Discover the science behind how elite athletes harness physics, psychology, and strategy to perform at the highest level.

There are many ways to explore circuits beyond green plastic wires. Different materials and objects are conductive (even you!), so we designed this page as an entry point to explore all the wonderful ...

Discover why the sky is blue and the sunset is red. When sunlight travels through the atmosphere, blue light scatters more than the other colors, leaving a dominant yellow-orange hue to the ...

Take off and fly in a mirror that makes half your body look whole. Here’s an exhibit where watching is at least half the fun. Positioned at one end of this large flat mirror, you can create any number ...

¿Podrías sobrevivir si vivieras en el espacio? Este verano, explora la ciencia de cómo la vida—humana o extraterrestre—podría respirar, comer y, tal vez, mantenerse viva en las condiciones extremas ...

You have two eyes, yet you see only one image of your environment. If your eyes receive conflicting information, what does your brain do? Roll the sheet of paper lengthwise into a tube 11 inches (28 ...

Try a new tilt on eclipses. Why doesn’t a solar or lunar eclipse happen every month? It’s because the moon’s orbit around the earth is tilted in relation to the earth’s orbit around the Sun. In this ...

Set the Course - Which Way? (Embarcadero at Green Street) ...

Find the sex cells hidden in a bouquet. Dissect a flower to explore the form and function of plant reproductive structures. Examine your intact flower. What do you notice first about it? What are your ...

Join us in exploring balance! On this page, we’re collecting a set of starting points, choose-your-own-adventure pathways, and artistic inspirations to launch your own playful exploration of ...

Tim Hawkinson’s idiosyncratic creations are meditations on nature, machines, mortality, the body, and human consciousness. Since the 1980s, the artist has used common found and store-bought materials, ...

The moon always shows us the same face. This happens because of synchronous rotation: the moon rotates at the same rate (one rotation in 28 days) that it orbits the Sun (one orbit every 28 days). The ...