The High Five The same research shows that a high five transfers only half as many germs as a normal handshake. That's a big improvement! It may feel like high fives has been around forever, but in ...

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 ...

What people have been making: It's been a month since we started this activity on the floor. The video below is showing the varieties of Cranky Contraptions that visitors to the Tinkering Studio made ...

Can you smell time? Your dog can.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 ...

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 ...

Fireworks may be a really fun way to celebrate the Fourth of July, but we know they are more than a little dangerous. The solution? Grab a friend and make your own liquid fireworks with this simple ...

Like a lot of people right now, my workspace looks a little different. I prototype on the kitchen table instead of in the Tinkering Studio, and I’ve essentially stopped ever taking out the recycling ...

Upgrading the control board: We also learned that we need to upgrade the vending machine’s control board (usually called VMC: Vending Machine Controller). Before this project, I didn’t even know what ...

Latinx+ Engineering Day is part of the Exploratorium's ongoing commitment to inclusivity and representation in STEM education. The event is designed to be accessible and engaging for all, regardless ...

1. What’s the claim? 2. Who says? 3. What’s the evidence? 4. How did they get the evidence? 5. Is there anything (or anyone) to back up this claim? 6. Could there be another explanation? 7. Who cares?

Obviously this is a gross oversimplification of how a stadium wave actually works. An actual stadium wave simulator was created by professor Tamás Vicsek of Eötvos Loránd University in Budapest. He ...

What do plants know about numbers? A certain spiral pattern commonly seen in sunflowers, pinecones, and many species of cacti contains some surprising numerical properties. In this brisk talk, Paul ...