Life beyond Earth—is it possible? Find out what it takes to survive in space, and hear from SETI scientists about the search ...

Let the week go with a night of playful curiosity and connections! Unwind with friends and laugh together at Science Trivia. Get grooving with San Francisco icon Rory Davis, and enjoy sports—and the ...

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 ...

¿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 ...

All year long we set aside Sunday mornings for Daytime members, donors, and Corporate members—10:00 a.m. to noon is just for you. Join us for a leisurely visit, enjoy lunch at the Tinkering Table ...

Walking quietly isn’t easy. Here are a few tips from an expert Apache tracker: Before taking a step, look carefully at where you will place your foot. Bend your knees slightly. Touch your foot lightly ...

Use your voice to make visible patterns in sand. Sand scattered on a large metal square vibrates and jumps in response to the sound of your voice. When you hit just the right note(s), the sand ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...