is achieved with nothing more than simple materials and ambient light. Thousands of precision holes in the black panels ...

This delicate kinetic sculpture showcases a collection of manufactured goods the artist amassed over a decade. The piece includes plastic toys made in Hong Kong, beads, acrylic sheets, LED lights, ...

Our annual fundraiser transforms San Francisco’s iconic museum of science and creativity into a one-day festival of activities, demos, design challenges, crafts, and entertainment. Connect with Bay ...

Projects The Tinkering Studio is primarily an R&D laboratory on the floor of the Exploratorium, but whenever possible we try to share our projects, activities, and developing ideas following an “open ...

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See why ocean acidification may be giving some marine organisms shell shock. Explore how the pH of a solution dictates whether carbon is present in the form needed to make seashells. Put on safety ...

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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 ...

-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 ...